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Recovering Republican, slightly right of center. #ExGOP #NeverTrump #CountryOverParty “I love my country, not my government” (JVentura). Views my own.
Wisconsin & Michigan Joined January 2013

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I want to thank EVERYONE for their messages and thoughtfulness. Much love and appreciation to you all. These 30 plus broken bones will mend , grow stronger, just like the love and bond with family and friends deepens
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Confused about why the Federal Reserve raises interest rates so aggressively while the job market is healthy? A recent study from UMass Amherst may have the answer. Economists found that interest rate hikes by the Fed protect the wealth of the 1% at the expense of everyone else.
Overall, these decomposition exercises led to the mixed factors driving the net impact on wealth outcomes of tight monetary policy in the face of high inflation, yielding the same results we found in our earlier analysis. To reiterate, interest rate increases by the Fed in the face of high inflation rates serve to protect the real wealth of the top 1%, relative to the outcome if the Fed had sat on its hands and done nothing.

Table 1. Baseline: Net gain/loss with MP intervention
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Log scale change
Top 1% 0.001 -0.002 0.032 0.042 -0.044 -0.042
Top 10% 0.001 -0.004 0.019 0.026 -0.04 -0.048
Bottom 50% 0.015 0.01 -0.041 -0.064 -0.151 -0.154
Adjusted to percent change
Top 1% 0.108 -0.231 3.274 4.315 -4.271 -4.069
Top 10% 0.132 -0.358 1.913 2.616 -3.961 -4.666
Bottom 50% 1.491 1.002 -4.026 -6.184 -13.997 -14.304
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Oh, Senator , don't worry. The GOP House architect of this plan said that if people don't want to pay the NATIONAL SALES TAX, they can just STOP BUYING THINGS. semafor.com/article/01/18/
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A 30% national sales tax A 30 PERCENT NATIONAL SALES TAX A 30 Percent National Sales Tax
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Dude. The best furniture still comes secondhand.
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I just explained to a Millennial that most GenXers moved out before we could afford furniture, so we stacked plastic milk crates to make our furniture and then just replaced each thing with used or cheap, as we could. Back me up, fam. This was a thing, right?
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Ali Alexander has threatened to release evidence that “committed a crime” that will get her expelled from Congress: “I will not suffer this harlot. I will not be taught vows and loyalty/commitment from a whore.” Alexander was one of the key organizers of Jan 6th.
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Ahhh yup
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#1 - 50,000,000 chickens have died in the U.S. due to Avian flu. #2 - Supply and demand made egg prices increase. #3 - That's classic capitalism, which y'all love...until you pay $5 for a dozen eggs. Then you want the government to do something about it. That's socialism.
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A year ago, I wrote about a 93-year-old woman who fell behind on her property taxes. So the government seized her home, sold it—and *kept the profit.* The Supreme Court has agreed to hear her case. But there are many stories like hers, and they'll shock you. A thread.
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What did Huckabee do first thing in office? she banned CRT & the use of the word "Latinx" from Arkansas government documents. How pathetic! Trump and the MAGA movement pose a clear and existential threat to our democracy. Support our fight against them:
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He may not be the original, but we can’t allow the pathological lying of (if that's even his real name) to become even more normalized in our politics. He said he’ll resign if enough people ask - so game on. Sign the petition!
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MIND-BLOWING - Youngkin turning away Ford Motor Company… Seriously?!?! VA Sen. Jennifer McClellan Rips Gov. Youngkin “turn[ing] away business investment and jobs from Ford Motor Company, due to political considerations and a new obsession with China” bluevirginia.us/2023/01/va-sen
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So, to keep score, and I have found that Santos and his campaign associates have: -Payments to themselves. -Lavish unexplained expenses. -Alleged credit card fraud. -Seemingly mislabeled hotel stays. -Payments made to "Anonymous."
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Every woman in Missouri should dress only in sleeveless dresses. Every. Single. Woman.
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New: Missouri Republicans are pushing to ban women lawmakers from wearing attire that exposes their arms. This is after they already passed a new rule requiring women lawmakers to cover their dress with a “second layer.” msn.com/en-us/news/pol
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