Friends, as you may be aware, Donald J. Trump emerged triumphant in the 2024 presidential election, narrowly saving America and Western Civilization from imminent collapse. How did he pull it off? Well, almost every single demographic, except old ladies, moved to the right, compared to the results in 2020, but some groups moved a lot more than others, including people of color. Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians all showed markedly more inclination to vote for Trump, and that made the difference. You'll find this deep dive into the data very interesting...and very heartening!
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/a-final-comprehensive-look-at-how
Relations between DJT and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell are not exactly what you would call warm and snuggly. Trump appointed Powell, lest we forget, but he has come to despise Powell's caution. There is a strong argument to be made that interest rates are indeed too high. After all, inflation seems well in check. Hopefully, whether Powell stays on or not, those rates will begin to fall soon.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4geyrdprwjo
Finally, we're one step closer to a "rescissions" package that would strip funding from USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. If you ask me, this is the absolute least that Congress can do to support President Trump and the ongoing work of DOGE. Will Congress eventually find the courage to axe the Department of Education? That's a bigger hurdle, but I hope so.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Looks like Powell is on the snide with the President. DJT was getting on the job training in his first term and maybe that appointment was one of his growing pains. He has publicly expressed annoyance about the politically correct opulence shown in the plans for redoing that Federal Reserve building and Powell's perhaps misleading defense of it. Good for DJT; that stance works for much of his base.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: I do lodge some reserved trust in RINOS like Murkowski and Collins that they would not allow their maverick convictions to actually defeat bills like GB3 or this recission bill. Their support for a Corporation for "public" Broadcasting and PBS which have long since since worn out their welcome with taxpayers is annoying but perhaps did no harm. Can't wait for the House vote. BTW, undoubtedly those far left dominated agencies may persist through private support but probably not. With all the variety cable and online afford, their dishwater contingent doesn't have much going for it. But as long as America doesn't have to pay for their agitprop, who cares?
ReplyDeleteContent, not contingent . Jack
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Jack, but defunding such agencies isn't quite the same thing as formally disbanding them. THAT would be nice to see!
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: But it would be amusing to see them wither on the vine from their own mediocrity. They who have for so long protested their absolute vitality to the nation! Let them "feel" the nation's ennui with their virtue signaling and their presumption that their values are superior to those of the "broad masses" who are as gauche as to prefer The Young and the Restless .
ReplyDeleteThose people of good will who find some value in their product; I honestly regret their disappointment but these institutions were disingenuously founded as "enlightened " alternatives to the "crass profiteering" of commercial stations, nevertheless paid for by mandatory taxation of all the "people". Their demise is well taken.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: In about a half hour, unless President Trump repents himself of his heresy, so called "public" broadcasting will have most of its tax payer funding denied it over the next two years. I imagine there were probably contractual obligations which had to be met so we'll still be kicking in something to this blatantly partisan imposition on our assets and our tolerance, for the near future. But it appears to have been gutted.
ReplyDelete"But oh", bleat the patronizing leftist caretakers of us rustics in rural America, "this will do incalculable damage to flyover country (ooops!) , "no, our great hinterland, which We loveth full well". Actually the majority of common sense , very hard working country people despise the presumptuous judges of our well being and that of many other sectors of our population, who think they know best how to spend our earned incomes.
In my opinion, the prolonged controversy over "public"broadcasting" has never been about the amount given to these arrogant bigots to provide us with redeeming entertainment of their choosing. Its not much compared to some greater misappropriations like a palatial Federal Reserve Office building. Its the corrupt and increasingly discredited principle that such political bias is of right imposed on the taxpayer. by his or her elite betters. And this particular example has become a very well publicized and bitterly resented manifestation of that injustice. Its apparent demise bodes further deracination of such multitudinous ,presumptuous and superfluous "do gooder" humbug, at least at the Federal level. That's worth a good cigar today!