@budget.senate.gov
@democrats.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@dncstaffunion.bsky.social
@democrats.org
@msnbc.com
The future is BIGGER than you think:
#VenusProject
#ResourceBasedEconomy
#MakeStarTrekReal
But first, some basics:
#DemocraticSocialism
#ModernMonetaryTheory
.
@democrats.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@dncstaffunion.bsky.social
@democrats.org
@msnbc.com
The future is BIGGER than you think:
#VenusProject
#ResourceBasedEconomy
#MakeStarTrekReal
But first, some basics:
#DemocraticSocialism
#ModernMonetaryTheory
.
April 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@budget.senate.gov
@democrats.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@dncstaffunion.bsky.social
@democrats.org
@msnbc.com
The future is BIGGER than you think:
#VenusProject
#ResourceBasedEconomy
#MakeStarTrekReal
But first, some basics:
#DemocraticSocialism
#ModernMonetaryTheory
.
@democrats.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@dncstaffunion.bsky.social
@democrats.org
@msnbc.com
The future is BIGGER than you think:
#VenusProject
#ResourceBasedEconomy
#MakeStarTrekReal
But first, some basics:
#DemocraticSocialism
#ModernMonetaryTheory
.
Steve and Rohan dissect the humor and horror of the political landscape. They assess the Biden administration and look at figures like Elon Musk and Ramaswamy as part of a new wave of governance setting out to undermine the fabric of federal institutions.
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
Episode 305 - Trump, the Fed & the Crypto Insurgency with Rohan Grey
Rohan Grey talks about the political economy of Trump. He and Steve speculate on the the future of government agencies, the Fed and the role of crypto.
realprogressives.org
November 30, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Because one day it will trickle down to the poors, we are still waiting for the trickle down from Reagan. These people know they're lying
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
⬇️I am THE face of MEDICAID / EBT ⬇️
Have a PhD
Got very ill & now disabled But NOT ON DISABILITY
Can only work PT
As long as I work PT I can keep Buy-In Medicaid ($25/mo)
EBT =Food Stamps
I don’t get much but it helps!
Seniors/ Disabled/kids/Chronically ill ppl depend on these programs
Have a PhD
Got very ill & now disabled But NOT ON DISABILITY
Can only work PT
As long as I work PT I can keep Buy-In Medicaid ($25/mo)
EBT =Food Stamps
I don’t get much but it helps!
Seniors/ Disabled/kids/Chronically ill ppl depend on these programs
MY MOST IMPORTANT POST OF
THE MONTH:
#AusterityIsMurder
#SaveSocialSecurity
#SaveMedicaid
#SaveSNAP
Austerity Kills. So FIGHT IT!
The knowledge you need to do
so is right here::
THE MONTH:
#AusterityIsMurder
#SaveSocialSecurity
#SaveMedicaid
#SaveSNAP
Austerity Kills. So FIGHT IT!
The knowledge you need to do
so is right here::
March 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Paradox of Thrift, Fallacy of Composition, Austerity, and Second-Order Thinking.
Explore second-order thinking through the lens of economic topics. Reading time: 4 mins.
thelibertypear.com/2024/12/29/p...
Explore second-order thinking through the lens of economic topics. Reading time: 4 mins.
thelibertypear.com/2024/12/29/p...
Paradox of Thrift, Fallacy of Composition, Austerity, and Second-Order Thinking
thelibertypear.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Tax and spend is the foundation of a civilised society. The new government should embrace it, because without it, we're stuck with pointless and destructive austerity.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard | George Monbiot
The focus on growth to ease the UK’s economic ills will not be nearly enough, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
We made money. We can remake it.
Money isn’t “real”, it’s just a societal agreement.
So why not amend the agreement so everyone has enough for their basic needs?
Universal Basic Income is a software update to an old operating system. #UBI
Money isn’t “real”, it’s just a societal agreement.
So why not amend the agreement so everyone has enough for their basic needs?
Universal Basic Income is a software update to an old operating system. #UBI
July 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This letter in the New Statesman a couple of years ago seems even truer now.
January 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not to nitpick the amazing stand that Cory Booker is making today, but I really wish he wouldn't be using it to talk about the national "debt" and deficits bogeyman. Republicans are right to not care when in power. Democrats should not cry hypocrisy but instead do good things with deficit spending.
Isn't it Time to Stop Calling it “The National Debt”? - Evonomics
How about government-Issued assets instead?
evonomics.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#MiltonFriedman endorsed #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Largely eliminate the stress, harms, and administration cost of means testing for fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Largely eliminate the stress, harms, and administration cost of means testing for fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
We really need you making noise about universal basic income. The focus needs to be on basic needs. Every American needs basic income, healthcare, and lifelong educational access. The working class needs a foundation of economic security. Universality plus taxes is the way to best build the floor.
