Category Archives: American Politics

Increasing the minimum wage creates lumpy employment

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Bloomberg The story sort of ignores that Seattle may call it the $15 minimum wage, but it isn’t. Places like Zack’s hamburgers can somewhat survive because some of the employees are family. Let them live in your house and eat … Continue reading →

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Jason Lewis for Congress?

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Star Tribune story Former syndicated radio talk show host Jason Lewis won the Republican primary to replace an outgoing Republican House member. That means he has a good chance to win in November.

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Prepare for President Pence

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Something pretty extraordinary happened in the past couple days. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s primary is today. Donald Trump refused to endorse Ryan, mocking him with the “I’m not there yet” line Ryan used on Trump. Mike Pence then … Continue reading →

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How polls go wrong

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Monmouth says Hillary has a 13% lead. This poll is major league amateur hour The poll The 803 people sampled were pulled from two different datasets. The criteria is clearly they wanted 1/2 landlines and 1/2 Cell Phones, rather than … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump introduces the Larry Kudlow economic plan

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Fred Stiening

http://bloom.bg/2aGTdH1 Larry Kudlow (heard on Cumulus Radio on the weekend) has been advising Trump for months and sketching out the outline of Trump’s economic plan. The most important item on the list is lowering the Corporate tax rate to 15%. … Continue reading →

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America in a nutshell

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The Washington Post / ABC poll shows Hillary with a +8 point lead. I don’t trust the poll, but this poll offers something polls don’t generally do – it allows filtering of characteristics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/washington-postabc-news-poll-august-14/2016/08/07/a2de1608-5c53-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131_page.html I have felt all along that … Continue reading →

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Can Donald Trump adapt?

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Despite Harry Reid’s desire to feed Donald Trump fake classified briefings (Reid is one vile son of a bitch), Donald Trump should soon have access to classified reports on the situation around the world. You might remember that Sarah Palin’s … Continue reading →

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Trump says it is past time to sell stocks, market dives

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Joe Granville is smiling today. Despite this costing me money, Trump is correct. With interest rates close to 0%, people (like me) have been willing to take the risk of stocks to chase a 2% dividend yield, risking a 40% … Continue reading →

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Hair Today, gone tomorrow

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/31/marthas-vineyard-holiday-homes-barack-obama Any idea who the woman with the short hair is?

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How will President Trump govern?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Unless he “rules” by executive order, any change he wants to make to laws will require 50 supporters in the Senate (60 if someone wants to filibuster). 54 Senators are currently Republicans, but 24 are up for reelection in 2016. … Continue reading →

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