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Why DOGE Has Failed

28th May 2025 Patrick Barron 0

After much ballyhoo and euphoria over Elon Musk’s DOGE findings, it now appears that the federal budget will not decrease one penny this fiscal year. What went wrong? As a long-time consultant in the banking [more…]

We are running out of bread and circuses

20th March 2025 Rookwood 0

It takes a lot to keep a population anaesthetised. Anaesthesia, as medical Puffins will attest, is a very tricky and demanding mistress. A dash too much potion here, or an insufficient soupçon of elixir there, [more…]

Why DOGE Has Failed

We are running out of bread and circuses

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