Economy: Where people tend to live “mortgage free”
High mortgages and housing costs tend to be concentrated in the west, and about 20 metro areas in the eastern half of the country.
Personal finance: What an 8% annual return looks like in real life
This was seen on X - and this is true when investing in the stock market!
Economy: Map showing high earners leaving some states
Due to taxation and local policies, people with the means are often moving to tax or business friendly states.
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Economy: Where to invest in a post growth economy?
With population growth now curtailed, or flat lined or decreasing in some states, where should you invest for the new future?
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Demographics: State population projections to 2050
Population projections, by state, out to 2050. The US is entering a "post-growth demographic" - with very challenging and potentially scary issues to confront.
Economy: 40+% of those earning $300+k per year living “paycheck to paycheck”
It's called lifestyle inflation.
Economy: What percent of workers hold more than one job?
People working more than one job is seen as a problem. But its less than in the 1990s, and involves few workers.
Business: Private sector unions had a brief heyday in the 20th century
Union membership over the 20th century to the present. Private sector union membership has collapsed.
Why Social Security “runs out of money”
Lots of nonsense about Social Security is posted on X. This tries to set the record straight.
Media: Declares war on “Baby Boomers”
Baby Boomers did what Congress asked them to do-self funded retirement with IRA/401(k) and savings/investments. Now they are blasted for having done that.
Personal finance: “Eat the rich”
Today we live lives that not long ago were considered luxury available only to the ultra wealthy.
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Economy: Mega lifestyle inflation
The NY Times writes a sob story about couples who can't afford to have a child. It's actually a story about lifestyle inflation.
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Nation of Idiots
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Demographics: We must confiscate elder’s savings and kill them off
So says an actual Yale professor, Samuel Moyn
Government: Combined State+Federal tax burden by state
Oregon has the highest combined tax rate of all states.
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Policy: Does the US government spend 6x more on those 65+ than on ages 0-17?
True, by leaving out all the local and state spending. In the real world, spending is almost equal.