How massive overspending on AI data centers to the tune of $1.5 trillion to 2028 is bad for retirees with their savings going into Tech issued corporate bonds with higher risk,not just bad for crowding out investment in vital needs of crumbling infrastructure of the Nation, Manufacturing, Housing, Cost of Living concerns, Renewable Energy.

11/16/2025

Uncertainty over returns, with revenue stream hazy and massive overspending is seen as a danger signal by a wide range of public opinion and experts shown here in Lyrarc.com in November 2025. All other priorities of the Nation are getting crowded out as 5 Tech companies engage in reckless competition at the expense of everybody else.

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The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.

The Washington Post 11/16/25

This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts

Yale Insights 11/15/25

What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press 11/15/25

Justin Hendrix

Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business

The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25

Sarah Myers West, Amba Kak

Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees

The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25

Telis Demos

When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts

The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25

Christopher Mims, Nate Rattner

How India could get the Trade Deal with the US by buying oil from US and Saudis/UAE and allowing imports of non grain and non dairy agricultural products

08/28/2025

US sanctioned India with 50% tariff for buying Russian oil saying it finances RUssia's war against Ukraine and daily deadly missile strikes. ein dollar terms are now insignificant at $2-the 3 billion. In fact India is already shifting to getting more of its imports from the Middle East. India could also import additional oil from the US and make changes to import non grain and non dairy agricultural products from the US in large volumes such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, blueberries, cherries that it's upper middle class population of 250 million could benefit from the nutritional benefits. US in its fight against the pharmaceutical companies high pricing could change laws to bring in Indian pharmaceutical products at 10-15% price above Indian prices set by the government to meet needs of its large population. In pharma product pricing India leads the whole world and this benefit would lower the cost of living in the US tremendously. Both sides would benefit in a WIn-WIn relationship in trade- THIS IS ACHIEVABLE FOR THE INTERESTS OF AMERICANS AND INDIANS. IT ONLY REQUIRES VISION OF BOTH SIDES.

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India's benefit from Russian oil imports exaggerated; actual gain at just $2.5 bn

The Economic Times 08/28/25

Opinion | America’s Fearsome Farm Lobby Has Nothing on India’s

The Wall Street Journal 08/27/25

Sadanand Dhume

DJT US 25% auto import tariff April 2, 2025

03/30/2025

The impact of the 25% DJT US auto import tariff comes after NAFTA and USMCA Trade Treaty did little to prevent the outshoring of US jobs and manufacturing to Mexico and Canada. German and South Korean companies made about 80% to 60% of cars sold in the US in Mexico or in their home country. The outshoring was used by American and foreign companies as a way to keep American automobile wages low as American companies could threaten workers asking for higher wages with loss of jobs by outshoring the production. This happened for two decades under the elder Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. The US International Trade Commission estimates in a 2024 study that this 25% tariff would increase revenues by 5% and prices by 5% in the US for cars. Higher prices over 10% would be borne by affluent buyers of BMW's, Benz and Audis. Because US auto plants have excess capacity and operate at 60% in 2025 they could quickly increase American production without increasing prices as American manufacturers car sales increase. Hyundai plans to invest $21 billion in US plants from 2025. UAW union supports this move by DJT and trade advisers Lighthizer, Jamieson USTR, and Navarro.

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Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if car prices rise in the US

BBC News 03/30/25

Transcript: UAW president Shawn Fain on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 30, 2025

03/30/25

How Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting Big Car Producers, in Charts

WSJ 03/27/25

Yoko Kubota, Stephen Wilmot, Soobin Kim

Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs

WSJ 03/28/25

Josh Dawsey, Ryan Felton

Why cost of living is destroying the social compact in the US and Europe and upending governments in 2024-2025

02/24/2025

Used car prices are up 45% since 2019 putting used cars at average price $28000. It is not a discretionary cost, one needs a car to get to work in the US. There are cases of young people not able to pay soaring repair costs quitting work without transport. This is why there was so much discontent in 2024 after supply shocks and price gouging pushed up prices in 2024. Another factor evident in airline ticket pricing was demand and the excess income of the top 20 percent. In housing and apartment rentals supply shortages pushed up prices, demand and excess income of the top 20-30 percent pushed up prices beyond the reach of the rest, higher interest rates made it unaffordable to buy a home for most Americans.

