Tuesday, April 25, 2023

April 25

 A bit wet this morning. How long the rain will stay I don't know but the Weather Channel says they should move out and give us partly sunny conditions later.

Punchbowl has a good survey of what McCarthy is facing in trying to get something on his plan to not address the debt limit. Key take away #1: McCarthy must get a hefty pound of flesh that would be taken out of the programs Republicans value the least--those that benefit the poor, the working class, women, children. Key take away #2: some in his fractured caucus don't want any agreement to raise the debt ceiling.

Military spending world wide is ramping up. According to this article it reached $2.2 Trillion of which the share belonging to the U.S. is $877 billion as of 2022. 

Well, Joe Biden has announced his campaign for reelection. Anybody surprised. I really hate reruns.

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