My family buys its health insurance through the ACA exchange. Our premium is $1700 a month. On January 1 it jumps to $3000.

That feels pretty free market to me. These insurance companies can charge us whatever the f*ck they want…

2.

The US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate in the world.

The impact of Trump’s tariffs and his big, beautiful bill will trim household income for all except the richest fifth of American families. The bottom 10% would suffer a 7% cut.

In 1980, the income of Americans in the middle of the income distribution added up to a bit more than 52.5% of the income of those perched at the top 90th percentile. At the turn of the century, it was 48%. By 2023, it had slipped further, to 42.5%.

What the hell. These people are such horrible liars and sycophants.