I don’t think we talk enough about how Andrew Callaghan is completely brain broken. He really is one of the best examples of how populism actively makes people dumber.
A bunch of Nobel Prize-winning economists have endorsed California's proposed billionaire wealth tax.
I can't oppose them on authority. But I know some academics who can.
@DerpFlarp@emmma_camp_@WSJFreeEx Yes, but the reason for the food deserts matters. Like why is it unprofitable to open a store in specific location? Hard to believe that there’s a food desert problem in NYC that’s due to due population density or something that wouldn’t be solved by a subsidy to consumers
@BenjaminPDixon@emmma_camp_@WSJFreeEx She explicitly advocated for welfare programs to help people afford food. She just argued that this specific method is the wrong way to do it. You’re just being dishonest
It's super disappointing hearing AOC call Dems separating themselves from Hasan's terrorist apologia "cancel culture." So I figured I'd let @AOC respond to AOC.
@TyKeynes Idk why you keep making this mistake on savings. What you’re saying only makes sense if there are infinite resources or if we’re never at full employment. Real resources bind
@ChrisPacia@meadwaj I think he’s assuming that the central bank is allowing inflation to run high in the face of supply shocks as the lesser evil, which is defensible tbh. Do you disagree?
We all make mistakes but what does he do? No takedown of offensive post, no apology. Just doubles down and raises $ using it. The Republican Party is better than this. We should all condemn this bigotry directed at our fellow Texans or we will soon find ourselves a minority party.
There’s a pretty simple explanation for that UT photo.
For years, the top 6% of Texas high school students got automatic admission to UT. Now it’s the top 5%. It’s completely colorblind. It’s just class rank.
Asian kids are about 5% of Texas graduates, but roughly 21% of the kids hitting a 1180 SAT/24 ACT benchmark. Absolutely kicking ass.
And UT’s own numbers make the “foreign students” explanation pretty hard to square. Only about 4% of UT undergrads are international students.
What we’re looking at is immigrants and the children of immigrants doing all the things YOU SAID you wanted immigrants to do: come here legally, work hard / succeed academically, and assimilate into our culture.
Check. Check. Check.
I’m starting to think your problem with this picture might be something else entirely....
Thank you @JohnCornyn for your leadership.
Racism has no place in Texas.
@KenPaxtonTX: will you condemn this blatant racism or will you cower to extremists?
I want to thank @JohnCornyn for standing up against racism against Indians and other non-white Texans. The silence is deafening from the Paxtons and Abbotts of Texas.