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I may be a little more jaded. I don't think they care about looting. Republicans will like that because it'll drive their base. Democrats will like it because it'll drive their base. But if you start cutting into corporate profits... The...

Possibly, yet speculation comes before earning reports.

I still expect some miraculous fix to this before it actually happens, but even if they don't fund EBT, it's not gonna last. I'd be surprised if it goes a week, much less a month or two. It'd take a while for it to hit the corporations that...

My sincere hope here is that the so-called shut down lasts at least another month. Even without looting, stores that accept EBT will feel the pinch. Profit margins are low there, so a cut like this to their sales would be dramatic. Bread lines...

The subsidization problem in the US is insane. It's going to be impossible to unwind - perhaps a complete breakdown like this is the only way. Every market is subsidized - food, health care, education, transportation, energy, agriculture, war...

The clips of those people get left on the cutting room floor.

Hold on now! We were promised EBT riots and looting! This would be like canceling the Super Bowl at the last minute...

Yeah, me too. But I think the politicians will disappoint us... as always.

I bet it gets wrapped up by this weekend. I don't think politicians want it laid bare how many people are reliant on (milking) EBT.

Oversight Committee Releases Report on the Biden Autopen Presidency https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency/

I think the "polarizing" part of that is because Lincoln's motivations were political (hidden in a moral cover - like all politicians). He didn't want the democrats to gain congressional seats. By preventing slavery in the new territories, he...