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    Beyond Red and Blue
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    Beyond Red and Blue

    Robert Hamill 6 Dec 202426 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    Although some people hue a party line, most of us hold some positions that would surprise others who try to pigeon-hole us.

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    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact
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    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact

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    The upshot of the Republican Tax Cut bill will be a minor increase to GDP yet a major increase to stock prices.

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    Government Structure Changes
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    Government Structure Changes

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    "It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach."

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    Do you worry about unintended consequences of Trump’s single-thread solutions?

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    Trump has three main threads as I see it. He stresses different notes at different times, always emphasizing that his skill, rather that details, will…

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    Populism in 2020
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    Reliance on belief only leads us astray when we must ignore facts. Facts are correctives to flawed beliefs.

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    Trump Escapes until November
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    Trump Escapes until November

    Robert Hamill 14 Jul 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    Trump fires opponents, pardons acolytes, and buys favors.

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    Rate Cut. Bad Solution for Trade War Slump
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    Rate Cut. Bad Solution for Trade War Slump

    Robert Hamill 24 Aug 201930 May 2022Leave a comment

    The past shows that Trump mania is always been followed by ruined associates. Are we, the nation, to be the next associates?

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    Political Framing Issues
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    Political Framing Issues

    Robert Hamill 7 May 20191 Feb 2023Leave a comment

    It is up to the free press to put the various perspectives in a rational perspective when the stories themselves are being told.

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    Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?
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    Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?

    Robert Hamill 27 Mar 201814 Oct 20241 Comment

    For the sake of elections based on facts, dark advertising must be brought into the light.

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