Paul Hughes
Paul Hughes
@paul13hughes.bsky.social
Data driven, wrong but sometimes useful
Of course fiscal drag only applies if your income increases with time. And then (absent some exceptional break points) your take home pay is still increasing. A point which the article, breathlessly, fails to make. If a stealth tax in a forest leaves you better off, will someone still shout about it
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In fairness David, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...
October 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
July 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A trainer (business) once said to me:
"If they're laughing, then they're listening.
And if they're listening, then they're learning"
April 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Or” in Ireland 😀
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber
crookedtimber.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Excellent interactive ‘Defence Against the Dark Charts’ resource.
February 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
U-ie or more correctly Hughie is a colloquialisms for something else, when accompanied by his side kick Ralph
February 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Not surprising, given the quality of analysis. From the other place
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Total fed spending $20,000 per second. ($6.5 Tn pa)
Interest on national debt $30,000 per second. ($950 Bn pa)
x.com
x.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wasn’t this the cause of mad cow disease?
December 12, 2024 at 8:17 PM