19 points | by toomuchtodo 7 hours ago
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Article without any blocking or popups:
https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5968724
Fed independence is a really big deal. I'm glad to see that it still exists.
It’s not actually independent.
In what sense?
By and large it is independent of the whims of the administration because of its goals (specific inflation and unemployment targets) being more or less contraindicative to what administrations want to do (spend money)
Gift link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/fed-raise...
midnight dementia rage tantrum inbound
two dozen posts? three? assisted by the human printer
and with $6.50 diesel this week, maybe $7 next week by December millions more are going to be living out of their (dead) cars
Not many diesel cars in the US.
Plenty of diesel trucks though.
it's already $8 here in California
Article without any blocking or popups:
https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5968724
Fed independence is a really big deal. I'm glad to see that it still exists.
It’s not actually independent.
In what sense?
By and large it is independent of the whims of the administration because of its goals (specific inflation and unemployment targets) being more or less contraindicative to what administrations want to do (spend money)
Gift link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/fed-raise...
midnight dementia rage tantrum inbound
two dozen posts? three? assisted by the human printer
and with $6.50 diesel this week, maybe $7 next week by December millions more are going to be living out of their (dead) cars
Not many diesel cars in the US.
Plenty of diesel trucks though.
it's already $8 here in California