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Europe’s welfare state has reached a point where cutting it has become politically much harder than expanding it. Look at the numbers. EU social protection spending reached €4.9 trillion in 2024, equal to 27.3% of GDP, up from 26.7% the year before. Some countries spend even more. France is near 33.8% of GDP, while Finland …
Biological aging and generational shifts in early-onset cancer risk Abstract Incidence of early-onset cancer is rising globally in recent generations, which underscores the need to elucidate the influence of emerging generational risk factors. Systemic and organ-specific aging reflects the cumulative impact of exposures and may provide an integrative and complementary approach to understand early-onset cancer …
She explained it all. Maybe this is just facts? pic.twitter.com/XfQIiDuN7f — Mr Grey (@Mel_ceee) April 14, 2026 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Cost of raising a child in the US to age 18 is now over $303,000, up 28% since 2023. — Remarks (@remarks) April 14, 2026 Americans have never been this pessimistic about their financial situation: …
Americans in their late 30s and early 40s can now enlist in the U.S. Army after the service raised its maximum enlistment age to 42, according to updated Army regulations published this month. The change was formalized in a document released on March 20, which governs enlistment eligibility for the Regular Army, Army Reserve and …
“The Congressional Budget Office says to be prepared for Social Security check payments to be reduced in 6 years due to low funds “It’ll be an immediate 7% payment cut in 2032, and then an average 28% benefit drop from 2033 onward” You pay in your whole life and the government spends it and then …
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was raising tariffs on U.S. imports of South Korean autos and other goods, blaming the legislature of an ally and a major trading partner for dragging its feet on enacting a deal agreed last year. For South Korea, the decision, which officials in Seoul said caught them by …
I think they are getting desperate to pump the prices to show revenue growth pic.twitter.com/FNDLcpcETW — Meet Kevin (@realMeetKevin) December 27, 2025
This sounds like he's raising a flag for a bailout https://t.co/RTweqJnS8p — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 21, 2025 NOW, that statement should freak the investors out. This is NOT normal. https://t.co/mKKdVIzRD6 — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) November 21, 2025
via notayesmanseconomics At the moment there is rather a public spat between China and Japan. In one sense this is sabre rattling by the new Sanae Takaichi administration which knows it will be popular with its core vote. But it brings to mind a different challenge between these two countries and let me illustrate by …
I don’t understand why anyone would support AI. It’s going to: Steal your job Triple your electricity bill Destroy younger generations. People should be outside of OpenAI HQ among others with torches and pitchforks. https://t.co/MyH8gPMeqL — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 15, 2025 We need regulations that prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to …
Next year, 401(k) and 403(b) catch-up contributions for high earners must go into Roth accounts instead of traditional pretax accounts. Anyone with Social Security wages over $150,000 will be affected. For people in state pension systems, this likely applies to Medicare wages instead. If Medicare wages are just above $150,000, this rule creates an immediate …
“After months of denying it, the Trump Administration is finally admitting what we suspected all along. They are planning on raising the retirement age. For every year you raise the age, that is a 7 percent cut in benefits. As costs continue to rise, seniors living on fixed incomes are being hit the hardest. Five …
The warning signs were impossible to miss. They were dismissed, ignored, and buried beneath the language of actuarial tables and regulatory fog. In 2025, Americans are facing the largest health insurance premium spikes in fifteen years, with some plans climbing 18 percent https://www.forbes.com/advisor/d/aca-premiums-rising-short-term-insurance . This is not inflation. It is extraction. The timing is deliberate. …
Two Nvidia customers made up 39% of Nvidia’s revenue in its July quarter, the company revealed in a financial filing on Wednesday, raising concerns about the concentration of the chipmaker’s clientele. “Customer A” made up 23% of total revenue, and “Customer B” comprised 16% of total revenue, according to the company’s second-quarter filing with the …
