@VodkaPundit you need to know who the other guy is. That’s Michael Osterholm. He said clothe masks don’t work July 2020. Nobody listened when I reported it.
Portman, Warner and Cornyn warned Biden about the Delta surge in India. Here's their letter. Biden lied about nobody seeing Delta coming. He was warned. In writing. So where's the investigation into his actions??? When was he first briefed??
It started with the client telling me the meeting would be masked. When I got there, they were not masked. When I made a joke about it, they said they didn't know if I was vaccinated. But since I am, I didn't have to wear one.
Along the way we started talking about her chiropractor. He's unvaccinated so she stopped seeing him- not because he's unvaccinated but bc Medicare stopped reimbursements bc he's not vaxxed.
I commented that's not right & not the role of government. It's the choice of the ...
... consumer to decide if they want to see the chiropractor or not bc of his vax status. Ironically, she decided to see him and wear a mask despite the fact Medicare won't cover it. But she's all for Medicare/government punishing him.
Why are there are more jobs than people to take them? Why there's not enough workers to move product & supply chain problems? Why people are just quitting/retiring?
As an Investment Advisor, I know this 1st hand. The problem is Obamacare.
Remember Nancy Pelosi bragging about "job lock." Well, she was right. People don't have to stay in their job until 65 anymore.
Subsidies are so generous that even people w/ sizable retirement plans can get fully subsidized coverage, then wait for Medicare to kick in at 65.
I'm literally doing ACA planning for people in their early 60s who don't want to go back to the office, face a vaccine mandate or have just had it & want to get something out of the system. With massively enhanced tax credits, we manage their income (MAGI) to get free insurance.
A little Oil Production History
January 2021: Biden EO halts oil production leases on Federal lands.
June: Court orders injunction overriding Biden's EO.
August: Biden Admin files appeal of court's injunction, citing Greenhouse Gases.
Oil production is being held up by the Dept. of Interior, not the Dept. of Energy. Media, you have to ask the right questions of the right person. This is all on Interior Secretary Haaland, not Energy Secretary Granholm.
The result of Interior's stalling is states like Wyoming are now producing the same amount of oil as it did last April, the shutdown month where demand was stopped cold, & 1.7m fewer barrels/day as the pre-Covid peak March 2020.
As a nation, we're producing 2m fewer barrels/day.
Congress can only use Budget Rec once per fiscal year. The 2022 fiscal year began 10/1. If they use Budget Rec to raise the Debt Ceiling w/out attaching their massive 2 legged spending spree, their spending will have to wait until 10/1/22 (FY 2023).
The Dems do have the power to raise the Debt Ceiling now w/their current numbers, but don't want to waste the opportunity to attach their spending agenda.
So they'll wait to create a crisis & try to force Sinema & Manchin to join their spending spree to avoid shutdown.
Mitch McConnell, by not participating in the Debt Ceiling vote, is forcing the Dem's hand. That's pretty savvy.
The politics right now is to blame the GOP. But the reality is the left is trying to pressure Sinema & Manchin to choice between shut down & spending spree.