Rick Devens

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Liz Cheney is lucky. It's as if she were left off the list as second mate of the Titanic.

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@GlennKesslerWP @asymmetricinfo Glad to see you're still in the fact business. I wondered, given the general tone of the Post.

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Here’s the problem: Even if you took all, again, all, of the top 1.8-percenters’ money, you wouldn’t make up for the $5 trillion the Trump and Biden administrations allocated for stimulus in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and proposed for pork-barrel infrastructure spending.

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@Gustof1966 @asymmetricinfo @Motoflyy @borden_bk @PostOpinions Numbers come out first Friday of month for previous month.

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@Gustof1966 @asymmetricinfo @Motoflyy @borden_bk @PostOpinions In Feb, 6.1 million part-time for economic reasons. Up from 4.3 in January 2020 and down from 10.9 million in April.

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@asymmetricinfo 1. If the statue is of a person whose claim to fame is leadership in an insurrection against the United States, remove it.
2. If it is of a person whose claim to fame is starting this country or defeating those covered in Rule 1, give some slack; you're not perfect either.

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Megan McArdle is first to say the $2000-minus-$600-equals-$1400 checks do not address the current economic crisis. She sees they are “borrowed from an earlier recession by people who don’t seem to understand the fix we are in at the moment.” See https://t.co/s3tBVa1axN.

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See more about prudent Covid stimulus at https://t.co/QCvUJDMIRk.

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A swimmer is drowning 100 feet offshore. A Republican casts out 50 feet of rope and urges the swimmer to "swim to the rope and I'll pull you in; it'll be good for your character." A Democrat throws out 200 feet of rope and walks away looking for another cause to feel good about.

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@asymmetricinfo So now there are two cults that believe that there such a thing as a free lunch.

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@InmanRoshi @profmusgrave The least of three evils actually.

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Washington Post says Federal debt will exceed GDP for only the 2nd time since WW2. What wasn’t said: the debt is projected to be over GDP every year until 2031.

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After all the nonsense about the Senate being ant-majoritarian, how are they explaining a Senate was more anti-Trump (57% to 43%) than the popular vote (52 to 48)?

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How much does it cost to get one person out of poverty? About $760,000 if you use minimum wage as the tool. See https://t.co/QCvUJDMIRk.

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@Mr_Monad @asymmetricinfo There is touchscreen in my McDonalds in Maryland and at the counter, and in the drive-through, at least before the the state shut down the first two options.

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@asymmetricinfo My prior is that a $15 minimum wage will have jarringly bad re-employment effects if low-wage businesses are ever allowed to re-open.

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Did I miss you mentioning the $250-$300 per child payment I saw reported in this morning's paper? Current in-party is dreaming of making such a program permanent.

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Here’s the maximum amount Biden’s stimulus proposal would deliver to America’s poorest families https://t.co/7Ytph1WQJc

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Regarding Capitol rioters who have been identified: No matter what's on the tape, all should get a visit and an interview with Federal law enforcement. Would be very informative at the very least.

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Give President Biden a C- on his homework. See https://t.co/QCvUJDMIRk