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it is a privilege to care about inflation!

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it is a privilege to care about inflation! you all have no idea how lucky you are! el gato malo you think you’ve seen “peak out of touch.” but you haven’t. there is always more. always. i see we have reached the “rich black women accusing people who can no longer afford to make ends meet of white privilege” stage of ideological implosion. because, as we all know, anyone who complains about the mess we made and the ruin in which we have left their lives and livelihoods is a white supremacist, a fascist, and probably a terrorist. this is an entirely hallucinatory landscape. there is no terrain, just map. perhaps there never was. and the current evolution of doubling down is making it entirely clear. Rebel News @RebelNewsOnline ICYMI: 'Inflation. It’s almost a privilege to care about inflation as your number one issue, uh, the same is true of gas prices, or even the idea that it’s the economy stupid,' Maxwell said. MORE: rebelne.ws/3JzZAMf August 7th 2022 43 Retweets 80 Likes A...

Here Are The Winners And Losers In The 'Inflation Reduction Act'

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As Democrats pat themselves on the back after the Senate finally passed their massive tax, climate, and healthcare bill - the "Inflation Reduction Act" which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called "one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed in a decade,"  Bloomberg   has compiled a list of  winners and losers . WINNERS: The Wealthy Alec Monopoly Not only did  none  of the billions in tax increases Democrats threatened high-earners with last year make it into the final version of the bill, their plans to 'tax the 1%' turned out to be nothing more than a big virtue signal.  Private equity fund managers As we noted on  Friday , the landmark bill  only passed after AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema insisted on keeping the carried-interest loophole  that allows investment managers (like her  former bosses ) to shield the majority of their income from higher taxes. The private equity industry was able to gain an additional win shortly ...