2026-04-28T19:09:59Z https://yabu.me Aston Crown https://yabu.me/npub1yuvsc69fafgty0eycpd357s4hjkdd3g806ek00enhryd77dksf7qvyxrj9 https://files.mstdn.party/accounts/avatars/114/200/892/967/231/852/original/2c24d3e8d8141ec2.png https://files.mstdn.party/accounts/avatars/114/200/892/967/231/852/original/2c24d3e8d8141ec2.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ypyg2v2pcapea5agsksjvkeyktgfntdl5dlu6du2axkqp7h2vtczyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8cpd75dw In a release that seems to have escaped mainstream notice, the Trump OCC is now saying that banks not providing financing for various ventures including &#34;drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic&#34; is an example of &#34;debanking&#34;:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-123.html">https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-123.html</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m very much against &#34;debanking&#34; in the sense of closing or denying basic banking like checking and transactional accounts -- but are Trumpists sure they want to force banks to finance (i.e. invest in) ANY legal business?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-11T18:05:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrap3h6rg0he6qxjy0ahaafvfgm9vqm5857w349045dxxy3w8ft8qzyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8cat6026 Without immigration, US headed for contraction <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/jobs-report-immigration-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/jobs-report-immigration-trump.html</a><br/><br/>&#34;It was easy to predict that Trump’s immigration policies would reduce the number of people looking for work, what wasn’t[] considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well: The immigrants who aren’t here.. not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here. When demand for goods and services diminishes, business owners don’t need to hire as many people.&#34;<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> 2025-11-30T20:40:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmsvyysqggl32hv6637spfu82fgsjy2qh2g87nce57py9ycr0cjgzyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8cs8043q Does the BLS benchmark revision downwards of almost 1M jobs thru March 2025 prove &#34;Trump was right&#34;? No. I got the BLS updated series, and charted and compared the data. Results: Biden (in his final year) demolished Trump-2 in his first year so far, with a 2.6x greater rate of job creation.<br/> <img src="https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/115/176/372/721/013/140/original/41b67d9f96b0f553.png"> <br/> 2025-09-09T21:07:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsve87037cfdzx5xk4w9wwvyzk48z2tuf7l4xmtfup353jej8g6tjqzyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8cyv2muc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> What do you think of this budget/trade balance article from Orszag? To me, the &#34;balanced budget -&gt; reduced trade deficit&#34; argument sounds like a dubious first-order analysis. Like, we balance the US budget and Americans suddenly will not buy cheap products from overseas? I don&#39;t see it.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/deficits-debt-federal-budget.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/deficits-debt-federal-budget.html</a> 2025-05-28T14:53:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw7srn4zzuvkzmf2gejkywj94z8f897yjtg02ksl8weju39ky4r7qzyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8c2fnk5r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ffesjy45x0g20fadqvhzwr2ferg55mje3pcv3yluxtnguymt9qcvw8mc7'>nevent1q…8mc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nonsense, I&#39;m sure Americans will quickly line up to make sneakers at sweatshop wages! 😆 2025-04-04T16:18:49Z