Recent content by chrissteel

so surprising

WalMart shares were up 72% last year. There is room for a small correction.

I believe Jesus was talking about personal attributes not government policy. My parents were new deal dems but lived very conservative lives. Very different things

Chatgpt Estimates on Privatization & Outsourcing Federal Contractor Workforce Growth – In the early 1990s, the number of federal contractors was estimated at around 4 million. By the mid-2000s, it had grown to over 7.5 million, more than triple the size of the direct federal workforce (~2...

This is a good example of the mathematical errors of income inequality measures. The non wealthy player from 10 years ago gets wealthy now and is considered always wealthy by comparing them to the current non wealthy who were assumed to always have been poor. The poor in this case got wealthy...

This is a union versus a cartel. The pay is collectively bargained. So who cares. The less one sides get the more the other. I would like the players get all they can.

You know it is possible well intention changes just didn't work.

The only question could be is if the policy change in 2013 for more diverse traffic controller applicants and the disqualification of hundreds of trained applicants - did it end up caused a shortage of folks and overworked controllers. Other policy changes or economic issue could also be the...

The idea of any regime having the temerity to refuse to take back its citizens who are abroad illegally is not one that America can afford to countenance, well done

Records show L.A. County missed dozens of opportunities for water infrastructure improvements that experts say likely would have helped firefighters during the Palisades fire. Some of the long-delayed projects were specifically aimed at improving “fire flow” and ensuring enough water during...

You have a great point. If we don't produce fossil fuels no one will. Natural gas replacing coal for power has been our most successful solution so far.

You mean Dr. Jill Biden

Also, 273K jobs is a pitiful number for an industry - That is just the export segment of one commodity that leaves on a giant boat. Comparing that to retail domestic companies is what is silly. And if left to grow without pauses it will double in a few years...

Biden's pardons suck and so do Trumps.