| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The feudal Southern planters among America's founders | 2023-07-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682027375767457793 | 1682027375767457793 |
| Very feudal - people with more money than they can spend | 2023-06-23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672276912142696449 | 1672276912142696449 |
| When does occupational licensing become oppressive? | 2023-06-15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1669208699154612224 | 1669208699154612224 |
| The most direct way to reparations is to provide a | 2023-05-30 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1663416916680245248 | 1663416916680245248 |
| If workers quit more often because of low wages | 2023-05-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1663345196652965888 | 1663345196652965888 |
| Child labor! How Dickensian. | 2023-05-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661949055700963329 | 1661949055700963329 |
| Like delivery to your door? Or at least your porch? | 2023-05-25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661560757786648578 | 1661560757786648578 |
| More than you want to know about economic policy - | 2023-05-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659772844010766337 | 1659772844010766337 |
| Think global finance is complicated? You're right - | 2023-05-20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659768507092045824 | 1659768507092045824 |
| Surprise - Disney's imagineers can't imagine that life in | 2023-05-19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659598653278007296 | 1659598653278007296 |
| Some GOP think that drag queens are the major threat to | 2023-05-12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656829621869092865 | 1656829621869092865 |
| There's no point in negotiating with somebody who has | 2023-05-11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656450937186324481 | 1656450937186324481 |
| Federal budget deficits are more likely to pay for | 2023-05-10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656410308326600706 | 1656410308326600706 |
| "The only beneficiaries of default would be adversarial | 2023-05-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656404678903754752 | 1656404678903754752 |
| Possible deficit outcomes. | 2023-05-09 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655964554789277696 | 1655964554789277696 |
| Wrong answer! House GOP is like Putin - compromise only | 2023-05-07 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655262442526769152 | 1655262442526769152 |
| Platinum coins and premium bonds - | 2023-05-07 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655257410934824960 | 1655257410934824960 |
| In California we issued registered warrants for a while | 2023-05-07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655249250312400897 | 1655249250312400897 |
| 14th amendment won't work. | 2023-05-07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655241698082160640 | 1655241698082160640 |
| GOP legislators want women to have more children. | 2023-05-07 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655051056861302785 | 1655051056861302785 |
| Democratic tax and spend produced a robust economy - | 2023-05-06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654944442258952192 | 1654944442258952192 |
| How to reduce the Federal deficit? Reduce the GOP | 2023-05-06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654937038234464256 | 1654937038234464256 |
| The MAGA GOP wants to have a fight, and McCarthy couldn't | 2023-05-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654933344214466560 | 1654933344214466560 |
| How default would work. | 2023-05-06 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654879338591027201 | 1654879338591027201 |
| Shop like a billionaire? | 2023-05-06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654849823445753857 | 1654849823445753857 |
| Don't like homelessness? Increase the minimum wage. | 2023-05-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654848632577998850 | 1654848632577998850 |
| Who pays for credit card "rewards"? | 2023-03-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638758740701896706 | 1638758740701896706 |
| Reagan deregulation - | 2023-03-22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638375661252542465 | 1638375661252542465 |
| Every business wants an annuity! | 2023-02-28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630426078207688704 | 1630426078207688704 |
| Still profitable because they declined to drive out cost | 2023-02-28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630416187338420226 | 1630416187338420226 |
| “We just have to figure out how to monetize it” | 2023-02-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630414896902070273 | 1630414896902070273 |
| Congress started playing Russian Roulette in 1917, though | 2023-01-30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619942328231395328 | 1619942328231395328 |
| Lots of layoffs, but so far, more jobs. | 2023-01-21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616686950513274880 | 1616686950513274880 |
| Miami was going to be world capital - of something - | 2023-01-17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615231032940441600 | 1615231032940441600 |
| Advanced economies are aging - and without immigration | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615065999212183554 | 1615065999212183554 |
| Career prospects in crypto - | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614805269472763904 | 1614805269472763904 |
| Silicon Valley layoff season. Sounds familiar to anybody | 2023-01-10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612925363222646785 | 1612925363222646785 |
| Achieving quantifiable objectives is what MBA's are trained | 2023-01-05 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1611077841151725568 | 1611077841151725568 |
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========== The feudal Southern planters among America's founders rightly feared industrialization as a threat to their way of life. Their spiritual heirs are losing the same battle - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/bidenomics-rust-belt-trump-2024-sun-belt/ Economic development brings all kinds of changes. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-20 13:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682027375767457793 ========== Very feudal - people with more money than they can spend wisely. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bay-area-jeweler-made-man-spend-220-000-so-he-could-buy-109-000-watch-he-never-got-lawsuit/ar-AA1cx16h And the old money looks down on the nouveaux riches. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2023-06-23 16:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672276912142696449 ========== When does occupational licensing become oppressive? