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Nick Szabo· 2025-10-22 08:29
RT Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet)Europe is sleepwalking into a massive pensions and healthcare entitlements crisis. The ECB will need to print many new colorful Euros as we go forward.Unskilled immigration into welfare systems doesn’t help neither, it makes the problem even worse.Don‘t count on your pension https://t.co/pdgUy0oGnJ ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-10-22 03:01
RT Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86)The hidden punchline in your table … the CPI of life (house + healthcare + college) compounds faster than cash.Implied from your numbers (1990→2024):• Housing: ~2.6× price rise ⇒ ~2.8%/yr• Healthcare: ~4.0× ⇒ ~4.2%/yr• College: ~6.5× ⇒ ~5.7%/yr• Money-market: ~2.56× ⇒ 2.8%/yr• Gold: ~6.84× ⇒ 5.8%/yrSo a saver riding money-markets roughly kept up with generic CPI, but fell behind the “life basket” that actually matters (tuition, care, shelter). Gold, with a scarcity-dri ...
Trump wants to ‘break the record’ for longest government shutdown, says Democratic congressman
NBC News· 2025-10-21 22:25
Welcome back to Meet the Press. Now, as we mentioned earlier, election day, just two weeks from today, could be a critical inflection point in the ongoing shutdown fight as voters make their voices heard about the issues that matter most to them, including in Virginia, which is holding statewide elections. It's also, of course, really at the center of the shutdown.Nearly 150,000 civilian federal workers live in the Commonwealth. And joining me now is Virginia Democratic Congressman James Wakenshaw, who has ...
Health care crisis is ‘ticking time bomb’ for Americans: Sen. Van Hollen
MSNBC· 2025-10-21 18:41
And joining me now here to talk about where we go next, Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Holland, member of the budget committee. Good to see you, Senator. I mean, look, um, I know Democrats are trying to spare people the pain of higher health care costs.You've been articulate about it. You fought long and hard about it, but you alone also have, for example, nearly 700,000 people on food stamps just in your state. You just heard what Kevin had to say.um you know, SNAP benefits, missed paychecks. What d ...
Americans blame Republicans for shutdown, polling shows
MSNBC· 2025-10-21 16:29
We are now three weeks into the government shutdown. >> Still no end in sight. But what we are beginning to see are its real world effects. The FAA says staffing shortages from the shutdowns caused thousands of flight delays across the US over this past weekend. According to the website FlightAware, at least 8,000 flights were delayed from Friday to Monday at major airports. They include Dallas, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. About 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA officers are currently workin ...
Meet the Press NOW — Oct. 20
NBC News· 2025-10-20 22:45
Hi there and welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington where there appears to be no end in sight for what is now the third longest government shutdown in American history. And as more Americans are beginning to feel the impact of the prolonged shutdown with air traffic controllers, staffing issues leading to airport delays as they and many other federal employees are still working without pay. This weekend, millions of demonstrators took part in no kings rallies across all 50 states to pr ...
'Totally positive, totally patriotic': Rep. Raskin reflects on 'No Kings' protests
MSNBC· 2025-10-20 18:26
Joining us now, Democratic Congressman of Maryland, Jamie Rascin. It's good to see you, Congressman. You spoke at the No Kings Rally in Philadelphia. Does what you saw support the argument that this was a Hate America rally? On the contrary, it was of course totally positive, totally patriotic, um, and totally supportive of us getting the American government back in business again, reopening, and supporting the healthc care of the American people and supporting the federal workforce. And you know, I kicked ...
Mark Cuban on TrumpRx: It's not going to change the game, but I give them credit for trying
CNBC Television· 2025-10-20 15:12
Welcome back. Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban out with some rare praise for the Trump administration surrounding its efforts to lower drug prices. Bertha Kum spokes it spoke exclusively with Mr.. Cuban joins us now from the Health USA conference in Las Vegas. Bertha. >> Hey David.Yeah, you know Mark Cuban has really been on a mission uh to bring down drug prices. That's what cost plus is all about. and he feels that the Trump administration is really making a good start at trying to combat that with mos ...
'They're hitting a nerve': Republicans dub anti-Trump protests as 'hate America' rallies
MSNBC· 2025-10-18 04:26
Today was day 271 of the second Trump administration. Right now, we are mere hours away from Saturday's No Kings rallies in cities and towns across the country. Organizers are expecting a massive turnout to protest the president's agenda and policies.Meanwhile, many Republicans have cast those very same rallies as anti-American and even tried to tie them to the ongoing government shutdown. Speaking of which, this was day 17 of that shutdown, and Speaker Mike Johnson announced he'll continue to keep the Hous ...
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BBC News (World)· 2025-10-17 23:47
'We have to prioritise South Africans': Anti-migrant movement blocks foreigners from healthcare https://t.co/QwkIOpDTcf ...