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[unable to retrieve full-text content]as Joe Manchin, Sinema Block Biden NLRB Nominee AB: I never had much respect for Joe Manchin. Just another rich guy out of West Virgnia. Perfect article about Joe’s reign in WV since 2010 “What has Joe Manchin done for West Virginia?” The answer to that question is not much unless it benefited him or […] The post ‘Crushing Blow to the Labor Agenda’ appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Nearly half of U.S workers will live in states with at least a $15 minimum wage by 2027, Economic Policy Institute In the 2024 election, Alaska and Missouri voters approved ballot measures to increase their state minimum wage to $15 an hour in the coming years. Now 15 states and Washington D.C. either have or […] The post Half of U.S workers Will Live in States with at Least a $15 Minimum Wage by 2027 appeared first on Angry Bear.

from Peter Radford  This is something I need to get off my desktop.  It’s just for fun … Asymmetry is the very beginning and end of an economy.  It’s the bumps that matter.  Explain them and you explain the economy.  After all the very notion of exchange presumes differences between those involved, and difference is just another way off saying asymmetry.  Sweep the bumps away with a broad brush of supposedly superb logic and you eliminate the very object of your study.  That is if your...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Excellent recital on Russia by “Infidel at Infidel753“ Very often, those who understand an empire best are those who are subjugated by its power, or until recently were so.  A slave has a strong incentive to know the master’s whims and cruelties and strengths and weaknesses; he may well suffer greatly if he misjudges those […] The post Putin’s empire imploding appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat No economic news again today. Tomorrow we will get the CPI report for November. As to which, I have read a few posts in which the claim is made that inflation, especially core inflation, is picking up again. It certainly could happen, but in my opinion the evidence for such a […] The post The case for accelerating inflation is weak appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I’m old enough to remember Russia as the mother country to the Soviet Union. While the USSR was never a world-class economic power, it did punch above its weight as a military power under Stalin and for a couple decades after. Russia under Putin has been described as a gas station with an Army. Its […] The post Russia is not a global power appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Trump-Muskrat plot to kill Social Security, Robert Reich Sorry to intrude on your inbox for a second time today, but Elon Musk has revealed the truth about what he plans to do with his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Gut Social Security and Medicare. Musk retweeted a series of posts by Utah’s Republican […] The post The Trump-Muskrat plot to kill Social Security appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]10 programs that could be on the ‘government efficiency’ chopping block, Washington Post The programs without separate spending authorization that Ramaswamy would do away with represent more than $516 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The 10 largest make up $380 billion. Here’s a look at what some of those programs do (click on […] The post The Government Efficiency Chopping Block appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]CBO: Not extending IRA subsidies will cause 3.8M to lose coverage, ~7.9% avg *additional* premium hike | ACA Signups, Charles Gaba Not that this should surprise anyone, but it’s good to have the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) formally chime in: It’s important to keep in mind that the 4.3% average premium hike in 2026, as well […] The post CBO: Not extending IRA subsidies . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]RFK Jr continues in his crackpot crusade against fluoridated water. There is *zero* evidence that artificial fluoridation of water at or below the approved level (0.7 mg/liter) has any pathological consequences. Why do we fluoridate public water? “Bacteria in the mouth that serve to break down food also create acids that degrade the enamel on […] The post Lies, damned lies and RFK Jr. appeared first on Angry Bear.