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		<title>Is Immigration Bad for America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tweet March 23, 2026 &#8212; Immigration is perhaps the most incendiary issue these days, especially in the US. Is immigration bad for the economy, as many people apparently believe? Jobs Its opponents worry that immigrants compete with US citizens for jobs, housing, and so forth.  What that instinct misses is that those coming from abroad add [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Usury laws and Trump’s proposed cap on credit card interest rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TweetFeb. 19, 2026  &#8212; Donald Trump, at Davos in January, proposed putting a 10 % cap on the interest rates that banks can charge on credit cards, a position favored by many Democrats, including progressives like Bernie Sanders.  Is it possible that this is an issue where his rhetoric about helping the little guy might [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caligula Reincarnated</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TweetFebruary 6, 2026 &#8212; Each time we think we have exhausted the question of what explains the crazy things that Donald Trump says and does, he comes out with something even crazier, which sends us back to the puzzle anew. The first conclusion, popular during Trump’s first presidency, was that his assertions were never meant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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