Archive - Objective Propaganda

Taxes Are Not An Artificial Imposition on Your Rightful Income

Americans' thinking about taxes is confused.

Feb 19 •

January 2024

Martin Luther King Was the Most Influential Democratic Socialist in American History

King is often remembered as a moderate figure. That's far from the reality.

Jan 15 •

June 2023

Inflation is WAYYY Down. Yay!

Inflation has been cut in half—and then some—since June of last year.

Jun 23, 2023 •

April 2023

The Key Data for Understanding French Pensions

Projections from an independent advisory panel have for years shown French pension spending to be on a sustainable path

Apr 12, 2023 •

March 2023

Do We Have to Starve Old People?

Emmanuel Macron says, "Oui!"

Mar 25, 2023 •

Voters Want the Fed to Stop Raising Interest Rates—Someone Tell the Media

A new poll shows that 56% of voters oppose further rate hikes. Maybe it's time for the media to stop acting like ordinary Americans support the Fed's…

Mar 8, 2023 •

Eli Lilly Just Admitted It's Been Price Gouging for Years

Its announcement that it will lower prices for insulin reveals a dark reality: the fact that it can cut prices at will is an admission that it's been…

Mar 6, 2023 •

February 2023

Work Stoppages Up 52% Last Year, More Than Any Year Between 1942 and 1980

Though the rate of union membership sits at a historic low, there are serious reasons for optimism about the state of labor in the US. For one, the…

Feb 27, 2023 •

“It’s the Prices, Stupid”: Why US Healthcare Spending is So Damn High

Last week, I made a post about the exceptionalism of the US in terms of both its high level of healthcare spending and its low average life expectancy…

Feb 20, 2023 •

America is Exceptional in Experiencing Declining Life Expectancy as Healthcare Spending Skyrockets

From 1997 through 2021, US life expectancy declined. Meanwhile, healthcare spending soared. In this post, I graph the trends.

Feb 13, 2023 •

March 2020

The Best Summation of Centrism

Donna Brazile has gifted us a classic definition of centrism: ceasefire between Main Street and Wall Street ’cause #StrongerTogether.

Mar 7, 2020 •

August 2019

For Bernie, The Washington Post’s Hatred Is Pure

The Post is apoplectic that Bernie would call out its bias.

Aug 17, 2019 •

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