Even that's awfully charitable. The S&P 500 going up would be visible and accessible to nearly everyone. Instead they insider trade and make money from swings in both directions, on individual stocks. Nancy Pelosi is a good example.

Maybe they'll sell us some rope

Or what? What will we do if AIPAC fucks with the 2028 primary?

I feel like a cauldron would help.

In case anyone needs to hear this: never accept the counter offer. They want you to leave at a time that's good for them, and see your pay increase as a temporary inconvenience until they hire your replacement anyways.

And I tell my employers this too. Nuclear deterrence only works if the enemy knows about it.

Exactly. They can't prove that God doesn't exist. They've never even taken a theology class, let alone finished a degree and bet their entire life on it.

Inflation is either expected or unexpected.

• unexpected inflation causes hyperinflation
• expected inflation is priced into the rates offered

The burden of inflation - who actually pays for it - falls on whoever needs the deal more. Lenders can invest anywhere, but borrowers need that money here and now. We're paying for most of the inflation as higher interest rates.

That's why I've got a doctorate in divinity. Religion is far more complicated than all these ignorant atheists think.

Which economists do you think are correct on this matter? How do their opinions differ from the economic policy we've seen since 2008?

I'd argue that technological advances are what drives progress, not capitalist numbers going up. Cell phones got cheap far faster than the rate of inflation, largely due to planned economies.

As long as we don't encourage another Wall Street crash like 1929, we should be fine.

Edit: uh oh, liberal butthurt detected

I already get a real pay cut every year and a real rent increase every year. When we're below the annual pay cut, we just get fired.