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Why DOGE Has Failed

28th May 2025 Patrick Barron 2212 Comments

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 1862 Comments

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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