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Doug Henwood
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Economic journalist and utility pundit. http://lbo-news.com.
It’d be funny if he discovered it was all fake money
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So sad Noah blocked me and I couldn’t read his tale of woe.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The carbon fraction of the capitalist class for sure. And they have a lot more money and political power than alt.energy capitalists. I think we’re watching the primacy of state/political power over economic logic.
alt.energy
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reposted by Doug Henwood
things take time to percolate but truly the weirdest shit keeps percolating and resonating. I interviewed a super normie at no kings last time and he had a sign joking about being antifa and the number one thing he was mad about off the top of his head was venezuelan boat strikes
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A lot of people don’t get the concept of reporting the news, or how opinion pages work.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Number of households, around 132 million (doing that from memory), times $2,000. Not complex.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For contrast, total interest paid since April: $481 billion.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Defies Trump." Is that illegal now? No doubt you'd like it to be, but it's not yet, is it?
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
King is an "independent," so he's a party of one. There are plenty of Dems like him though.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There’s some skepticism
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yes. She’s a horror.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Also, a 50-year loan should have a higher interest rate than a 30-year. A 30-year is 6.2% now, vs. 5.5% for a 15-year. www.freddiemac.com/pmms
Mortgage Rates
See the mortgage rate a typical consumer might see in the most recent Primary Mortgage Market Survey, updated weekly. The PMMS is focused on conventional, conforming fully-amortizing home purchase loa...
www.freddiemac.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yes, specifically by Stuart Butler. He's now at Brookings, which says something about the political spectrum.

www.brookings.edu/people/stuar...
Stuart M. Butler | Brookings
Stuart Butler is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution. Prior to joining Brookings, Butler spent 35 years at The Heritage Foundation as director of the Center for Policy Inn...
www.brookings.edu
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And it doesn't address the inflated house prices.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's a response to inflated house prices that would end up with people paying far more interest over the course of their loan.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How about ending health insurance and just having people pay directly?
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM