With much fanfare, the IRS trotted out their system to let people check in on the $1200 bribe the government is handing out to distract them from the trillions they are handing to the billionaires.
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Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Guess Which Bond Fund the Fed is Buying?
I know we already have been told. It’s just amusing seeing how obvious where the “help” is flowing.
Wash Your Hands Washout
Moments ago, the President’s address to the nation finished. Many were hoping for the “bazooka“. None was to be found. We were instead instructed to wash our hands thoroughly. In any event, the market doesn’t like what it just heard.
Forgive and Forget
On Thursday, this headline caught my eye:
Let that sink in for a moment. People in this country, most of them in their late teens or early twenties, borrowed over one-fifth of a trillion dollars. That money went into the pockets of educational enterprises (with fat administrative salaries, tenured professor paychecks, and God knows what else). The people who borrowed the money blew off the debts. And now those stupid enough to be responsible are stuck holding the bag.
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