Zachary Albert

Most Americans do not live paycheck-to-paycheck: - The median American household has a net worth of $193k - The median American household holds $8k in transaction accounts (checking/savings) - 54% of adults claim to have cash savings that could pay for 3 months of expenses

It gets funnier every time I watch it

1. This Thursday, Walter Oleszek retires from the Congressional Research Service. He arrived there 55 years ago back when CRS was the Legislative Reference Service.

That’s not fundamentally irrational as a pure short-term electoral strategy—easiest way to win is easiest way to win!—but I think the side effects are reasonably large and reasonably bad in the realm of governing and long-term electoral strategy.

Gonna be people voting for president in 2024 who weren't alive the last time the GOP won the popular vote nationwide. No requirement, of course, that you win the popular vote nationwide. But it's certainly helpful in securing legitimacy, especially under a populist philosophy.

Actual endnotes from a university press book, 2021.