Negative Income Tax is Not Cheaper Than Universal Basic Income, Nor is Guaranteed Income 'More Progressive' by Excluding the Rich
Many people don't know this, but Milton Friedman was once asked in the Spring of 2000 what he thought about a universal basic income (UBI) in comparison to his proposed negative income tax (NIT) and t...
www.scottsantens.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#MiltonFriedman endorsed #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Largely eliminate the stress, harms, and administration cost of means testing for fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Largely eliminate the stress, harms, and administration cost of means testing for fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
A counterintuitive increasingly central insight on #capitalism: It’s too productive; #BasicIncome can rebalance: http://bit.ly/2wCnpww #SharedFacts #HumanReasoning
Donald Trump's Disgusting Remark on Puerto Rico Is More R...
The big secret of politics is budget deficits are meaning...
bit.ly
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Some thoughts about what Senator Booker is saying now:
Increasing the "national debt" to futher enrich an obscenely rich elite is destructive to the economy.
Increasing the public "debt" to spend for the Public Purpose is GOOD.
It all depends on how it's spent.
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#FiatMoney
Increasing the "national debt" to futher enrich an obscenely rich elite is destructive to the economy.
Increasing the public "debt" to spend for the Public Purpose is GOOD.
It all depends on how it's spent.
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#FiatMoney
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Some thoughts about what Senator Booker is saying now:
Increasing the "national debt" to futher enrich an obscenely rich elite is destructive to the economy.
Increasing the public "debt" to spend for the Public Purpose is GOOD.
It all depends on how it's spent.
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#FiatMoney
Increasing the "national debt" to futher enrich an obscenely rich elite is destructive to the economy.
Increasing the public "debt" to spend for the Public Purpose is GOOD.
It all depends on how it's spent.
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#FiatMoney
Like we don't already enforce capitalism-driven indentured servitude by forcing people to sell their labor to others, sometimes *multiple* others, just to survive.
UBI is *FREEDOM*.
UBI is *FREEDOM*.
''UBI will create dependency and enslavement.''
No — bullshit jobs already trap millions in meaningless routines just to survive.
UBI is the opposite; it creates a stable financial foundation, restoring freedom, dignity and opportunities for everyone, not just the lucky few.
No — bullshit jobs already trap millions in meaningless routines just to survive.
UBI is the opposite; it creates a stable financial foundation, restoring freedom, dignity and opportunities for everyone, not just the lucky few.
June 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Job Guarantee and MMT: A Conversation with William Thompson youtu.be/L_3Q6Q_hTio?... #modernmonetarytheory #MMT
The Job Guarantee and MMT: A Conversation with William Thompson
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
April 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The Job Guarantee and MMT: A Conversation with William Thompson youtu.be/L_3Q6Q_hTio?... #modernmonetarytheory #MMT
Repost and Repost Again!
TODAY. IS. THE. DAY!
savepublicservices.com
#LaborIsEntitledToAllitCreates
#EndTheBillionaireClass
#Limitarianism
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveSocialSecurity
#HealthcareForAll
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#SaveTheFuture #TheVenusProject
#BodilyAutonomy
#ProChoice #Freedom
TODAY. IS. THE. DAY!
savepublicservices.com
#LaborIsEntitledToAllitCreates
#EndTheBillionaireClass
#Limitarianism
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveSocialSecurity
#HealthcareForAll
#ModernMonetaryTheory
#SaveTheFuture #TheVenusProject
#BodilyAutonomy
#ProChoice #Freedom
April 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
One aspect, cross-connecting, is use of #HashTags:
#DiscussionTopics and #Dynamics
#ConnectionTools for #CollectiveLearning
#MATH #MakeAmericaTrulyHealthy
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SharedFacts from #HealthScience
#EnergyNetworkScience
#GeneralSemantics
#DiscussionTopics and #Dynamics
#ConnectionTools for #CollectiveLearning
#MATH #MakeAmericaTrulyHealthy
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SharedFacts from #HealthScience
#EnergyNetworkScience
#GeneralSemantics
The moderation and block tools on here are so advanced , if you see someone you don’t want to see on here, just block them. Don’t attack them.
There used to be great give and take discussions on politics and news. Not so much any more.
Doesn’t have to be this way
There used to be great give and take discussions on politics and news. Not so much any more.
