| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The upper crust isn't suffering much from inflation - | 2024-10-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1850056574804558184 | 1850056574804558184 |
| If Musk can't buy the election, maybe crypto can - | 2024-10-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1847436700949369260 | 1847436700949369260 |
| Speaking of deficit spending and devaluation - | 2024-10-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1847039339529974080 | 1847039339529974080 |
| How devaluation-inflation reduces deficits - | 2024-10-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1847026772979950001 | 1847026772979950001 |
| Mendacious or ignorant? Tariffs have been tried before, | 2024-10-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1846772357228384382 | 1846772357228384382 |
| Par for the Trump course! | 2024-10-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1846770145332809854 | 1846770145332809854 |
| How did Trump's shakedown efforts go? | 2024-07-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1816559815092805713 | 1816559815092805713 |
| Consumer outlooks appear to be based on hearsay (propaganda | 2024-07-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813322654721659207 | 1813322654721659207 |
| Prices on staples (and gasoline) are dropping - | 2024-07-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813316786156351603 | 1813316786156351603 |
| Most of the world would LOVE to have our low inflation | 2024-07-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813240230469857725 | 1813240230469857725 |
| Can India supersede China? | 2024-06-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1805999434108670277 | 1805999434108670277 |
| "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders | 2024-06-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1805995856698773884 | 1805995856698773884 |
| How Trump's plans to lower prices would raise them. | 2024-06-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1801445563835290031 | 1801445563835290031 |
| They were against labor then - | 2024-04-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1780413494862762391 | 1780413494862762391 |
| Devaluing the dollar - as good an idea as unilateral | 2024-04-16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1780254056063369356 | 1780254056063369356 |
| Inflation is real, but not bad compared to the stagflation | 2024-04-16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1780040438738764230 | 1780040438738764230 |
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========== The upper crust isn't suffering much from inflation - https://apnews.com/article/economy-consumers-inflation-retail-spending-growth-wealth-be68f97bba5970ed4ce4fc8b8c7333af So they wouldn't much mind across-the-board tariffs - it's just another regressive tax on the poor. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/politics/janet-yellen-donald-trump-tariffs/index.html #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-26T07:07:14.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/3dTsMEQbln display_url apnews.com/article/econom… url https://t.co/jcfgtZ33qQ display_url cnn.com/2024/10/17/pol… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-26 06:07 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1850056574804558184 ========== If Musk can't buy the election, maybe crypto can - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/crypto-firms-candidates-house-senate-election-2024/ As befits "crypto", its ads seldom identify the funders or motivation. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-19T01:36:47.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/ur52LIVTBF display_url washingtonpost.com/business/inter… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-19 00:36 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1847436700949369260 ========== Speaking of deficit spending and devaluation - https://apnews.com/article/budget-deficit-trump-harris-kamala-debt-1ee3ff65e22ccf19d19b792ee22c46da Presidents sometimes get away with spending money without congressional authorization, but they don't have a lot of latitude on getting revenue - which is why Trump wants to impose tariffs. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-17T23:17:49.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/LeVBiwpTyw display_url apnews.com/article/budget… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-17 22:17 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1847039339529974080 ========== How devaluation-inflation reduces deficits - https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion-will-federal-inquiry-into-airline-loyalty-programs-really-change-them/ It works the same way for governments and airlines! Make a dollar or an airline mile worth less, and your unfunded liability goes down! Is this how Trump intends to handle deficits? #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-17T22:27:53.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/SkzHZ1yuLn display_url eastbaytimes.com/2024/10/08/opi… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-17 21:27 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1847026772979950001 ========== Mendacious or ignorant? Tariffs have been tried before, and led to a world trade war that everybody lost - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act Exporting unemployment doesn't work. Other countries can impose tariffs too! https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-economics-plan-6a4b07be04e342bf657ad12ef7b6bbfa #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-17T05:36:55.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/Nc0wSAGG4e display_url en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%… url https://t.co/FzjOG2xKm7 display_url apnews.com/article/trump-… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-17 04:36 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1846772357228384382 ========== Par for the Trump course! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-wlfi-website-crashes-token-131805442.html Only "accredited investors" at first, meaning people qualified to be megadonors. Did they get a good return on their accredited investment? #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-10-17T05:28:08.