Alan H.
@demandside.bsky.social
Covid began in 2020. Trump bungled it into a deep recession. Biden had the economy humming again on January 19, 2025. Trump Crash 2.0 might be two Covids deep. When the panic comes, there can be no bailouts.
Corporate mergers, acquisitions, and huge debt made Walgreens a big deal up until 2015, then it shrank.$100 bn in 2015. $10 bn early 2025. Games are bing played on the backs of workers, you need to pay for those financial games. By "you", I mean the customers and the staff. Of course not the CEO.
December 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Corporate mergers, acquisitions, and huge debt made Walgreens a big deal up until 2015, then it shrank.$100 bn in 2015. $10 bn early 2025. Games are bing played on the backs of workers, you need to pay for those financial games. By "you", I mean the customers and the staff. Of course not the CEO.
Just eliminate the cap on income liable to the SS and Medicare taxes, extend it to unearned income. Literally a flat tax, yet it would be a big step out of the regressive hole we are in now.
Medicare and the VA are the most popular insurances, exactly because they are the most efficient.
Medicare and the VA are the most popular insurances, exactly because they are the most efficient.
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Just eliminate the cap on income liable to the SS and Medicare taxes, extend it to unearned income. Literally a flat tax, yet it would be a big step out of the regressive hole we are in now.
Medicare and the VA are the most popular insurances, exactly because they are the most efficient.
Medicare and the VA are the most popular insurances, exactly because they are the most efficient.
Not too willing or you would have done it by now. The current system is far more complex than Medicare for All. If you cannot understand that, it's because you don't want to.
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Not too willing or you would have done it by now. The current system is far more complex than Medicare for All. If you cannot understand that, it's because you don't want to.
How about just a flat tax, Mark? Like removing the cap on social security taxes? And include all income, not just earned income. As to the details, the two most favored insurance plans by poll are Medicare and the VA.
You got nothing but BS. And yet people will listen. Sad.
You got nothing but BS. And yet people will listen. Sad.
December 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
How about just a flat tax, Mark? Like removing the cap on social security taxes? And include all income, not just earned income. As to the details, the two most favored insurance plans by poll are Medicare and the VA.
You got nothing but BS. And yet people will listen. Sad.
You got nothing but BS. And yet people will listen. Sad.
Witkoff, Gruenbaum and Kushner for the Trump Grift Party. Who is there representing the US?
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Witkoff, Gruenbaum and Kushner for the Trump Grift Party. Who is there representing the US?
"Transactional"? As in "bribes," "extortion," "kickbacks," "self-dealing"? I know there's a word -- sanewashing -- for soft-peddling Trump's various psychoses. "Transactional" is a word to soften the truth that Trump is just grifting.
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Transactional"? As in "bribes," "extortion," "kickbacks," "self-dealing"? I know there's a word -- sanewashing -- for soft-peddling Trump's various psychoses. "Transactional" is a word to soften the truth that Trump is just grifting.
I wonder if Elon knows he's BS'ing or if he believes it, kind of like the Donald believes his own version of the world in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I wonder if Elon knows he's BS'ing or if he believes it, kind of like the Donald believes his own version of the world in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
Oligarchy is not stable. We hope you are game planning for the AI implosion, crypto crash, or bank fiasco, because those are the guys right behind Donald Trump who are supposed to clean up the mess. Remember Covid? A pandemic turned into a catastrophe because of bungling. It's worse now.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oligarchy is not stable. We hope you are game planning for the AI implosion, crypto crash, or bank fiasco, because those are the guys right behind Donald Trump who are supposed to clean up the mess. Remember Covid? A pandemic turned into a catastrophe because of bungling. It's worse now.
Of course this is bad math. But consider: a product goes from $1 to $2, it goes up 100%. If it drops by the same amount ($2 to $1), its a 50% drop. The numbers are comparable when the divisor is not the source, but the average of the source and destination. (Sorry. It's bugged me for awhile.)
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Of course this is bad math. But consider: a product goes from $1 to $2, it goes up 100%. If it drops by the same amount ($2 to $1), its a 50% drop. The numbers are comparable when the divisor is not the source, but the average of the source and destination. (Sorry. It's bugged me for awhile.)
Consider: This is the guy in charge if crypto crashes or the AI bubble implodes or the banks do what banks do when the regulation is taken off. This guy -- as toadie to Trump or Vance -- will be turning crisis into catastrophe. see Covid.
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Consider: This is the guy in charge if crypto crashes or the AI bubble implodes or the banks do what banks do when the regulation is taken off. This guy -- as toadie to Trump or Vance -- will be turning crisis into catastrophe. see Covid.
The U.S. sends the LNG to Europe because Russia invaded Ukraine and was using energy as leverage to destroy a democracy. The US supplies more than half Europe's needs. It was happy news at the time. I'd look to the AI bubble before LNG to Europe as a cause of rising energy prices.
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The U.S. sends the LNG to Europe because Russia invaded Ukraine and was using energy as leverage to destroy a democracy. The US supplies more than half Europe's needs. It was happy news at the time. I'd look to the AI bubble before LNG to Europe as a cause of rising energy prices.
Don't stop. Good stuff.
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don't stop. Good stuff.
The frightening thing is that when the economy starts to slide, these are the people in charge. Trump has already shown, with Covid, that he can bungle a crisis into a catastrophe.
December 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The frightening thing is that when the economy starts to slide, these are the people in charge. Trump has already shown, with Covid, that he can bungle a crisis into a catastrophe.
Lummis retired last year. She's just still getting paid.
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Lummis retired last year. She's just still getting paid.
My list only goes to L. Buffett likely has owned some of these for decades. He's not buying stocks now.
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My list only goes to L. Buffett likely has owned some of these for decades. He's not buying stocks now.
Hoping SD Democrats go progressive in the fall. The starkest possible separation from Kristi and Dusty and the mad king will be the best, esp. in Clay County.
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hoping SD Democrats go progressive in the fall. The starkest possible separation from Kristi and Dusty and the mad king will be the best, esp. in Clay County.
The torture is what Trump did not want you to see. It is the absence of any criminality among the people they deported that I will remember. That and Kristi Noem standing in front of cages of Salvadorans claiming they are the people deported. The botox Barbi glorying in barbarism for the camera.
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The torture is what Trump did not want you to see. It is the absence of any criminality among the people they deported that I will remember. That and Kristi Noem standing in front of cages of Salvadorans claiming they are the people deported. The botox Barbi glorying in barbarism for the camera.
He's asked for everything to be released. Until they are, you need to stop.
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
He's asked for everything to be released. Until they are, you need to stop.
Good move by Clinton. Now if the mad king would do that ....
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Good move by Clinton. Now if the mad king would do that ....
Defeating Trump is not enough. FDR's bill is a start, practically:
Medicare for All
Green New Deal
New Supreme Court
Rule of Law
Money out of Politics
Glass-Steagall Banking Structure
No Gerrymandering
Support Ukraine
The oligarchs are powerful and ruthless, and too dangerous to have around.
Medicare for All
Green New Deal
New Supreme Court
Rule of Law
Money out of Politics
Glass-Steagall Banking Structure
No Gerrymandering
Support Ukraine
The oligarchs are powerful and ruthless, and too dangerous to have around.
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Defeating Trump is not enough. FDR's bill is a start, practically:
Medicare for All
Green New Deal
New Supreme Court
Rule of Law
Money out of Politics
Glass-Steagall Banking Structure
No Gerrymandering
Support Ukraine
The oligarchs are powerful and ruthless, and too dangerous to have around.
Medicare for All
Green New Deal
New Supreme Court
Rule of Law
Money out of Politics
Glass-Steagall Banking Structure
No Gerrymandering
Support Ukraine
The oligarchs are powerful and ruthless, and too dangerous to have around.