Reading CS Lewis again and banging my head into the wall because of the continuous realization that it always the same problems just a different time in history
For every $1 spent by the Parks, they produce $15 in economic activity. It is less than 0.067% of all federal spending.
Parks have a huge economic multiplier. They create platforms for substantial private sector activity (tourism, recreation businesses, etc.) while preserving
Lots of people are comparing the job cuts now to Clinton, and it's quite different. Clinton's job cuts followed a careful 6-month National Performance Review that identified where reductions wouldn't harm services. The cuts were implemented gradually with bipartisan support (and
Bill Clinton cut federal government jobs in the 90s and I think most people would say that the 90s were one of the most prosperous times in America. Corporations cut jobs all the time and most continue to prosper. Why should the government be any different?
it's already priced in, everything, all of it, past, present, future, the infinite expanse of the universe,
you're priced, i'm priced, we are all priced, in
On Shein:
- Their clothes are 65% polyester (double Zara & H&M!) - - Laundering polyester is responsible for ~35% of the microplastics in the ocean
- They ship between 2-3 billion items a year
- Their emission grew by 52% last year
- They've 10x'ed their lobbying spend in
Many have already said this, but if you talk to *anyone* who has ever worked in a plant, most of them dream that their kids will never have to do the same
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go
I've been traveling the past few days (5 plane rides since the election, 2 universities) and maybe about 20% of people that I got to talk to really knew what tariffs were and what they meant*.
They usually just thought it meant that a trade partner got punished by higher