GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson proposes Medicaid cuts for young men while protecting benefits for single mothers
source: @bronzeagemantis on X Trump and congressional Republicans plan to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, which could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people. These proposed Medicaid cuts are to pay for the tax cuts that will mostly benefit the wealthy and corporations. Medicaid is healthcare for low-income and disabled people, which differs from Medicare for...
Read MoreA tepid defense of the Welfare Pill
source: @ScottMGreer on X Scott Greer has a recent YouTube podcast Don’t Take the Welfare Pill, denouncing the embrace of welfarism on the dissident right. Greer is a reactionary and an elitist who promotes White identity based on preppy WASPs and fraternities. While a degree of elitism is needed, the reality is that country club...
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If we were to pinpoint the key to America’s success through the two World Wars and the standoff with the Soviet Union, it would be its vibrant economy and impressive manufacturing capabilities. This self-evident economic prowess has been reduced to that of an enigma. A substantial portion of the American empire’s value today is imaginary....
Read MoreThe Politics of Natalism and Wealth
The Great Class Swap (Introduction) Matt Yglesias endorses the Great Class Swap Radically Unconventional Solutions to Inequality (including Universal Orphanhood) What would the Great Class Swap look like if implemented The Great Class Swap is more of a thought experiment, philosophical outlook, and metric to judge a society by rather than a concrete political agenda....
Read MoreThe Great Class Swap is a philosophical response to the societal problem that too much wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while too much population growth is in the underclass, with both trends squeezing out the middle. The Great Class Swap is a social experiment in which wealth is redistributed from the...
Read MoreI have been following financial commentator, Peter Schiff, since the Ron Paul movement and his Senate run. Schiff was one of several, including Michael Burry, to forecast the 08’ financial crash. Now he is predicting a Depression that will be much worse than the 1930s. That is because it will be inflationary rather than deflationary....
Read MoreWhile Anthony Oliver’s, Rich Men North of Richmond is untimely, it is still relevant to ongoing political and social issues. Despite the song being adopted as a MAGA anthem, Anthony Oliver stated that neither party represents him. He slammed partisan Republicans for hijacking the song, because Republicans are also “Rich Men North of Richmond.” If...
Read MoreWhile the broke genius archetype may be a meme, the topic of the intelligent yet poor is especially relevant to how we view issues of wealth, privilege, status, and societal incentive structures. A stereotypical demographic profile of the smart but poor, might be of a starving artist or NEET, especially the terminally online underemployed intellectual...
Read MoreThe prospects for UBI in light of inflation, automation, polarization, and consolidation of power
It could not be better timing for Universal Basic Income to rise in popularity and enter the public discourse, and then inflation sets in. Overall there is currently less discussion of UBI then during the 2020 election and the pandemic. The stimulus checks have been blamed for causing inflation, with the overall money supply increasing...
Read MoreRecommends Synthetic Insects Instead
Matthew Ehret and I covered 30 stories on this week’s False Flag Weekly News. Fortunately, the one below did not make the list. If you appreciate the way FFWN combs through each week’s news stories in hopes of separating fact from fiction, absurd reality from barely-more-absurd parody, then by all means contribute to this week’s...
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