Trump was only supposed to hurt “those people”: “Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over. “Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February […]
Introduction The Social Security Administration is an independent executive branch agency with a sole responsibility of administering the Social Security program. It was established in 1935 as part of the Social Security Act. Then President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill into law on August 14. This came 14 months after sending a […]
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton simply replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” DOGE is targeting the IRS for massive cuts. And that’s where the money is, to be sure. But robbing the IRS of personnel will ensure that the wealthy and corporations will keep the money they were supposed to pay […]
Having been a part of supply chain for decades, it was left to me to understand more than distribution. knowing the actual cost provides a foundation to negotiate. I would cost-model components right down to the materials. Having such detail and understanding the other costs allows you to have a basis to negotiate. And yes, […]
Healthcare and healthcare insurance was not cheap a couple of years ago and not cheap last year either. If anything, prices have increase resulting in higher Commercial Health Insurance costs. Then too deductibles for Medicare increase ~$10. Supplemental also increased. The costs for Medicare and supplemental are less than Commercial Healthcare Insurance. We are talking […]
but some 3+ year highs in unemployment metrics – by New Deal democrat My question over the past year has been whether “decleration” would turn into “deterioration.” For a “soft landing,” deceleration would need to end, and the numbers stabilize, vs. continuing to deteriorate towards an actual downturn. The verdict this month was mixed. On the […]
Yet, Musk and Trump would have us believe Social Security is ripe with waste and fraudulent payments to undeserving recipients. I would not say Musk is ignorant as he knows exactly what he is doing in an attempt to turn people against programs which benefit them. As Dale Coberly and Nancy Altman would tell you, […]
So they say . . . It was all a bad misunderstanding. So . . . if this is all a misunderstanding, give the fired people back their jobs . . . if they will take them back. “Elon Musk tells Republicans he isn’t to blame for mass firings of federal workers” The Guardian Elon […]
You have to kind of wonder what some people doing the job they are supposed to do and perhaps have a different opinion, think. Perhaps, and I do say perhaps, the honorable Justice Barrett gets the weevy-jeevys when the President is nearby. Watch the clip in the link below. Courtesy of Above The Law. The […]
As a subscriber to xpostfactoid, I have access to some excellent commentary by Andrew Spung. This is not a person I would argue with about the ACA, Medicare or Medicaid, etc. Anyway, the WSJ has an article touting Medicaid cuts which did catch his attention and is the basis for his commentary. The link is […]