Economy

War Has a Budget. So Does Medicaid. Guess Which One's Getting Cut.

Operation Epic Fury is burning through roughly $1 billion a day, and the White House is drafting a $50 billion supplemental funding request. Before Congress writes that check, someone should do the math: $50 billion would extend enhanced ACA subsidies for a year, restore nutrition assistance to millions, and expand Medicaid coverage to nearly 2 million people. Jack Smart does the arithmetic Washington doesn't want you to see.

Mar 11, 20265 min read0030

Ella Smart- Politics

America Said It Was Rebuilding. Iran Is Checking the Work.

As Operation Epic Fury burns through standoff munitions at Desert Storm rates, defense analysts are flagging what five years of tariff-driven reshoring didn't fix: a weapons industrial base too structurally fragile to sustain high-intensity conflict. Ella Smart argues that economic nationalists who championed import tariffs need to ask whether the policy produced outcomes — or just brochures.

Mar 11, 20265 min read00

Jack Smart- Politics

45,700 Jobs Gone. The Profits Are Doing Great.

Tech companies are posting record profits while eliminating tens of thousands of workers in the name of AI efficiency. When the gains go to shareholders and the losses go to workers, that's not disruption — it's policy. And right now, Washington is choosing not to have one.

Mar 10, 20265 min read003

War Has a Budget. So Does Medicaid. Guess Which One's Getting Cut.

America Said It Was Rebuilding. Iran Is Checking the Work.

45,700 Jobs Gone. The Profits Are Doing Great.

War Has a Budget. So Does Medicaid. Guess Which One's Getting Cut.

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