The CDC tracked Cyclospora for 28 years. RFK Jr. made that surveillance optional.
Now thousands of Americans are sick and we don't know where the outbreak began.
Who saw this coming? Anyone who believes in science.
Americans are paying the price for his reckless incompetence.
The Inflation-Interest Rate Trap: Usually, when an economy slows down, central banks (like the Federal Reserve) lower interest rates to spark growth. But a prolonged energy shortage causes cost-push inflation. Central banks would be forced to keep interest rates high to fight
food-insecure. As agricultural imports dry up, the geopolitical pressure on Iran from its own neighbors (and its own restive population) would reach a boiling point long before the 24-month mark.
A two-year closure would permanently bend the arc of global energy consumption
@TheRickWilson So: coins are legally restricted to depicting only the deceased; paper currency doesn't feature living people mostly by continuous unwritten tradition Treasury could in theory change that policy without needing new legislation, though would break with over 150 years of precedent.
Paper currency: There's no equivalent statute for paper money specifically banning living people. Instead, it's a longstanding policy of the Treasury Department/Bureau of Engraving and Printing, dating back to a decision around 1866, reportedly motivated by concerns that putting
living politicians on money could smack of monarchy or invite a cult of personality. It's convention and Treasury policy rather than a law passed by Congress.