Thank you so much for this rundown on many fronts. Every single day I wake up to the fresh "effery" the orange ogre and his kakistacracy cult have inflicted on the American people. It is hard to keep the faith, but I do. I know there are more of us than them. The deportations are indeed one of those things that keep me up at night. I simply don't understand how these folks sleep at night, or look in the mirror. It is disgusting and disgraceful. To knowingly and willfully kidnap and detain those you know are innocent. Being undocumented is a civil violation. It is not a crime and no person is illegal. Where is the humanity? I know people often say that, but really, where is it? Every person has a right to dignity and to live their lives. I think that is what I most despair about; the fact that on all fronts there is no humanity--not an ounce with any of this regime. I wonder WHEN MAGA will wake up and realize they've been played on all the fronts you've touched upon in your article. Thanks for all of your work and keeping us informed.
Thanks for your effort on this one. I have been wondering why the uncertainty born from the incompetence, corruption, and cruelty of this administration has not shown up in the markets more significantly. I have long thought that markets are driven less by fundamentals and more by bets. The ability of huge movements of capital by fewer and fewer players to move the market effectively means that the market can be driven rather than ridden, which suggests there is some asymmetrical information floating about. The monied folk absolutely believe they are going to be ok on the other side of this carnage. It frightens me to know that such resourced people are so well aligned and we don’t know why.
Republicans and their magic math are killing this country. They're trying to gut healthcare coverage for $2 or 300B, to try and close a gap of $5T from tax cuts.
Even using their fairytale rationale of increased spending from tax savings offsetting the tax revenue from rate cuts, it still doesn't wash. People without health coverage spend more of their disposable income on healthcare, not the purchases they hope offset the cuts in overall economic growth. When multiple industries sell less, because millions of people's wallets are emptied into healthcare spending, the economy contracts and magnifies the tax deficit. These guys suck.
I appreciate your expertise on those subjects, especially since I don't know anything about them myself. However, I can't continue to care about how the markets are doing at every turn when we are on this track ("free market" capitalism) and that far down it (dying system cannibalizing itself to continue, and by itself I mean the people) because of said markets ... it's just time we just stop playing with illusory money and crazy marketplace investments.
Hi Luc, thanks for the comment. Believe me, I get the sentiment. I much rather write about other things, like the memoir I’ve worked on for longer than I care to acknowledge. That said, I feel it’s important for me to comment on this area, is not because I care about the markets but because I know that, like it or not they impact our everyday lives. Our mortgages, car notes, the food we buy—pretty much everything—is driven by a combination of markets and politics. I think of it in much the same way as those who report to the far right. I watch and interpret these things so you don’t have to. 😊
And that is exactly why I value your work so much :-). I simply couldn't make sense of it all on my own without spending a huge amount of time that I don't want to spend 😂. Thankfully, you are here and I'm in full support of you!
I think I just had to blow some steam in my first comment and get it out of my system. I rarely see the perspective I expressed there in public. So trust me, what you answered above is really getting you up there in my book (for what it's worth ^^).
Thank you so much for this rundown on many fronts. Every single day I wake up to the fresh "effery" the orange ogre and his kakistacracy cult have inflicted on the American people. It is hard to keep the faith, but I do. I know there are more of us than them. The deportations are indeed one of those things that keep me up at night. I simply don't understand how these folks sleep at night, or look in the mirror. It is disgusting and disgraceful. To knowingly and willfully kidnap and detain those you know are innocent. Being undocumented is a civil violation. It is not a crime and no person is illegal. Where is the humanity? I know people often say that, but really, where is it? Every person has a right to dignity and to live their lives. I think that is what I most despair about; the fact that on all fronts there is no humanity--not an ounce with any of this regime. I wonder WHEN MAGA will wake up and realize they've been played on all the fronts you've touched upon in your article. Thanks for all of your work and keeping us informed.
Thanks for your effort on this one. I have been wondering why the uncertainty born from the incompetence, corruption, and cruelty of this administration has not shown up in the markets more significantly. I have long thought that markets are driven less by fundamentals and more by bets. The ability of huge movements of capital by fewer and fewer players to move the market effectively means that the market can be driven rather than ridden, which suggests there is some asymmetrical information floating about. The monied folk absolutely believe they are going to be ok on the other side of this carnage. It frightens me to know that such resourced people are so well aligned and we don’t know why.
Republicans and their magic math are killing this country. They're trying to gut healthcare coverage for $2 or 300B, to try and close a gap of $5T from tax cuts.
Even using their fairytale rationale of increased spending from tax savings offsetting the tax revenue from rate cuts, it still doesn't wash. People without health coverage spend more of their disposable income on healthcare, not the purchases they hope offset the cuts in overall economic growth. When multiple industries sell less, because millions of people's wallets are emptied into healthcare spending, the economy contracts and magnifies the tax deficit. These guys suck.
I appreciate your expertise on those subjects, especially since I don't know anything about them myself. However, I can't continue to care about how the markets are doing at every turn when we are on this track ("free market" capitalism) and that far down it (dying system cannibalizing itself to continue, and by itself I mean the people) because of said markets ... it's just time we just stop playing with illusory money and crazy marketplace investments.
Hi Luc, thanks for the comment. Believe me, I get the sentiment. I much rather write about other things, like the memoir I’ve worked on for longer than I care to acknowledge. That said, I feel it’s important for me to comment on this area, is not because I care about the markets but because I know that, like it or not they impact our everyday lives. Our mortgages, car notes, the food we buy—pretty much everything—is driven by a combination of markets and politics. I think of it in much the same way as those who report to the far right. I watch and interpret these things so you don’t have to. 😊
And that is exactly why I value your work so much :-). I simply couldn't make sense of it all on my own without spending a huge amount of time that I don't want to spend 😂. Thankfully, you are here and I'm in full support of you!
I think I just had to blow some steam in my first comment and get it out of my system. I rarely see the perspective I expressed there in public. So trust me, what you answered above is really getting you up there in my book (for what it's worth ^^).
Thank you sir!
Thanks for the analysis, we don't need 2 Fed chairs . Why are the Republicans intent on destroying the economy?
Power.