With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits expiring January 1st, 2026, many Americans enrolled in ACA exchange plans were facing increasing significant premium payments. CBO (Congressional Budget Office) did project a permanent extension of the enhanced tax credits would result in increases in the number of people with health insurance by 3.8 million in 2035. […]
How many euphemisms are there for TACO? “Carve-out.” “Step-backs.” “Exclusions.” “Price relief.” “Rollback.” How about “advancing to the rear?” Trump’s tariffs are turning out to be fairy tales told to children. Trump wrote that his tariffs are unleashing “an American economic miracle, and we are quickly building the greatest economy in the history of the […]
No, it is not a mistake by putting the title at the head of this post (above) and a second time below. I did not want the AB readers to think I was writing this commentary about January CPI results. This report belongs solely to New Deal democrat. Oh, I did write or report on […]
CPI Report with just the facts being reported. Another report after the CPI Report. Gap in spending growth between higher-income households and all others was at its largest since mid-2022 . . . And many people will lose healthcare due to drop in the ACA subsidies and Medicaid. ACA Subsidies will go from 600 FPL […]
Back to the future past: “Since Trump took office in January 2025, U.S. emissions have increased 1.9% largely because of the renewed use of coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels. The Environmental Protection Agency revoked the scientific finding that has been the basis for regulating emissions from cars and power plants since 2009.” Climate […]
Taken from a site named Cheapism. I suspect New Deal democrat will have more to say on the topic. “yesterday’s jobs gain of 131,000 for January and whether it means employment is on the upswing, completely neglecting a one month does not a trend make. “130K new jobs were added in January. So where are […]
– by New Deal democrat Before I get to the main point at hand, let me make a quick note about this morning’s existing home sales report for January: it was more of the same. Sales remained within the sideways range they have been in for nearly the past three years; prices were nearly flat YoY, […]
Over the past year, Trump has been undermining the US tourism business. “Inbound travel from all countries to the United States was down 5.4 percent from January through November of 2025, according to the US Commerce Department’s National Travel and Tourism Office. But it’s Canadians who have been staying away in the largest numbers. In […]
– by New Deal democrat Unresolved post-pandemic seasonality likely continues to rear its head. This is a probable explanation for yesterday’s strong monthly gain in employment, and it appears to be behind the trend in this morning’s jobless claims report as well. Later this morning as promised yesterday I will discuss at some length the nature […]
It has been a while since I have seen a rather good presentation analysis on how benefits gain out way the costs of pollution. In its brevity the analysis by Prof. McCabe offers up an excellent cost analysis which makes one wonder why? Why has the nation delayed in doing this if there is such […]