Trump’s stake in Intel and the free market fantasy

“I don’t care if it’s a dollar or a billion-dollar stake,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis protested. “That starts feeling like a semi state-owned enterprise à la CCCP,” he added, referring to the old acronym for the USSR.  “I don’t believe the U.S. government should be picking winners and losers.”  President Donald Trump’s almost unprecedented decision… Continue reading Trump’s stake in Intel and the free market fantasy

Unpopular opinion: Democrats will regret not supporting any part of the Big Beautiful Bill

Whatever becomes of Medicaid, every restaurant and service worker, every cop, every firefighter, every cashier, almost every union member, everyone who has recently had a child and will have one for the next three years, the great majority of seniors, and even upper middle class people in high tax states, will receive some benefit from… Continue reading Unpopular opinion: Democrats will regret not supporting any part of the Big Beautiful Bill