1) You lose credibility when you begin to refer to anything Trump does as "unhinged." As Van Jones has noted, he is running circles around you guys. The longer you keep thinking his ideas (which always pan out somehow) are "unhinged," the longer it will be before a Democrat revival.
2) The tariffs are working exactly as planned, brining in MOUNTAINS of new money. The only "affordability" issue remaining is housing, where that spoogeknocker Powell is deliberately keeping rates high to try to hurt Trump. But he's only hurting ordinary Americans ready to buy and sell homes . . . when he lets them.
3) Unemployment nationally fell last month, almost two points lower than that garden paradise of Kollyfornia. I would argue that NO Democrat has a remote chance until or unless its pole star of Kollyfornia is brought under control. Right now, voter reg purges have removed over 2 million with LA and OC still to report. By the time it's over, the D lead there will drop by almost 2 million, and that's not counting deported illegals or continued party switchting (+23k GOP last month alone,
4) Made in USA requires a basic underlying love for the country. I do not get this at all from AOC, Ilhan Omar, or even Zohran Mamdani. Until that visual perception changes, policy changes will be meaningless.
The author lost me in the first sentence with his claim that "(A)fter considerable activity during the Biden era, the substance and direction of American industrial policy are in doubt."
Factory jobs gave financial stability to many Lao, Hmong, and Tibetan refugees I've known. Coming here as adults in middle age, literate in no language, opportunities are rare, but a factory, even with the very low wages, is a predictable income, 40 hours times 52 weeks, leading to a mortgage, car loan, and university for the kids.
Inflation is going up. What does that mean? Generalities are used when the facts don’t support the generalities. My memory isn’t all that great but I believe the numbers I saw in the last few days was up from 2.1 to 2.7%. These numbers do not support the claim. If the writer knows what the numbers are, and if they don’t they need to find them, then use them. When generalities, unsupported by facts, are used, I move on without further reading. To me, the author is hiding something. I expect better from the LP. The first article I read in the morning.
"The Journal’s analysis of prices from e-commerce data firm Traject Data found that while Amazon’s price rose on 1,200 of its cheapest household goods, competitor Walmart ... lowered prices on the same items by nearly 2%."
Maybe a little more patience and trust in a robust and competitive capitalism's ability to sort it all out will bear fruit sweeter than The Liberal Patriot's wordy if less coherent economic bromides. Time will tell.
American capitalism would best be encouraged in a way consistent with national security by phasing in tariffs on goods from adversaries — particularly China — and not on allies. And capitalism with decent living standards for all workers is also encouraged by the inherent subsidies on low skilled labor by the earned income tax credit as opposed to minimum wage mandates and excessive government bias favoring unions.
An essay by Justin Vassallo is always worth a second go, working all day in the heat gives perspective. Lots to chew on and always at least one new word.
I saw the word "predistribution" linked. I've seen that word a couple of times of late, and like it. It's kind of the idea of lessening inequality via increased wages in lieu of taxing and redistributing. I read it at places like Jacobin, now I'm outed as a commie for sure. I'm fine with taxing, but I'm not crazy over it as a route to reducing inequality. The homeless industrial complex for instance spending six figures on a homeless person so every org can dip into the pot of gold and at the end of the day that person is just as homeless. Or "affordable housing" that is one, only affordable to upper income, and costs more than if they'd just built some apartments.
But I"m off on a tangent. This essay's word is anomie, which I figured is maybe some sea creature, nope it's "lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group". It's probably one of those ones you pick up studying for the SATs.
Trump and Biden both pushed rehoming of manufacturing, I personally like the tariffs more than giving billions to companies who promise they'll do something but at least the impetus is in the same direction.
The market isn't the economy but I can't complain.
The inflation threat to Trump isn't trade policy but his pressure on Powell. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon and the massive dump of the Biden years hasn't been wrung out yet. If Trump's pressure succeeds, he owns it.