Doesn’t have to be this way
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One aspect, cross-connecting, is use of #HashTags:
#DiscussionTopics and #Dynamics
#ConnectionTools for #CollectiveLearning
#MATH #MakeAmericaTrulyHealthy
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SharedFacts from #HealthScience
#EnergyNetworkScience
#GeneralSemantics
#DiscussionTopics and #Dynamics
#ConnectionTools for #CollectiveLearning
#MATH #MakeAmericaTrulyHealthy
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SharedFacts from #HealthScience
#EnergyNetworkScience
#GeneralSemantics
#MiltonFriedman endorsed #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Eliminate the stress, harms, administration cost of means testing, gaps, and overlapping inefficiencies from fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Eliminate the stress, harms, administration cost of means testing, gaps, and overlapping inefficiencies from fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
We really need you making noise about universal basic income. The focus needs to be on basic needs. Every American needs basic income, healthcare, and lifelong educational access. The working class needs a foundation of economic security. Universality plus taxes is the way to best build the floor.
Negative Income Tax is Not Cheaper Than Universal Basic Income, Nor is Guaranteed Income 'More Progressive' by Excluding the Rich
Many people don't know this, but Milton Friedman was once asked in the Spring of 2000 what he thought about a universal basic income (UBI) in comparison to his proposed negative income tax (NIT) and t...
www.scottsantens.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
#MiltonFriedman endorsed #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Eliminate the stress, harms, administration cost of means testing, gaps, and overlapping inefficiencies from fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
Now #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
Eliminate the stress, harms, administration cost of means testing, gaps, and overlapping inefficiencies from fragmented programs
#HelicalEconomics #CommunityProsperity
Starmer and Reeves are obsessed with the idea of growth. Growing the economy comes by providing ordinary people with the means to spend. The poor, the old and the sick are being crushed. This is not Labour as I once knew it.
December 29, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Kudos to @stephaniekelton.bsky.social for wading through punchlines to explain #ModernMonetaryTheory. It’s never been a “theory;” it’s how money is created to fund govt sanctioned programs. We always have money to solve big problems, given political will and resources.
December 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Kudos to @stephaniekelton.bsky.social for wading through punchlines to explain #ModernMonetaryTheory. It’s never been a “theory;” it’s how money is created to fund govt sanctioned programs. We always have money to solve big problems, given political will and resources.
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
for
#CommunityProsperity
Supported by #MiltonFriedman
Now further conceptual progress:
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#ENS #EnergyNetworkScience
for
#CommunityProsperity
Supported by #MiltonFriedman
Now further conceptual progress:
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#ENS #EnergyNetworkScience
We don't talk enough about how the underfunding and stigmatization of anti-poverty programs has undermined trust in government--and trust in the Democratic politicians who champion those programs--among the very people those programs are designed to support. (🧵 1/)
October 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
for
#CommunityProsperity
Supported by #MiltonFriedman
Now further conceptual progress:
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#ENS #EnergyNetworkScience
for
#CommunityProsperity
Supported by #MiltonFriedman
Now further conceptual progress:
#MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#ENS #EnergyNetworkScience
I hope (LOL) that this puts an end to 'oh no crisis, must cut spending!' default that's been the approach for years. No better example of gov't spending to pull out of a slump than post-Great Depression and post-Covid spending. Austerity measures are so often the wrong approach. Compare to EU!
August 31, 2024 at 11:37 PM
#ReturnAbregoGarcia
#RestoreTheConstitution
#LGBTQ #BlackLivesMatter #DiversityEquityandInclusion #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory #Limitarianism #VenusProject #HandsOff2025 #HandsOFF
www.fiftyfifty.one
generalstrikeus.com
#usprotests #wearetheflood #mobilize.us
#RestoreTheConstitution
#LGBTQ #BlackLivesMatter #DiversityEquityandInclusion #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory #Limitarianism #VenusProject #HandsOff2025 #HandsOFF
www.fiftyfifty.one
generalstrikeus.com
#usprotests #wearetheflood #mobilize.us
April 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The primary purpose of money is to enable beneficial transactions, i.e. #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SmaugLogic #OOCG #OutOfControlGreed has gained power, impoverishing our society
#SharedFacts #SharedConcepts #HumanReasoning for #CommunityProsperity
#OnePlanet #HelicalEconomics
#SmaugLogic #OOCG #OutOfControlGreed has gained power, impoverishing our society
#SharedFacts #SharedConcepts #HumanReasoning for #CommunityProsperity
#OnePlanet #HelicalEconomics
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The primary purpose of money is to enable beneficial transactions, i.e. #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory
#SmaugLogic #OOCG #OutOfControlGreed has gained power, impoverishing our society
#SharedFacts #SharedConcepts #HumanReasoning for #CommunityProsperity
#OnePlanet #HelicalEconomics
#SmaugLogic #OOCG #OutOfControlGreed has gained power, impoverishing our society
#SharedFacts #SharedConcepts #HumanReasoning for #CommunityProsperity
#OnePlanet #HelicalEconomics