If DOGE Called, I'd Fix Healthcare
If We Can Accept Tariffs, Then Anything Is Possible
This “Could” Work (If Someone Asked Me)
I Strongly Prefer To Deal With Reality
It is no secret. I don’t like the political environment, and it is getting worse. People do not or cannot go beyond the #hashtag, it doesn’t matter what your political affiliation is, this exists everywhere. There is a reason that FAFO is a thing. Add the appeal of Occam’s Razor and social media to this already-incomplete soup, and let’s just say that we have collectively earned the result we have.
I am partly to blame, for sure. “It’s not easy being green,” Kermit the Frog says; I can relate. Translating complicated logic and formulas into everyday language is not easy, when the audience has such a wide range of educational, financial, and real-life backgrounds. I am attempting to simultaneously look like the crowd of financial guidance people, while also telling you, sometimes tongue deeply in cheek, “if you believe that we are all the same, nah.” Actual scientists and attorneys have equated me with “that schlock.” I’d prefer you call me “Mister Schlock,” by the way.
It’s no pity party, I am very certain that I don’t agree with the political views or philosophies of some/many of our clients. I have stated in the past my rationale, which is “Racists and sexists are entitled to Medicare too.” So I largely stay silent on the notion of “fair.” Since we are nowhere close to an actual understanding of financial literacy, I don’t usually bother to address the idea of equity or fair, that would take an understanding of the ripple effects of policy. The population doesn’t have command of the basics, how can I explain the nuance?1 We live in a world where over $500,000 has been donated to defend a vigilante killer of murderer of a health insurance executive.
The sad thing is that our elected officials are also ill-prepared. It is simply that the best of us have no interest in public service, and that makes entire sense to me. If I were that good, why would I subject myself to the scrutiny and sludge of the political arena? I wouldn’t. Special kudos to the Federal Reserve Bank: Chairman Powell (and his predecessors) are 10x underpaid, and I am lowballing them.
If This Is Reality, The Opportunities Exist
There will be tough choices, but if we can accept regressive taxes via tariffs, that will hurt those that are struggling, then that opens the door to all sorts of solutions.
See you Sunday, I will show you what I think can work. Some of this will be speculation, I will be careful to not be reckless.
Agenda
Current Update: Effects of DOGE on ACA
Current Update: Effects of DOGE on Medicare
How You Can / Should Adjust Your Financial Life
How I’d Fix Everything
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