archroadkill
- Billions in funding slashed. Hundreds of thousands of jobs gone. Higher costs for families. More pollution poisoning our air and water. All to keep the oil and gas billionaires happy.
- Those billionaires have time and again managed to buy themselves the government they wanted. Those people filling those jobs created by the IRA, did they show up to vote for Kamala even though Dems made these jobs possible? Nah. They like the smack-talking orange guy better.
- The 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war reduces the risk of product shortages and makes a recession less likely in the short-term. But it does little to lift the cloud of uncertainty that has hung over the U.S. economy since Trump took office. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b... #EconSky
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View full threadThat’s the only way to pay for the tax cut for the rich. Create a consumption tax but call it a war on trade fairness with countries that have been cheating the US.
- That's exactly what Trump hopes this will be. A consumption tax that pays for lowering the income tax of the well-off.
- 🚨NEWS: Trump tried to block all future presidents from ever using a longstanding law to lower medicine prices — and RFK has pledged to senators that he will not use it. This is why pharma stocks gained in response to Trump’s executive order yesterday. www.levernews.com/trump-alread...
- Of course RFK, this indefatigable crusader against big pharma, was the first to pledge NOT to try to lower drug prices.
- (Since this topic seems to be trending, here’s my thoughts) Democrats lack a comprehensive economic vision. Their approach? Patchwork fixes & coping mechanisms—not solutions. Helping people survive a broken system isn’t the same as fixing the system. #EconomicPolicy #EconSky
- I agree the Dems don't have a socio-economic vision. That's because for 45 years the voters have made it clear time and again that they actually wanted neoliberalism. They just don't like to be on the receiving end of the consequences. Coming up with a different vision is pretty hard work.
