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The irony of MAGA wanting to take over Canada and Greenland but can't handle being outside in the cold for a single day for Donald Trump's inauguration.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The irony of MAGA wanting to take over Canada and Greenland but can't handle being outside in the cold for a single day for Donald Trump's inauguration.
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NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.
NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing
NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.
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I highly recommend the least expensive school for your first two years. Then transfer your credits
December 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I highly recommend the least expensive school for your first two years. Then transfer your credits
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Four in five people who will use Obamacare in 2025 are from states that voted for Donald Trump.
Oh.
So the people who whine about the Affordable Care Act are the ones who are going to be using it?
SMH. 🙄
Oh.
So the people who whine about the Affordable Care Act are the ones who are going to be using it?
SMH. 🙄
December 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Four in five people who will use Obamacare in 2025 are from states that voted for Donald Trump.
Oh.
So the people who whine about the Affordable Care Act are the ones who are going to be using it?
SMH. 🙄
Oh.
So the people who whine about the Affordable Care Act are the ones who are going to be using it?
SMH. 🙄
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#FunFact: 2025 #ACA Open Enrollment Period total is already 8% higher than last year's FINAL Open Enrollment Period total when you include confirmed federal & state-based exchange data as well as BHP data from MN/NY/OR.
The odds are very high that it will break 25M by the final enrollment deadline.
The odds are very high that it will break 25M by the final enrollment deadline.
December 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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25 wealthiest Americans “saw their worth rise a collective $401 billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid a total of $13.6 billion in federal income taxes… it amounts to a true tax rate of only 3.4%.”
The median family paid a far, far higher rate on their incomes.
US’s inequalities in stark detail:
The median family paid a far, far higher rate on their incomes.
US’s inequalities in stark detail:
Between 2014-2018, Elon Musk's wealth grew by $13.9 billion but tax records obtained by @propublica.org show that during those same years he repeatedly paid relatively little (or nothing) in federal income tax:
2015: $68,000 in federal income tax paid
2017: $65,000
2018: $0
(published June 2021)
2015: $68,000 in federal income tax paid
2017: $65,000
2018: $0
(published June 2021)
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2024 at 8:01 PM
25 wealthiest Americans “saw their worth rise a collective $401 billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid a total of $13.6 billion in federal income taxes… it amounts to a true tax rate of only 3.4%.”
The median family paid a far, far higher rate on their incomes.
US’s inequalities in stark detail:
The median family paid a far, far higher rate on their incomes.
US’s inequalities in stark detail:
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An annoying fact fact is that most Medicare recipients view further expansion of public insurance coverage as a *threat to a program they value* rather than thinking "Medicare is great, more people should have it."
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Also huge differences by age demographic on uninsurable rate. A big chunk of the fully insured are the 65+ year olds, who have Medicare.
December 7, 2024 at 3:20 PM
An annoying fact fact is that most Medicare recipients view further expansion of public insurance coverage as a *threat to a program they value* rather than thinking "Medicare is great, more people should have it."
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
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"Working class material self-interest includes cheap energy" is perhaps the biggest thing contemporary progressives miss about economic policy.
November 29, 2024 at 1:46 AM
"Working class material self-interest includes cheap energy" is perhaps the biggest thing contemporary progressives miss about economic policy.