– by New Deal democrat In last month’s note on new home sales, I concluded that “This is all but unique. Historically a recession will not occur until inventory turns down again. But to reiterate, housing has been recessionary for a year, and yet no recession has occurred.” Earlier this month, I described the housing market […]
Most certainly, gasoline costs at the pump are mostly the result of the nation’s priorities internationally. Did we have to be involved with Iran over the past few months. No. This was our presidential ego getting in the way of the nation and citizen’s needs and priorities. A presidential ego getting in the way of […]
I’ve never paid much attention to cars, but the Ford Edsel was already a punchline when I was a kid. I don’t know if I ever saw one, but any reference to it seemed to be accompanied by a smirk. “The Edsel is one of the greatest and most infamous flops in automotive history, but […]
– by New Deal democrat [Administrative note: yesterday’s problem, in which the platform would not allow me add a new post, seems to have spontaneously resolved, although “officially” the blog metrics show “0 posts” in all its history, Cross your fingers that this issue has gone away permanently.] I discussed the stock market’s very positive performance earlier […]
Findings of the Republican and President Tr__p attack on labor and foreign Labor in surge and non-surge communities. If you scroll down on the Brooking’s article you will find figures 3 & 4 as mentioned in the footnotes in section “The enforcement surge cost 668,000 jobs” below. “Shock, awe, and economic fallout” | Brookings Brookings: […]
I added some more charts and some wording to give the original piece greater depth The Big Corporations That Avoided All Federal Income Taxes: ITEP published a list of 88 profitable corporations that reported paying zero federal income taxes on their 2025 U.S. income, in no small part due to the corporate tax cuts pushed through […]
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My three had student loans. To help them get rid of them, I pitched in too. I knew it would take them too long to pay them off. I never told them I would help. All I told them was: decide where you want to go, what you want to major in, and get through […]
Charles Gaba @ his Blog of the same name has a commentary up detailing the loss of Healthcare Insurance due to the Tr__p administration with the support of Congress. . . . In case you have forhottens? The subsidies supporting ACA healthcare was cancelled this last year. I do not know whether Charles Gaba will […]
During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union supported proxy wars in which their client states did the dirty work. Of course, the USSR is no more, but proxy wars continue. While the current war in Iran began with joint strikes by the US and Israel, Israel now acknowledges that the US is its […]