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Why There Is No Relief Ahead for High Used-Car Prices

WSJ 02/15/25

Christopher Otts

The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People

WSJ 02/24/25

Rachel Louise Ensign

Action to cut single use plastic bags and packaging 2025

11/27/2024

Efforts to end the use of single use plastics that are a threat to health and the environment, land, rivers and oceans. The use of plastic water bottles has worsened the crisis. Supermarkets are slow in the US to ban plastic bags showing need for prudent regulation. Talks in Busan, South Korea, in Nov 2024 to find a solution to the plastics proliferation crisis. The plastics industry including plastics makers and recycling companies say things are under control with recycling goals, yet reports show only 30% of plastics is being recycled each year in 2024, and going back to the beginning of plastics 2 decades back only about 10% has been recycled.

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Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds

NYTimes.com 11/27/24

Hiroko Tabuchi

The plastics we breathe

Washington Post 06/10/24

China Tries to Stem the Flow of Its Plastic Waste

WSJ 01/20/20

Stephanie Yang

Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis

WSJ 12/12/18

Saabira Chaudhuri

New York Businesses Anticipate Plastic-Bag Ban

WSJ 02/27/20

Kate King | Photographs By Claudio Papapietro For The Wall Street Journal

Supermarkets in France forced to ditch plastic and set up ‘refill stations’ selling unpackaged goods

The Times 04/01/21

Adam Sage, Paris

Trump plan to end tax on Social Security benefits is a fatal mistake

08/17/2024

Senator Larson says it is a fatal mistake as lost revenue is not made up leading to a Medicare insolvency in 2031, and Social Security insolvency in 2033. Social security benefits will then by law will be cut in 2033 by 25%, a dangerous step tragic for many on Social Security who are pushed into poverty.

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Trump's plan to end taxes on Social Security income is a 'fatal mistake,' lawmaker says. What that could mean for benefits

CNBC 08/17/24

Lorie Konish

Donald Trump's Suggestion to End Taxation of Social Security Benefits | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/24

Trump wants to cut income taxes on Social Security. Here's how that would impact your benefits.

CBS News 08/17/24

The week Kamala Harris became the 2024 Democratic nominee in 48 hours

07/25/2024

The two tumultuous weeks in July 2024 started with a sniper shooting at the former president, followed by the Republican Convention within days. The president's address calling for calm, Trump's 90 RNC address which rambled to veer off course. Second thoughts about Trump and Biden's age and calls by Democrats for Biden to withdraw after the faltering delivery in the debate. Biden has Covid and isolates for a few days. On July 22 around 1.45 pm Biden puts out a letter on X (Twitter) that he is withdrawing and giving his full support to Kamala. Within hours Harris has overwhelming support. The next day morning Harris has secured the delegates needed. By the 24th in 48 hours she has raised $250 million for the campaign and about 100,000 volunteers. A dizzying pace for 48 hours that riveted the attention of the American people and the world.

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With Speech to Teachers, Harris Waded into a Fiery Education Debate

NYTimes.com 07/25/24

Dana Goldstein

Kamala Harris: A woman of firsts – DW – 07/23/2024

dw.com 07/25/24

‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways from the president’s address

The Guardian 07/25/24

Biden Says He Will ‘Pass the Torch’ to Harris in Oval Office Address After Ending Campaign

WSJ 07/24/24

Annie Linskey

Opinion | Kamala Harris Confounds the Republicans

WSJ 07/24/24

The Editorial Board

President Biden Addresses the Nation

YouTube 07/25/24

Biden and labor unions, women, the middle class in Jan 2024- one year before America chooses its path to 2030

02/06/2024

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Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan

NYTimes.com 09/27/23

Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green

Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers

The Guardian 09/28/23

How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections

NYTimes.com 11/08/23

Jonathan Weisman, Reid J. Epstein

Trump’s biggest Iowa gains are in evangelical areas, smallest wins in cities

Washington Post 01/16/24

Dan Keating, Adrian Blanco, Clara Morse

The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People

WSJ 02/24/25

Rachel Louise Ensign

Dissatisfaction in the American Workplace

11/28/2023

A high level of dissatisfaction in the American workplace is seen in 2023 Gallup Workplace Report and other surveys.

