Category Archives: Economics

Open Thread | DEFUND THE POLICE?!? What is this foolishness?!šŸ˜ 

Posted on June 11, 2020 by

I have been watching the protests. Seeing the progress that the protesters have made. And, suddenly, we got idiots going from BLACK LIVES MATTER to DEFUND THE POLICE? WTF is this nonsense? Once again, these young folk are getting played.šŸ˜  … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Andy Slavitt Trying To Warn Us

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

Yet again, Mr. Slavitt is dropping truth. Keep your eyes open.   Mitch McConnell will not pass any more Congressional aid for Americans losing income, nutritional aid, states or testing & contact tracing unless he gets 1 thing: waivers for … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | What These State ‘Openings’ Are About

Posted on May 13, 2020 by

This Twitter thread is on the money   "Re-opening" isn't about saving ordinary workers and earners. You can't save someone by infecting them with a deadly disease. In a world without contact-tracing, therapeutics, tests, PPE, santizing products, etc, more contact … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | COVID-19 Information

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

I will say it again.. Until we start testing like South Korea and Germany,this economy cannot open again šŸ˜ šŸ˜ šŸ˜  PERIOD     The difference between a country that took COVID-19 seriously, and one led by a lying, incompetent idiot Number … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | About That GOP Smash And Grab

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

So, Mitch McConnell tried to push through a bailout that was ultimately nothing but a GOP Smash and Grab.     Here were the tell tale signs. He tried to negotiate this WITHOUT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SITTING AT … Continue reading →

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Simple Financial Advantage and How It Trickles Down

Posted on February 28, 2020 by

This thread is very much on point and attempts to explain White Financial Advantage.   First of all, of you live in a home in a black neighborhood, itā€™s worth, on average, $48,000 less than an identical home in an … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | California Throws the NCAA for a Loop

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

I honestly didnā€™t see the depth of this bill in California until I saw it discussed at a blog. I havenā€™t been a fan of the NCAA since I was a kid. I have always thought that they got rich … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | What If There Was No Wealth Gap?

Posted on August 23, 2019 by

When we talk about reparations, it sometimes seems to be a number that canā€™t be quantified. I mean, the THEFT OF LABOR FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, and then another CENTURY of American Apartheid, AKA JIM CROW. Of course, post Civil … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread |Students LITERALLY Selling Themselves??

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

Reading thisā€¦it got me in my feelings. Thereā€™s something fundamentally wrong to me with this. College Grads Sell Stakes in Themselves to Wall Street Instead of taking out loans, students can agree to hand over part of their future earnings … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Will Tax Season FINALLY Shake Some Sense Into the Cult of Dolt45?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

Itā€™s that time of yearā€¦ tax timeā€¦ In case you donā€™t know it, the GOP Tax Scam is in full effect.. Now, you and meā€¦we knew from the beginning, that it was, in fact, a SCAM. But, those who showed … Continue reading →

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