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[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.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]We often talk about poverty and people living in poverty as measured by the government, Then, we set policy with regards to them. We never quite realize the impact of the programs on the people on the receiving end. A brief recital of facts and figures in charts. I also do not believe we get […] The post A Measure of Poverty in the United States appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Elon Musk Was Behind Effort To Gaslight Americans Into Believing Donald Trump Supports Reproductive Rights, Above the Law In the waning days of the 2024 presidential election, a curious political action committee, named after the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ran ads in support of Donald Trump. It, bizarrely, claimed RBG and Trump were […] The post Believing Donald Trump Supports Reproductive Rights appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]What state government were to do for their citizens they began doing in 2010 with the expansion of healthcare in the form of Medicaid. The 2010 Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand Medicaid programs to cover more low-income Americans who did not get health insurance through their jobs. Forty states and the District of […] The post Fear of Losing Medicaid and the ACA Healthcare When Trump Takes Office appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I forgot, today is December 7th, The day in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise and unexpected attack. As many other men did, my dad served in the military onboard a destroyer escort. I can only imagine what he and others went through even though I am ex-military myself. Prof. Heather’s message […] The post The Day Of . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.