We’ve been here before like what, at least four times now? This Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football act is getting old. Joe Manchin says we’ve got a deal, and then he reneges on it before it can even come up for a vote. So color me skeptical. The man is an inveterate liar … Read more
On a day that saw the United States Senate pass legislation that will revitalize the semiconductor and other technological industries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin have announced they have reached a deal to include significant sustainability/combat climate change provisions into a scaled-down Build Back Better bill, called the Inflation … Read more
With seven million dollars from American Rescue Plan COVID relief funding, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, the Phoenix City Council, and Maricopa County Community Colleges have launched the Route to Relief Program, an education initiative that will both help post-secondary students impacted by the Coronavirus and provide highly skilled workers to the industries that are propelling … Read more
I am so sick and tired of lazy “horse race” political reporting masquerading as “economics” reporting, especially from the the New York Times. Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter for The New York Times, based in Washington. He covers the Treasury Department and writes about taxes, trade and fiscal matters. He is also good … Read more
Update to There May Be Progress On A Scaled-Back Build Back Better Bill In The Senate This Week. I warned you that skepticism was warranted, and that this Vichy Democrat collaborator may be “pulling a Manchin,” making promises he has no intention of ever keeping for media attention, and to run out the clock on the … Read more