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What Is Burning?

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Yet another tragic story of people being trapped inside a burning Tesla, this time in Toronto. Four dead; one rescued when a bystander smashed a window. Phil Koopman, cited by Paul Krugman in Substack Carscoops.com Paul Krugman … Continue reading

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Why Weaken U.S. Economy?

Answering Kennedy’s Call “On February 28, the same day that President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance took the side of Russian president Vladimir Putin against Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, Martin Matishak of The Record, … Continue reading

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Economic Growth Slowing…Because?

Popular Economics Weekly “The U.S. government is currently under the control of a deeply ignorant, vengeful megalomaniac with zero impulse control. And it’s not just Elon Musk: Trump shares the same characteristics.” Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman AtlantaFed “The GDPNow model … Continue reading

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What Happened to the Minimum Wage?

Popular Economics Weekly As of January 2025, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee have not adopted a state minimum wage. This means that workers in these states earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. PBS.org Currently, just 34 states, territories … Continue reading

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Who Is Going to Mars?

Answering Kennedy’s Call “There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there – good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads … Continue reading

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White Patriarchy In Decline

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Born to a rich father who made him the beneficiary of his own highly lucrative investments, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today via means that required no business expertise whatsoever.” Random House It … Continue reading

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Trump Chooses War Over Peace

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Our society has been peaceful and healthy for so long that for many people serious disaster has become inconceivable. Americans who parade around in amateur militia groups and brandish Nazi symbols do so partly because they are … Continue reading

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Does Trump Want Another War?

Answering Kennedy’s Call “I’m not sure most Americans appreciate the monumental damage President Trump is doing to the post-World War II order that is the wellspring of American global leadership and affluence.” NYTimes Nicholas Kristof USAToday There is a growing … Continue reading

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Make Trump 2.0 Irrelevant Again

Answering Kennedy’s Call “The United States now has the highest percentage of low-wage workers – that is workers who make less than two-thirds of the median wage- of any developed nation. Fully 25 percent of all American workers make no … Continue reading

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The Tariff Wars–Part III

Popular Economics Weekly “It is inconceivable that other countries won’t retaliate, even if some of the governments might not want to retaliate, their citizens will demand that you can’t allow yourself to be beaten up. When you make like a … Continue reading

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