Cutting spending in a time of a major economic contraction worked so well in the ’30s that we just have to do it again.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Imagining push-back to Dem admin firing them all in 3 years: "Look at what happened when we disbanded the Iraqi Army and instituted de-Ba'thification." December 31, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- Democratic Congressional candidate Robin Peguero is showing real momentum here in FL-27. www.politicalcortadito.com/2025/12/26/r... He has a great bio too, see www.stu.edu/law/faculty-... (Disclosure: I'm a donor.) And he wrote a legal thriller, and a political murder mystery. December 31, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- youtu.be/U3Zh4JH-qEc?... December 30, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- So far only in mice. But maybe a certain President could get advanced access to the human trials? December 30, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- Sorry... why would there need to be an emergency indoor inauguration on January 20, 2029 with bulletproof glass and protections against civilian monitoring tech? Oh, that's right. Martial law is coming. I keep forgetting. December 30, 2025 Seth Abramson
I agree this deal is terrible. It does nothing to reign in favored special interests, take a look at point 2, “[the deal]….. is designed to protect crucial investments like aid for college students;” If there is one thing I know the government wastes money on it is student aid. It just allows law schools to charge more without any additional benefits to students, the government or society.
Then you will be pleased to learn that the program at issue was Pell Grants, and Pell Grants are only available to undergraduates (and some post-grad teacher certificate students).