Matt Darling
@besttrousers.bsky.social
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besttrousers.bsky.social
I wouldn't conceptualize it that way? My understanding that most of the interventions he did were price increases/bans?
besttrousers.bsky.social
It could be! But we can use the Atlanta Fed measures which track the same group of people over six months intervals.
besttrousers.bsky.social
The ideal is owning someone so hard they delete their account, instead of owning them just enough that they complain to the mods.
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faineg.bsky.social
“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com
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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-
besttrousers.bsky.social
That can all be true AND the above essay is a shallow marketing piece.
besttrousers.bsky.social
They said it was marketing because the article is literally marketing their services.
besttrousers.bsky.social
Then they are eligible for UI benefits.
besttrousers.bsky.social
But they don't fall off a cliff after 3 months (For example, unemployment insurance benefits last six months.). 3 months is just the months being used here because it's the standard target recommended for personal savings.
besttrousers.bsky.social
It's hard to raise taxes and have a strong social welfare state if you've convinced yourself that the median American has no money.
besttrousers.bsky.social
Right. The whole "most Americans live paycheck to paycheck" claim mostly serves as a way to push policy away from measures that would reduce poverty!
besttrousers.bsky.social
In most cases, the person in question has found a new job (median unemployment duration is typically ~9 weeks).

In any case, we are talking about someone who is able to finance normal expenses for ~6 paychecks, not 1.
besttrousers.bsky.social
I think that if you have sufficient savings to finance normal expenses given the loss of a paycheck for three months, "paycheck to paycheck" does not seem like a useful term to describe your situation.
besttrousers.bsky.social
This chart specifically shows that evictions are *below* the prepandemic average (the dashed line).
besttrousers.bsky.social
For example, 55% of Americans have three months of savings.

(note that a typical paycheck is biweekly)

www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscom...
besttrousers.bsky.social
No; I've found a nice niche for myself telling people that they should probably disregard "companies that give high interest loans" telling people "we need to remove regulations on high interest loans."
besttrousers.bsky.social
I don't think the US Census Bureau does anything about Paychck to Paycheck?

You might be thinking about the SHED survey which shows that most Americans are *not* paycheck to paycheck.
besttrousers.bsky.social
Actually looks like if you pull on the thread a bit it's an ad agency for car dealerships.

(So sort of the same idea - they want to make it easier to give people high interest car loans)
besttrousers.bsky.social
To be fair PYMENTS is more of a click bait site than a payday lender.
besttrousers.bsky.social
Yeah - Bloomberg's main policy pushes were generally interfering with markets? Thinking about the gun and soda policies in particular.

(that said he was sort of tweaking stuff within a capitalist/neoliberal framework so maybe?)
besttrousers.bsky.social
Yes! Now simply dismiss words altogether and advocate for putting all claims in the form of an equation which can be added to a DSGE model, and your journey to the economist side will be complete.
besttrousers.bsky.social
Sure, but we are talking about a period when wages rose somewhat faster than inflation.
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dianeswonk.bsky.social
State level UI estimates can add up. Generally private data seen as supplement to government data; not the main course and not enough.

Will be better when we get the whole data. Not as much data on inflation.

Fed leans in heavily on anecdotes as well. Beige book out tommorow. More color.
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simonfhaeder.bsky.social
New paper out with @donmoyn.bsky.social in @wmhp.bsky.social
World Medical & Health Policy

How Framing of Income Eligibility Guidelines Affect Attitudes Towards Program Access and Burdens in Health and Health-Protective Programs

doi.org/10.1002/wmh3...