Jason Herring
@luminarycrush.bsky.social
Engineering, Data Science, Sailboats, and a Blue-Green planet are my jam.
Happening now - refinery in El Segundo? Looking north from King Harbor Yacht Club
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Happening now - refinery in El Segundo? Looking north from King Harbor Yacht Club
Tariffs bringing back massive numbers of factory jobs is a myth.
If jobs do come back they would come back highly automated, radically reducing manpower to run them. That's the only way to make them cost-competitive with near slave-labor in poor countries.. even with tariffs (eg tax) on imports.
If jobs do come back they would come back highly automated, radically reducing manpower to run them. That's the only way to make them cost-competitive with near slave-labor in poor countries.. even with tariffs (eg tax) on imports.
April 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tariffs bringing back massive numbers of factory jobs is a myth.
If jobs do come back they would come back highly automated, radically reducing manpower to run them. That's the only way to make them cost-competitive with near slave-labor in poor countries.. even with tariffs (eg tax) on imports.
If jobs do come back they would come back highly automated, radically reducing manpower to run them. That's the only way to make them cost-competitive with near slave-labor in poor countries.. even with tariffs (eg tax) on imports.
The Trump administration has ALREADY SCRUBBED from the National Institute of Justice website (nij.ojp.gov) a 2024 study showing undocumented immigrants commit far fewer crimes than citizens - it didn't fit their lies.
Thanks to the Internet Archive you can read it:
web.archive.org/web/20250107...
Thanks to the Internet Archive you can read it:
web.archive.org/web/20250107...
Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate
An NIJ-funded study examining data from the Texas Department of Public Safety estimated the rate at which undocumented immigrants are arrested for committing crimes. The study found that undocumented ...
web.archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The Trump administration has ALREADY SCRUBBED from the National Institute of Justice website (nij.ojp.gov) a 2024 study showing undocumented immigrants commit far fewer crimes than citizens - it didn't fit their lies.
Thanks to the Internet Archive you can read it:
web.archive.org/web/20250107...
Thanks to the Internet Archive you can read it:
web.archive.org/web/20250107...
All this tariff talk isn’t hard to decode. Trump has already floated defunding the IRS and paying for everything with tariffs. But aren’t tariffs just taxes on consumers?
Yes! And that’s the point. A flat tax has been the fever dream of the right because it’s regressive. That’s what this would do.
Yes! And that’s the point. A flat tax has been the fever dream of the right because it’s regressive. That’s what this would do.
January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All this tariff talk isn’t hard to decode. Trump has already floated defunding the IRS and paying for everything with tariffs. But aren’t tariffs just taxes on consumers?
Yes! And that’s the point. A flat tax has been the fever dream of the right because it’s regressive. That’s what this would do.
Yes! And that’s the point. A flat tax has been the fever dream of the right because it’s regressive. That’s what this would do.