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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Feb 18

It sounds like he is confusing prices and inflation, unless he means that the tariff effects will wear off. It is their effect on inflation that should not be persistent, not their effect on prices.

Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Feb 3

Cosplaying doesn't really scare that many people.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Feb 3

For the time being, let's just keep calling it your mom's basement.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 28

Wow. A betrayal of a phony yet crazy movement. Quite the serious charge.

Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 18

We were told that there would be no malarkey. There has been quite a lot of malarkey.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 13

So they just get it out of the ground and then use it all themselves? Do they just burn it away, or do they use it for getting more oil?

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 5

Need to close the height gap.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 4

I agree that they should not be treated as equal, but a height subsidy would encourage the short to better measure up.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 4

He was referring to NYC central business district when he said "district" and I thought he meant the District of Columbia.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 3

How is this a national security issue?

Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 1

But the claim is that people don't use their trucks for trucking. No need for towing or hauling, so a bike will do. If you demonstrate a need to a truc to a panel of MIT urban planners, they might give you a dispensation to get a truck judged more suitable to their superior sensibilities.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Jan 1

I think the point is quite obnoxious, actually. People paid their own money for what they think is best for them and what they want. Need has nothing to do with it. Taken to its logical conclusion, no one actually needs a vehicle at all. Bicycles will do fine.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Dec 31

You can get any seating/bed-length combo you want. But when your goal is condescending snideness, misrepresentation is useful.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Dec 31

Quite a few. I also see many with extended cabs. Different people have different truck needs and it is good that there is more variety than there used to be.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Dec 30

I get that people have to hate pickup trucks because the wrong type of people drive them, but at least try to be accurate. The F-150 is still a working truck with a long bed. You can get a long cab and short bed if you want to.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Dec 30

Nonsense. The base model doesn't have the extended cab.

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Howard Wall @hjwallecon.bsky.social · Dec 26

So what you'e saying us that we are addicted to saying things are addictive.