The projected growth figures are dismal. However, tax cuts and structural deficits only produce sugar-rush growth. Proper investment, if well-targeted, will do more. But scrapping red tape (eg on pla… (View Post)

I'm still trying to get my head around the Trump-Musk dynamic. Both are using the other but to what extent do they believe or accept that they're being used? And are their assumptions correct - or if… (View Post)

It might have made for good propaganda but the Founding Fathers will have been well aware that George III was not an absolute autocrat in England, never mind America. That their independence was won … (View Post)

The leadership of the Republican Party does not want consensus; they *want* division. They are not interested in goodwill, they are not interested in democracy, opposition or the rule of law. (View Post)

And how do you propose they do that, by themselves? Actually, there may be a way but if it's viable for them then it's also viable for Trump, Musk and co to rewrite the constitution to their own liki… (View Post)