Political Economics

[Body-by-Guinness]

Who is funding all the pro-Hamas college protests etc? The same people funding Biden....

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135

[DougMacG]

Average car payment is now $744 per month according to Kelley Blue book, reported by Steve Moore, CTUP newsletter.

This is way up because of  high interest rates and escalating car prices.

But it's good news to the true left because they don't want people to have cars anyway.

How much money does it take to be rich anymore?  The term millionaire doesn't mean Thurston Howell anymore. More like it means you better postpone retirement because that isn't going to be enough.

[DougMacG]

Confidence in a president running for reelection to fix the economy is the lowest under Biden since Gallup first tracked the metric, according to the pollster.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2992228/historically-low-confidence-biden-fed-economy/

[ccp]

with numbers like that the election should be a blowout

I remember when Reagan ran against Carter the election did not seem assured beforehand.

But of course, Trump is no Reagan.