This is what its like raising a boy 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/0hMUVDRiin — Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) July 21, 2025
In 2008 and again in 2020, similar steep drops in credit were quickly followed by aggressive Fed rate cuts and liquidity injections. This time, we’re seeing the same kind of credit contraction, but the Fed is still holding rates high, and there’s no sign of emergency fiscal support coming either. That’s what makes the current …
JUST IN: Raising taxes leads to higher tax revenue. pic.twitter.com/lcQBtpOJBl — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 21, 2025
Elon Musk didn’t mince words: “The dollar will be worth nothing if the US doesn’t do something about its national debt.” That wasn’t hyperbole. That was a warning. A new study confirms what many already feel in their bones. Most Americans can no longer afford even a minimal quality of life. Forget luxury. Forget comfort. …
Same jobs lower pay offshore labor surge exposed… I'm just gonna drop this here here: 82% of those roles that Microsoft outsourced were below-market wage according to US DOL data. ALL filed through an Indian firm: Integreon Managed Solutions Pvt Ltd. — Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) July 1, 2025
After raising $540,000, Karmelo Anthony requested a taxpayer-funded public defender—claiming indigency. Simultaneously, his family raised their donation goal to $1.4 million on GiveSendGo. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/3Ur6uETtYO — AF Post (@AFpost) June 28, 2025
BREAKING: Iran says Fordow survived the strike untouched. Israeli Army Radio admits there’s a slim chance they’re right. So either the U.S. just dropped $300 million worth of bunker busters for theatrics… Or someone’s lying and we’re about to find out who, the hard way. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 22, 2025 IRAN – “You …
$MCD fast 'food' prices have surged pic.twitter.com/2aH6npolrB — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) June 19, 2025 New American mother is at the grocery store to buy baby formula Prices are so high “I can’t tell if this is a joke or not” A single can is $52.99-$74. Having babies is not affordable Nestle lobbies against paid …
How is this legal to sell?? A Dunkin' Donuts employee records the process of making a large iced carmel coffee drink There are people who drink these coffees every single day. We have to Make America Healthy Again pic.twitter.com/suuPSNRtva — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 6, 2025
*TRUMP: RAISING THE TARIFFS ON CHINA TO 125 PERCENT — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 9, 2025 BREAKING: Trump is raising tariffs on China to 125%, but pausing tariffs on reciprocal and 10% tariffs on other countries for 90 days. This is AMAZING news. — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 9, 2025
The Democrats have made a huge deal about the price increases caused by tariffs. Yet, they seem to turn a blind eye to the regulatory restrictions they impose, which do exactly the same thing. They’ll criticize tariffs for driving up prices but then pat themselves on the back for enacting regulations and policies that have …
Why fix the problem when you can just make it someone else’s problem? pic.twitter.com/LTx21Lm35a — Politickle (@PolitickleNews) March 23, 2025
by Michael Will “the Big One” soon hit the west coast? While most people are fixated on the political drama that is currently unfolding in Washington, very important events are happening elsewhere too. Within the past 7 days, California and Nevada have been hit by more than 900 earthquakes. And just within the past 24 hours, there …
Mark Zuckerberg denies building 5K-square-foot ‘Doomsday bunker’ under $270M Hawaii compound, saying it’s ‘like a basement’ Mark Zuckerberg dismissed reports that he is building a 5,000-square-foot “Doomsday bunker” underneath a $270 million compound in Hawaii — insisting instead that it’s just a “little shelter.” The 40-year-old tech tycoon was asked during a Dec. 19 interview …
What do you mean we are not in a recession?#recession #gold pic.twitter.com/EncoUunkIR — Patrick Karim (@badcharts1) October 30, 2024 USA 🇺🇸 private sector #jobs growth negative, and even worse job losses in #manufacturing! 📉 🥶https://t.co/XnsimiGO3e pic.twitter.com/aNTB5BUkvc — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) November 1, 2024 #BLS #JobsReport Youth #unemployment 📈😬https://t.co/RwISk4Ukk4 — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) November 1, 2024 …
