…zip-lines, and water slides at monstrous expense before considering lowering costs.  Even mediocre schools now feature more contracting waste than the average Forward Operating Base, with terraced wet-decks and mansion…

…that Musk’s SpaceX, Thiel’s Palantir and Palmer Luckey’s Ardruil have combined forces to build what Trump is calling ‘Golden Dome’. Needless to say, since Musk basically controls federal contracting he’s…

…of private plan payments suggests that over a 39-year history, the many iterations of full risk contracting with private plans have never yielded aggregate savings for the Medicare program. Throughout…

…redistributed $4.56 trillion back to states and residents, mostly through programs like Social Security and Medicaid but also through sources like transportation funds and government contracting. Nineteen states paid the…

…JIM ACOSTA: The economy is contracting. REP. CHIP ROY: — daughter was murdered by Tren de Aragua. Go talk to her about it. JIM ACOSTA: What does that have to…

…we are talking about whether the economy as a whole is improving or contracting, the aggregate amount is more important. In any event, the above suggests that those earlier recessions…

…new manufacturing orders) and +4 (for services conditions) respectively, but the actual conditions of both showed continued contraction, by -6 and -9 respectively. In other words, both sectors were contracting,…

…of the economy as a whole is very slightly contracting. It will be interesting to see if this reflects in a decline in goods-producing jobs in Friday’s report. But as…

…goods-producing part of the economy as a whole is very slightly contracting. It will be interesting to see if this is reflected in a decline in goods-producing jobs in Friday’s…

…is very slightly contracting. It will be interesting to see if this is reflected in a decline in goods-producing jobs in Friday’s report.” Last month I reiterated that the goods-producing…