David Sandahl
@dsandahl.bsky.social
Civically-engaged. Federal Budget (OMB and SBC) background, followed by 40 years of management consulting. Now retired, focused on building a more perfect union.
Wow. This—combined with the massive number of people who voted in the Michigan primary, and the closeness of the race—shows people assertively stating what they want with their votes. Sometimes, democracy speaks loudly. I hope people listen.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · yesterdayUnfathomable
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
Trump thought (thinks?) tarriffs can replace the income tax, restoring 19th Century American greatness (and making the rich richer). Reality keeps getting in the way.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago* Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May @taxfoundation.bsky.social @scottlincicome.bsky.social taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-...
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) was a prominent 19th-century French economist, legislator, and writer who is widely considered one of the most brilliant champions of free trade, private property, and limited government.
Kushner: Jack of all trades, master of none. Anything for a buck. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Secret Talks With Kushner Led to FIFA’s Controversial Sale Plans
The uproar roiling international football in the wake of FIFA’s plans to sell a stake in its new media division got its start in secret talks last year, when the chief of the sport’s international bod...
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"Circular financing" is when they have contracts with one another but not paying customers or markets. They're betting hundreds of billions on something that may never exist, while starving investments in real world capital and equipment. www.trentonian.com/2026/07/27/n...
Nvidia’s $750 billion deals revive fear of AI circular financing
Such transactions have left many AI companies increasingly intertwined, leaving the industry exposed to shocks.
trentonian.com
"Private equity targets US war machine and its $1 trillion budget" What could possibly go wrong? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Private Equity Targets America’s War Machine and Its $1 Trillion Budget
Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg wants America’s war machine to get cozier with companies. The private equity firm he co-founded is building a constellation of next-generation businesses to a...
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Five months ago, on Feb. 26, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was and open international waterway, as it had been for decades. Five months later, thanks to Trump's war, the Strait is closed, we've lost 18 service members and spent ~$100b, and the U.S. is neither as liked nor as trusted nor as feared.
SpaceX's post IPO "value erasure" in a league of its own, losing $47 billion a day. Buyers beware?
🤔 When have I heard this before? "In just a few years, fund finance has roared to life as Wall Street’s most active laboratory — bundling up assets, slicing them into tranches of varying size and risk" (Bloomberg BW) Oh right, that 2008 Great Recession thing. They never learn (or just don't care)
TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛@tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 2w agoVoter suppression doesn’t beat organized people. Learn your state’s deadlines. Check your registration. Get your people to check theirs too. Volunteer with groups getting voters registered & trained as poll workers. Fighting back is a to-do list, not a mood. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies #USDemocracy
Moneywise: Not doing this 'out of the goodness of their hearts': Donors for Trump's $400 million ballroom have received over $50 billion in federal contracts. In a shocking turn of events we all saw coming, the ballroom is being used to enrich the already wealthy. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
Replacing one hourly restaurant fast food worker costs employers $2,305 to $5,864. Costco’s CEO started as a forklift driver in 1982 and is still promoting from within.
Let's go! We should be proud of our democracy and working to defend it. Protecting the ballot, as Newsom is doing, is a strong step every state can take. We can all verify our own registration and help others to vote too. Vote.org
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Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3w agoSending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊
Election security expert David Becker effectively debunks Trump's claim about China "threatening US elections" by obtaining voter data =====>
10x increase in the budget for ICE, $1.2 trillion cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Hurting vulnerable people is the priority for Trump and his supporters.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3w ago“.. With these new cuts, I’m done. I’m going to foreclose,” Fifer said, fighting back tears. “It’s either I ride it out until the very last day until they kick us out of our home, or I put him in an institution.” @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/f...
80% Shares of the top six US banks — JPMorgan, BofA, Citi, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — are up an average of almost 80% since the 2024 election. The group has over $100 billion in profits this year. Bloomberg Business Week
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
The only thing we have to do to keep Social Security solvent for eternity is to lift the SS tax cap.
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
