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[unable to retrieve full-text content]More unwelcome news in (new) house prices, while sales continue sideways trend  – by New Deal democrat I almost always start out my post on new home sales by indicating that, while they are the most leading of all housing metrics, they are very noisy and heavily revised. That was true in spades for this […] The post More Unwelcome News in (new) House Prices appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A former mentor once explained to me why America would be better off if scientists ran the country. While technocracy isn’t inherently anti-democratic—America could simply elect scientists and engineers—the notion smacks of elitism. Of course, this country was founded on the idea of elitism. Only property-owning White men could vote. The president was appointed by […] The post Techno-Stalinism and the death of democracy appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen review Trumps budget cuts. The implication here is it is near impossible to achieve the dramatic cuts without imposing severe penalties on the US Citizenry, The attempt is to balance the budget so as intakes equal outtakes of funds. Except Trump does not want to fix his 2017 tax break. […] The post Planned Budget Cuts and Impact appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]When I started out. it was the money. Kind of hard to buy a house and have kids if together you are pulling in $24,000/year. Then when the family starts, one of us will not be working (that was the plan). Get the first job, change jobs at two years, and work your way up […] The post Reasons for Taking a New Job appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat There was unwelcome news in this morning’s repeat home sales reports from the FHFA and Case-Shiller. On a seasonally adjusted basis, in the three-month average through December, according to the Case-Shiller national index (light blue in the graphs below) prices rose 0.5%, and the somewhat more leading FHFA purchase only index (dark […] The post Unwelcome news for homebuyers and the CPI, as repeat home...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This appears to be a new and unfamiliar use of the word “efficiency”: “The Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon Musk last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the […] The post DOGE is shooting blanks appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The question? How much Federal Public School Funding comes from the Feds? The answer is here and you have to read it for yourself. Not a lot of reading to stymie you. Not terribly difficult. Not even 30 minutes of reading. The first question that comes to my mind? What would happen to schools if […] The post Percentage of Public School Funding Coming from the Feds appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Q3 2024 QCEW suggests employment was considerably weaker than we thought last year – by New Deal democrat This will be income, spending, and housing week, but that won’t start until tomorrow. While there’s no news today, there was an important update to employment data last week; namely, the QCEW for Q3 of last year. […] The post Employment was Considerably Weaker than We Thought Last Year appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]God has a plan and Congress does not. November 2024 and the election is over. Rep. Mark Alford, a Lake Winnebago Republican, won a second term in Congress Tuesday, gliding to an easy election win in Missouri’s heavily conservative 4th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Alford at 9:24 p.m. At the […] The post A Change in Attitude after the November Election appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The 2024 Election Voting numbers are shown below. I did break down the votes for others so you could see them. A big factor in Trump winning was a smaller turnout in 2024 as compared to 2020. There was a slight increase in voting for others. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections In 2020, […] The post Why Not Voting Makes a Difference appeared first on Angry Bear.