Category Archives: Economy

Open Thread | From Paul Krugman

Posted on April 11, 2025 by rikyrah

The Cost of Chaos: This is Getting Scary And it’s all on Donald Trump Paul Krugman Apr 09, 2025 Herbert Hoover, move over. The 31st president has long been the patron saint of bad economic management. But while Hoover responded … Continue reading →

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Alert Alert! Time To Call Your Congresspeople and Senators!

Posted on April 4, 2025 by rikyrah

Found this at Balloon Juice and ICAM! This May Be Our Most Critical Day Yet – Call Every Office Your Elected Official Has – Today! by WaterGirl | April 4, 2025 10:08 am | 22 Comments This post is in: … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Don’t We Care About Nebraska?

Posted on March 14, 2025 by rikyrah

Over on TikTok, there has been a new series of posts. It started when some woman posted: Doesn’t America care about Nebraska? The problem for Nebraska is two-fold. Problem 1: They have gaping hole in their state budget, because they … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The Backlash Against Mr. DOGE

Posted on February 24, 2025 by rikyrah

From Josh Marshall at TPM: INFLECTION: The Backlash Begins As Elon Goes Wild ­ February 21, 2025 Against the backdrop of a month of chaos and destruction, something began to shift more or less in the middle of this week. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Why Healthcare in America Will Never Get Truly Fixed

Posted on December 30, 2024 by rikyrah

The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller This is a highly under-appreciated and underdiscussed aspect of why the 🇺🇸 oligarchy hates the idea of universal healthcare. They want us trapped in our jobs. #MedicareForAll https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1870854708010852778 I’m not a fan of Medicare for All. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | A Conversation About Food Deserts

Posted on December 4, 2024 by rikyrah

Found this thread on Twitter discussing Food Deserts: Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) posted at 8:19 AM on Sun, Dec 01, 2024: 1. The conventional explanations for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, Economy, Food, Open Thread, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments

Open Thread | A Word on Natural Disasters

Posted on October 11, 2024 by rikyrah

I, like many others, were glued to The Weather Channel, and all sorts of other weather reports that we could get for Hurricane Milton. Coming so close upon the heels of Helene, the damage to property and loss of life, … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Vice President Harris Gives Economic Speech in Pittsburgh

Posted on September 26, 2024 by rikyrah

For those demanding …details…and policy…..here you go…. The Vice President speaking in Pittsburgh… Acyn @Acyn Kamala Harris: And we will reform our tax laws to make it easier for businesses to let workers share in their company’s success. And I … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Elections, Breaking News, Democratic Party, Economics, Economy, Elections, Open Thread, Politics, Vice-President Kamala D. Harris | Tagged , , , , , | 45 Comments

Open Thread | So….There Was A Debate..

Posted on September 11, 2024 by rikyrah

Yeah….there was a debate. The ABC Moderators showed how Tapper and Bash were clowns.😒😒 They didn’t even fact check all his lies, but enough lies… Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) posted at 9:39 PM on Tue, Sep 10, 2024: From start to … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | President Joe Biden Came to SLAY at the State of the Union👏🏾👏🏾

Posted on March 8, 2024 by rikyrah

Go 46!! Tell them about themselves! Tell them why you have earned a second term!👏🏾👏🏾 José (@josecanyousee) posted at 9:30 PM on Thu, Mar 07, 2024: After Biden outlines the key points of the border security bill that MAGA wanted … Continue reading →

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