Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

2025-02-09 Thread Pieter Steenekamp
> I also saw (but didn't click through) a piece (on another outlet feed) that Trump had offered (minority/oppressed) White South Africans "refugee status" in the US and was rejected. It > sounds like more of his culture-war stirring even if it fell flat. This is big news here in South Africa, bu

Re: [FRIAM] does not compute

2025-02-09 Thread Jochen Fromm
Sounds to me as if you need a holiday. What about Australia?  https://youtu.be/LaWrkBo0t1o?si=mBgNqpdH4QmuJYCm-J. Original message From: Frank Wimberly Date: 2/8/25 12:07 AM (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] does not compu

Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

2025-02-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
The problem is not discretionary spending like R&D. The problem is Medicare. From: Friam On Behalf Of Pieter Steenekamp Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2025 11:07 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness >From U.S. com

Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

2025-02-09 Thread steve smith
How do we resolve the ideation of "belt tightening" and "austerity" with open ended growth and aspirations to conspicuous consumption? And Trump's answer is to establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund... something that only makes sense when you have a *surplus*.   His drill-baby-drill converts the co