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/georgia-breaks-with-federal-courts #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2023-06-15 05:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669208699154612224 ========== The most direct way to reparations is to provide a universal basic income to EVERY voter - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html Otherwise, it's a morass of conflicting priorities - https://buffalonews.com/reparations-are-a-financial-quandary-for-democrats-theyre-a-political-one-too/article_5b4622ac-bc0d-5cea-b117-3b5ad5e322fe.html and unlikely to become politically and financially feasible. #PS1economics ===== engage 6 engage-rate 17% expands 2 impress 36 likes 2 time 2023-05-30 05:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663416916680245248 ========== If workers quit more often because of low wages of benefits, employers necessarily will high more. It doesn't really have anything to do with how well the local economy is performing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/hiring-red-blue-states/ #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-30 00:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663345196652965888 ========== Child labor! How Dickensian. https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-laws-alabama-ohio-c1123a80970518676be44088619c6205 But defending the interests of the ruling class is what GOP legislators do. #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-26 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661949055700963329 ========== Like delivery to your door? Or at least your porch? Prepare to pay for it. https://apnews.com/article/ups-strike-delivery-supply-chain-union-labor-16270bd5699419398de376e07ada06ba #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2023-05-25 02:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661560757786648578 ========== More than you want to know about economic policy - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/18/opinion/jobs-inflation-economy.html It makes landing on an aircraft carrier on a dark night in heavy seas - seem simple in comparison. It's like trying to build a house when your only tool is a sledge hammer. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-20 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659772844010766337 ========== Think global finance is complicated? You're right - but it affects you just the same. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/economy/quantitative-tightening-global-impact/index.html It's all a confidence game - more confidence or less - and nobody has figured out how to eliminate the business cycle. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-20 03:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659768507092045824 ========== Surprise - Disney's imagineers can't imagine that life in Florida under DeSantis could possibly be an improvement over California. https://www.pcmag.com/news/disney-scraps-plans-for-billion-dollar-orlando-office-complex Maybe DeSantis can attract more Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A stores to make up for it. #PS1economics ===== impress 11 time 2023-05-19 16:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659598653278007296 ========== Some GOP think that drag queens are the major threat to American security. If only the world were so simple - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/us-default-national-security-concerns/ It's harder to grasp the significance of the dollar to world order, but essential to understanding the debt limit. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-12 01:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656829621869092865 ========== There's no point in negotiating with somebody who has no room to negotiate. McCarthy has even less room than Boehner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/biden-obama-debt-limit.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2023-05-11 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656450937186324481 ========== Federal budget deficits are more likely to pay for themselves than Federal tax cuts! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/government-budget-deficits.html #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-10 21:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656410308326600706 ========== "The only beneficiaries of default would be adversarial actors like Russia and China" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-dollar.html No wonder the GOP House Putinists make the most noise about forcing default. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-10 21:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656404678903754752 ========== Possible deficit outcomes. https://apnews.com/article/biden-debt-limit-coin-constitution-mccarthy-77be7f00b81cebec44fbaf807b9642ff The lunatic fringe of the GOP wants a showdown to get them on Fox, and they'll get it sooner or later, by replacing McCarthy if he wobbles. So let's get it over with once and for all. #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2023-05-09 15:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655964554789277696 ========== Wrong answer! House GOP is like Putin - compromise only defers the inevitable for a short while, then they're back with bigger demands. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/debt-limit-solution-mccarthy-biden/ Repeal the debt ceiling, and let the GOP try to make their case on individual spending bills. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 replies 1 time 2023-05-07 17:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655262442526769152 ========== Platinum coins and premium bonds - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-ceiling-platinum-coin-premium-bonds.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 replies 1 time 2023-05-07 17:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655257410934824960 ========== In California we issued registered warrants for a while instead of checks. https://www.pillsburylaw.com/images/content/2/7/v2/2717/86EC9F39548B4FBE0A37CAE813081CF7.pdf Maybe the Federal government can too. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-limit.html #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2023-05-07 16:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655249250312400897 ========== 14th amendment won't work. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-default-biden-republicans-yellen-b2e1f06ef913fb9bc3ad0b4a6a610da1 #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-07 16:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655241698082160640 ========== GOP legislators want women to have more children. But they don't want to do anything to make children more affordable. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/women-without-children-history.html There's nothing new about any of that. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-07 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655051056861302785 ========== Democratic tax and spend produced a robust economy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/us-economy-confusing-indicators/ But GOP is determined to cause a recession before the election, and debt default is their sure tool. Megadonors will fund the propaganda campaign blaming it on Democrats. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2023-05-06 20:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654944442258952192 ========== How to reduce the Federal deficit? Reduce the GOP billionaire tax relief of 2017? GOP megadonors say no - instead raise taxes on the poor. Reduce agricultural subsidies? GOP megadonors say no - instead reduce SNAP benefits for the poor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/congress-farm-bill-subsidies-debt/ #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2023-05-06 19:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654937038234464256 ========== The MAGA GOP wants to have a fight, and McCarthy couldn't stop them if he wanted to. Are there ways to finally repeal the debit limit without causing a depression? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/democrats-debt-ceiling-republicans/ #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-06 19:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654933344214466560 ========== How default would work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/debt-ceiling-default-us-treasurys/ If a deal with a short debt limit extension should somehow get through Congress, Biden should refuse to sign. Repeal the debt limit once and for all! But expect the defenders of minority rule to go to the mat. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2023-05-06 16:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654879338591027201 ========== Shop like a billionaire? https://www.seattletimes.com/business/12-smartwatches-this-app-promises-you-can-shop-like-a-billionaire-but-is-there-a-catch/ Sounds more like shop like you live on minimum wage and have to sell your personal information to make ends meet. #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-06 14:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654849823445753857 ========== Don't like homelessness? Increase the minimum wage. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/low-wages-short-hours-drive-many-fast-food-workers-into-homelessness/ar-AA1aCjSo #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654848632577998850 ========== Who pays for credit card "rewards"? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/opinion/credit-card-rewards-points-poor-interchange-fees.html Did you guess that once again it's the poor subsidizing the rich? #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-23 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638758740701896706 ========== Reagan deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis Bush deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis Trump deregulation - https://apnews.com/article/banking-crisis-congress-lobbying-svb-c2bc00ad41ae7fd1ec9d0ffb781383f2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899315253746318 #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-22 03:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638375661252542465 ========== Every business wants an annuity! https://apnews.com/article/business-7012f0ee968e761b257818658c515648 A fixed monthly income stream that supports high stock price - whether or not customers actually come in! It's easy to sign up and forget automatic payments, if there are no paper statements every month. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2023-02-28 04:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630426078207688704 ========== Still profitable because they declined to drive out cost with just-in-time. https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/explained-how-one-ukrainian-company-braved-and-prospered-through-a-year-of-russian-war-12203732.html Let it be a lesson. A war with Russia or a 8.0 earthquake or another pandemic - trust YOUR supply chains? #PS1economics ===== impress 8 time 2023-02-28 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630416187338420226 ========== “We just have to figure out how to monetize it” https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/23/is-a-bubble-brewing-for-sports-businesses/ We thought the 60's would go on forever, and then the internet boom would go on forever, then the Obama economic bull market would go on forever. Live and learn until you get too old. #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2023-02-28 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630414896902070273 ========== Congress started playing Russian Roulette in 1917, though they didn't know it. https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/29/leubsdorf-debt-ceiling-showdown-again/ Any time GOP talks about reducing the deficit, ask which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief should be repealed. That's the biggest waste in the budget. #PS1economics ===== impress 12 time 2023-01-30 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619942328231395328 ========== Lots of layoffs, but so far, more jobs. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/20/bay-area-job-economy-gain-tech-layoff-google-amazon-twitter-december/ #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-21 06:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616686950513274880 ========== Miami was going to be world capital - of something - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/opinions/crypto-miami-sam-bankman-fried-cline-ctrp/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-17 06:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615231032940441600 ========== Advanced economies are aging - and without immigration to provide labor, the standard of living will decline - and inflation increase. Gradually in Japan - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/06/business/japan-business-owners-no-successors/ Abruptly in America - https://news.yahoo.com/retirees-one-reason-fed-given-130713985.html #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-16 19:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615065999212183554 ========== Career prospects in crypto - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/coinbase-eliminates-20percent-of-staff-in-latest-round-of-layoffs/ar-AA16ay9H #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 02:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614805269472763904 ========== Silicon Valley layoff season. Sounds familiar to anybody who's been around for a while. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/tech/silicon-valley-layoffs-continue/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 10 time 2023-01-10 21:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612925363222646785 ========== Achieving quantifiable objectives is what MBA's are trained to do, to advance their careers. https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/paul-krugman-learning-from-the-southwest-airlines-debacle/article_79a952c2-886e-11ed-a5fd-6fa5d40cad04.html Driving out cost is a quantifiable objective. Building in resiliency and redundancy is a quantifiable cost for an unquantifiable objective. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-01-05 19:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611077841151725568