F*ck Your Sensitivity - The Mad Ramblings of a Gen X-er
Online Big Blue Entertainment LLC
133 episodes
1 month ago
Political buzzwords promise certainty in a world full of receipts that say otherwise. We dig into the gap between “affordability” as a rallying cry and what shoppers, CEOs, and price tags are actually revealing, from holiday basket costs to the way gas taxes ripple through supply chains. Along the way, we make sense of inflation narratives, the role of federal spending in tight markets, and why energy policy still sets the floor for what goods cost to move. Then we pivot to the latest specia...
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Political buzzwords promise certainty in a world full of receipts that say otherwise. We dig into the gap between “affordability” as a rallying cry and what shoppers, CEOs, and price tags are actually revealing, from holiday basket costs to the way gas taxes ripple through supply chains. Along the way, we make sense of inflation narratives, the role of federal spending in tight markets, and why energy policy still sets the floor for what goods cost to move. Then we pivot to the latest specia...
Free Buses, Rent Control = Higher Taxes! HEY NYC DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHRAN!
F*ck Your Sensitivity - The Mad Ramblings of a Gen X-er
21 minutes
2 months ago
Free Buses, Rent Control = Higher Taxes! HEY NYC DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHRAN!
New York’s ballot may be “minor” on the calendar, but the ideas on it are anything but. We dive straight into the clash between headline promises and hard arithmetic: free buses and subways pitched as safety and access, a new 2% levy on high earners to pay for it, and a sweeping push for stricter rent control alongside massive “affordable” housing builds. It all sounds generous until you trace where the money comes from and how behavior changes when the bill lands on a small slice of taxpayer...
F*ck Your Sensitivity - The Mad Ramblings of a Gen X-er
Political buzzwords promise certainty in a world full of receipts that say otherwise. We dig into the gap between “affordability” as a rallying cry and what shoppers, CEOs, and price tags are actually revealing, from holiday basket costs to the way gas taxes ripple through supply chains. Along the way, we make sense of inflation narratives, the role of federal spending in tight markets, and why energy policy still sets the floor for what goods cost to move. Then we pivot to the latest specia...