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/Y4kI15qAsJ display_url finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-wl… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-10-17 04:28 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1846770145332809854 ========== How did Trump's shakedown efforts go? https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-executives-campaign-finance-00157131 The oil industry doesn't need or want Trump's help in pushing down oil prices - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-trump-presidency-to-pose-mostly-bearish-risks-for-oil-citi-says/ar-BB1qDcDt Big oil has been doing fine without Trump's help - https://stephenheins.substack.com/p/why-is-the-oil-industry-booming-high #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-07-25T20:43:04.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/FG2foldoaD display_url politico.com/news/2024/05/0… url https://t.co/2YvTlDqV5v display_url msn.com/en-us/money/ma… url https://t.co/4A4Zyq0lAS display_url stephenheins.substack.com/p/why-is-the-o… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-07-25 19:43 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1816559815092805713 ========== Consumer outlooks appear to be based on hearsay (propaganda media) rather than personal experience - https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/09/the-matrix-of-consumer-discontent/ Don't expect any help from the GOP! Their platform is inflated with inflationary policy. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-07-16T22:19:45.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/JQYa7vI6Ea display_url dnyuz.com/2024/07/09/the… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-07-16 21:19 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1813322654721659207 ========== Prices on staples (and gasoline) are dropping - https://www.startribune.com/retailers-cut-prices-in-summer-of-savings-but-consumers-need-to-shop-smart-for-best-deals/600380024/ But consumers haven't noticed - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-consumer-sentiment-falls-to-eight-month-low-on-high-prices/ar-BB1pS6Sw Who are you going to believe, your own eyes or the media propaganda machines? #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-07-16T21:56:26.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/9A7UmlJpxn display_url startribune.com/retailers-cut-… url https://t.co/4y1j954xUJ display_url msn.com/en-us/money/ma… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-07-16 20:56 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1813316786156351603 ========== Most of the world would LOVE to have our low inflation and low unemployment- https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/05/political-unrest-worldwide-is-fueled-by-high-prices-and-huge-debts/ But by election day the Putinist-Trumpist-Dixiecrat propaganda media are hope to convince Americans that they are suffering terribly from inflation. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-07-16T16:52:13.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/aEUZrSu3vY display_url dnyuz.com/2024/07/05/pol… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-07-16 15:52 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1813240230469857725 ========== Can India supersede China? https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/white-house-lobby-opec-oil-production-cuts-gasoline-prices-midterms/index.html India has a much younger population which should be an advantage. But success will lead to an aging population, just as in China and the West. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2022-10-05T05:56:34.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/9BgsjPLUxJ display_url cnn.com/2022/10/04/pol… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-06-26 16:19 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1805999434108670277 ========== "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" That kind of humility isn't much expressed by billionaires. But the race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, but time and chance happen to them all. https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/2/263642/How-Napster-gave-birth-to-a-monster #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-06-26T17:05:40.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/aOtDumx6lx display_url thestandard.com.hk/section-news/f… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-06-26 16:05 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1805995856698773884 ========== How Trump's plans to lower prices would raise them. https://www.wral.com/story/charlie-savage-maggie-haberman-jonathan-swan-trump-vows-to-lower-prices-his-policies-may-raise-them/21473626/ Every country in the world encountered supply issues and resulting inflation from covid, and the recovery of most is well behind the US. But Trumpism is based on feelings, not facts. #PS1economics ===== editableUntil 2024-06-14T03:44:26.000Z editsRemaining 5 source https://t.co/cNSY97Gv6Y display_url wral.com/story/charlie-… truncated false possibly_sensitive false time 2024-06-14 02:44 +0000 favorited false https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1801445563835290031 ========== They were against labor then - https://www.facingsouth.org/2021/03/pro-act-would-undo-decades-southern-anti-union-laws-rooted-racism and they're against labor now - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/16/republican-governors-uaw/ Interesting how only Putinist-Trumpist-Dixiecrat GOP governors are interested in protecting black folks' rights to be exploited. #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2024-04-17 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1780413494862762391 ========== Devaluing the dollar - as good an idea as unilateral nuclear disarmament. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/16/trump-devalue-dollar-inflation-economy/ #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2024-04-16 15:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1780254056063369356 ========== Inflation is real, but not bad compared to the stagflation of the 1970's. But swing voters that don't follow politics closely usually just vote their pocketbook feelings, whether based on fact or fantasy. https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/apr/13/why-biden-is-getting-little-credit-for-the-economy-especially-in-california/ #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2024-04-16 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1780040438738764230