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It’s 5:01 and I’m Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work

WSJ 09/13/23

Anne Marie Chaker

FDIC Chair, Known for Temper, Ignored Bad Behavior in Workplace

WSJ 11/16/23

Rebecca Ballhaus

Five New Benefits and Perks Employers Will Tailor to Your Needs

WSJ 03/06/23

Tara Weiss

What CEOs Are Getting Wrong About the Future of Work—and How to Make It Right

WSJ 02/17/23

Te Ping Chen

Is workplace stigma around mental health struggles changing?

BBC News 08/24/22

If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means

WSJ 08/18/22

Lindsay Ellis, Angela Yang

China and the World Face a Double Blow from decades of housing construction enabled hyper growth- creating problems of climate change for the World and a slump in growth in 2023

10/16/2023

Decades of growth at 12-14% have left China and the World worse off. As Greg Ip pointed out in WSJ America could not cope with this hyper growth in a country many times the size of Japan after absorbing the growth of Japan in the sixties. The result was the closing down of factories and ever increasing imports from China until America had transferred its manufacturing prowess to China. This led to the societal breakdown in the US with communities dependent on factories across the US feeling the brunt. The other effects were an unprecedented in scale use of coal and fossil fuels to fuel hyper growth rates in China that created the problems of World Climate Change by 2023 and contamination of water, land and air inside China. By 2030 China will be aging rapidly similar to Japan today and the slowing economy in 2024 onwards could mean China will be stuck in the Middle Income category. All this poses lessons for America, for Europe, India and the World on what kind of growth is healthy and what kind is not, what is sustainable growth and what is not,what works well for the planet and what does not.

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China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.

NYTimes.com 10/16/23

Alexandra Stevenson

An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy

WSJ 09/18/23

Rebecca Feng, Cao Li

Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse

WSJ 09/19/23

Stella Yifan Xie

China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer

WSJ 10/13/23

Stella Yifan Xie

Changes in Saudi society and women's participation under MBS 2023

09/30/2023

Profound changes are taking place in Saudi society and participation, opportunities for women. It is similar to what happened in Turkey under Kemal Ataturk in the 1920's and 1930's. The role of MBZ in the United Arab Emirates and of MBS in Saudi in bringing changes to societies that have not changed since the Renaissance changed the way Europe looked at the world leading to the scientific and industrial revolutions. These changes affect a larger region extending from Saudi to India and Indonesia, that increase participation of women and the exercise of fundamental rights of women, participation of women in society and opportunities for education and advancement. The changes for women in East Asian societies are now within reach of South Asian and West Asian socieities as they embrace the scientific and industrial revolutions.

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India-Saudi collaboration holds promise of shared growth, prosperity, says Jaishankar

The Hindu 09/11/22

Pti

Opinion | What would Jamal Khashoggi think of Saudi Arabia today?

Washington Post 09/30/23

Post-G20, India and Saudi Arabia build on corridor, strategic ties

The Indian Express 09/12/23

Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future (Published 2020)

NYTimes.com 06/29/22

Robert F. Worth

Why India needs women to work

The Economist 07/11/18

A Conundrum for Saudis: Women at Work

New York Times 11/28/14

Dionne Searcey, Dionne, Searcey

America has forgotten it is American workers who built America

09/28/2023

Entry level tier wages for auto workers at $17 an hour in 2022 as the UAW union goes on strike in 2023. At $34,000 a year entry level young auto workers make less than the $35,000- 40,000 a year for families set as the Federal Poverty Level by the Department of HHS. Lincoln and TR-FDR would see this as outrageous as American workers built American factories and America since the Industrial Revolution. America has forgotten its workers and worker's families, worker's children. Two thirds of children with the vast majority from the workers families not able to pass ACT reading comprehension at the 4th grade, and 50 % of retired people having zero savings. Not the America of Lincoln or TR-FDR.

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Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers

The Guardian 09/28/23

Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan

NYTimes.com 09/27/23

Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green

Biden Joins UAW Picket Line Ahead of Trump Visit, Opening 2024 Election Fight

WSJ 09/26/23

Catherine Lucey, Ken Thomas

Five Clues to Where the UAW Strike Is Headed Next

WSJ 09/23/23

Christina Rogers, Nora Eckert, Ryan Felton, Sean Mc Lain, Mike Colias

Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike

NYTimes.com 09/17/23

Jack Ewing

Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won

WSJ 09/16/23

Tim Higgins