Helaine Olen
Writer at Freelance
A woman with many opinions, all my own. Now: @econliberties, MSNBC contributing columnist. Ex: Washington Post. [email protected]
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6 days ago |
msnbc.com | Helaine Olen
One month before the start of Donald Trump’s second term, Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax, announced a $1 million contribution to his inauguration committee. At the time, the company told Politico the donation was “part of our decades-long commitment to bipartisan advocacy.”But that long-time “bipartisan advocacy” was done with a goal in mind. As Politico reported: “Intuit has numerous interests in Washington that would incentive it to gain favor with the incoming Trump administration.
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1 month ago |
msnbc.com | Helaine Olen
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump attempted to fire the two Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, even though he can only fire the congressionally-appointed commissioners for cause. It marks a very sudden end — at least for now — to the agency’s efforts to enforce antitrust laws and consumer protections. And it’s another sign Donald Trump is governing not on behalf of the people but for the benefit of America’s biggest and most powerful businesses and billionaires.
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1 month ago |
msnbc.com | Helaine Olen
By The stock market rose to record heights after Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election. Wall Street reveled in Trump’s promises of even more tax cuts and defanged regulators, not to mention making the world safe for saying all those politically incorrect thoughts about DEI. What could go wrong? Plenty, it turns out. Trump’s only been in office two months and the S&P 500 is lower than it was before Nov. 6 and in correction territory.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Helaine Olen
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1 month ago |
msnbc.com | Helaine Olen
Egg-flation is getting worse. The wholesale price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities hit $4.95 last month. That is more than 50% higher than this time last year. President Donald Trump, who has already backpedaled from his campaign promise to bring down prices on Day One, promised on Friday that his new Secretary of Agriculture will “do something” about egg prices.
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And the worst part here is that these horrible numbers will likely look good compared to the consumer sentiment numbers released next month.
Horrendous numbers *UMICH PRELIM APRIL CONSUMER SENTIMENT FALLS TO 50.8; EST 53.8 *UMICH YR-AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION AT 6.7%, HIGHEST SINCE 1981
RT @TheStalwart: So now that's a 5th straight day of a range greater than 5%
