bean dream fred – e/acc

There are two provisions buried in the CR that Congress is trying to slip by. A pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year. Also, members of Congress are receiving an opt out from being required to use Obamacare

Insurance exists to cover events that are random, infrequent, catastrophic, & outside the control of the individual. That’s Econ 101. But here’s the rub: only 30% of medical events meet these criteria, yet >70% of healthcare costs are borne by insurance. A hard question about rising U.S. health costs is whether we’re using the wrong instrument to pay for much of it.

Just in the last few days: 1) The FBI reversed itself and now says we must all use encrypted messaging apps 2) The BBC and the UK Labour Party say "Dom Cummings is right" 3) Paul Krugman quit 4) Debanking became a national political issue I'm telling you, the timeline split. ⏱️👥

What if Elon Musk is actually a time-traveling vampire alien who’s building Starship to return to his home planet?

2013: DOGE is a joke. 2024: DOGE is part of the government.