1) You lose credibility when you begin to refer to anything Trump does as "unhinged." As Van Jones has noted, he is running circles around you guys. The longer you keep thinking his ideas (which always pan out somehow) are "unhinged," the longer it will be before a Democrat revival.
2) The tariffs are working exactly as planned, brining in MOUNTAINS of new money. The only "affordability" issue remaining is housing, where that spoogeknocker Powell is deliberately keeping rates high to try to hurt Trump. But he's only hurting ordinary Americans ready to buy and sell homes . . . when he lets them.
3) Unemployment nationally fell last month, almost two points lower than that garden paradise of Kollyfornia. I would argue that NO Democrat has a remote chance until or unless its pole star of Kollyfornia is brought under control. Right now, voter reg purges have removed over 2 million with LA and OC still to report. By the time it's over, the D lead there will drop by almost 2 million, and that's not counting deported illegals or continued party switchting (+23k GOP last month alone,
4) Made in USA requires a basic underlying love for the country. I do not get this at all from AOC, Ilhan Omar, or even Zohran Mamdani. Until that visual perception changes, policy changes will be meaningless.
The author lost me in the first sentence with his claim that "(A)fter considerable activity during the Biden era, the substance and direction of American industrial policy are in doubt."
And Trump is the one "unhinged"?
Factory jobs gave financial stability to many Lao, Hmong, and Tibetan refugees I've known. Coming here as adults in middle age, literate in no language, opportunities are rare, but a factory, even with the very low wages, is a predictable income, 40 hours times 52 weeks, leading to a mortgage, car loan, and university for the kids.
Inflation is going up. What does that mean? Generalities are used when the facts don’t support the generalities. My memory isn’t all that great but I believe the numbers I saw in the last few days was up from 2.1 to 2.7%. These numbers do not support the claim. If the writer knows what the numbers are, and if they don’t they need to find them, then use them. When generalities, unsupported by facts, are used, I move on without further reading. To me, the author is hiding something. I expect better from the LP. The first article I read in the morning.
From today's Wall Street Journal:
"The Journal’s analysis of prices from e-commerce data firm Traject Data found that while Amazon’s price rose on 1,200 of its cheapest household goods, competitor Walmart ... lowered prices on the same items by nearly 2%."
Maybe a little more patience and trust in a robust and competitive capitalism's ability to sort it all out will bear fruit sweeter than The Liberal Patriot's wordy if less coherent economic bromides. Time will tell.
American capitalism would best be encouraged in a way consistent with national security by phasing in tariffs on goods from adversaries — particularly China — and not on allies. And capitalism with decent living standards for all workers is also encouraged by the inherent subsidies on low skilled labor by the earned income tax credit as opposed to minimum wage mandates and excessive government bias favoring unions.
An essay by Justin Vassallo is always worth a second go, working all day in the heat gives perspective. Lots to chew on and always at least one new word.
I saw the word "predistribution" linked. I've seen that word a couple of times of late, and like it. It's kind of the idea of lessening inequality via increased wages in lieu of taxing and redistributing. I read it at places like Jacobin, now I'm outed as a commie for sure. I'm fine with taxing, but I'm not crazy over it as a route to reducing inequality. The homeless industrial complex for instance spending six figures on a homeless person so every org can dip into the pot of gold and at the end of the day that person is just as homeless. Or "affordable housing" that is one, only affordable to upper income, and costs more than if they'd just built some apartments.
But I"m off on a tangent. This essay's word is anomie, which I figured is maybe some sea creature, nope it's "lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group". It's probably one of those ones you pick up studying for the SATs.
Trump and Biden both pushed rehoming of manufacturing, I personally like the tariffs more than giving billions to companies who promise they'll do something but at least the impetus is in the same direction.
The market isn't the economy but I can't complain.
Clever comments, and I like how you build up, not tear down, even when I may not agree with the opinion, Nice job!
The inflation threat to Trump isn't trade policy but his pressure on Powell. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon and the massive dump of the Biden years hasn't been wrung out yet. If Trump's pressure succeeds, he owns it.