economics
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California is facing multiple crises at once: catastrophic wildfire, housing instability, rising public costs, and growing mistrust in institutions. We often discuss these as separate problems. But what if they intersect? California is home to more federally recognized tribes than any other state. For thousands of years, Indigenous communities stewarded this land with practices that…
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To the leaders of large corporations, investment funds, financial institutions, and great fortunes: This letter is not written in anger.It is written in realism. You did not create the current economic system alone — but you are among the few who now have the power to shape what comes next. We are at a hinge…
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In a time when budgets swell with military spending, when debt ceilings strain under the weight of past decisions, and when threats of war still echo in tense regions across the globe, I find myself returning to a lyric written decades ago by Robert Plant: “The gains of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath.”…
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Many years ago, I learned something from Esther Hicks, who channels the teachings of Abraham: that everything begins with a thought. Our dreams, our hopes, even our circumstances—all of it originates in the unseen. If we pay attention to the whisper of our inner muse, trust what we hear, and then take consistent steps toward…
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We’ve all heard it: “The President of the United States is the most powerful man on Earth.” But is that really true? Or is it a comforting illusion we’re sold to keep our attention on the stage—while the real decisions happen behind the curtain? As a middle-class American who’s lived through decades of wars, inflation, market crashes,…
The Liberty and Prosperity Plan 