After deregulation and mergers, the remaining US railroads became very profitable by cutting employment, skimping on workers' safety, gouging customers with fees, and maximizing efficiency with just-in-time operations. They spent more on stock buybacks than on operating the line.

Covid taught them that just-in-time streamlining is a dangerous mistake whenever something starts to go wrong.

It's the frequent mistake of US industry -- optimizing the usual case and assuming nothing will go wrong.

We don't need price regulation if we make more competition. And we won't need more regulation to improve the treatment of railroad workers if we help workers make strong unions.

Government loans are helping "private equity" wreckers buy up rental housing and screw the tenants.

US citizens: call on all government officials to be ready to defeat the corrupter's next coup attempt.

US citizens: call on Pepsico to stop funding antiabortion candidates and parties.

US citizens: call on the US government to stop signing contracts for new immigration prisons.