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Cost of Living Concerns with 8-10% annual increase in electricity prices to 2030, pushing back renewable energy targets, neglecting essential investments in infrastructure, for a massive misallocation of capital, are major issues for Data Center Buildup of $2-$3 trillion by Tech companies.
11/16/2025
Tech companies are on a binge. But is it good for Society and the Nation? There are many warning signs.
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What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
Huge mismatch between profits of $20 billion and investment of $400 billion for AI in 2025 and $1.5 trillion in spending to 2028 that is crowding out investments in repairing America's crumbling infrastructure, manufacturing, renewable energy, housing, health, education
11/16/2025
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The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/2025
Simple maths says the AI investment boom ends badly
Firstlinks 11/15/2025
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/2025
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/2025
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
Income and Wealth Gaps US 2025- Top 10 percent support 50 percent of consumer spending in 2024
02/24/2025
Top 20 percent in the US have $1.2 trillion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $35 trillion from 2019 to 2025. Bottom 80 percent have about $300 billion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $14 trillion in that period.
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The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/2025
Google's U.S. federal tax liability of 18%. GE's low tax rate.
10/28/2010
The US tax rate for corporations at 35%, but the $1.5 billion federal tax liability of Google comes to an effective 18% tax rate. GE's consolidated tax rate of 11.6% from 2005 to 2009. This is also true of other large American companies, raising questions of fairness at a time of budget cuts in education, Medicaid and Medicare. Many U.S. companies, such as Apple, also use offshore tax havens to protect profits from taxes.
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Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Wall Street Journal 05/21/2013
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/2013
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/2013
Buddhism in Japan.
01/03/2010
The ancient city of Nara, with a $100 million investment to recreate parts of the city which saw the advent of Buddhism to Japan. This is the 1300th anniversary for this historic city.
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New York Times 01/03/2010
New York Times 03/22/2012
Germany's Kurzarbeit plan and other methods of softening the impact of a recession on jobs and wages.
10/28/2006
About 1.5 million employees used the Kurzarbeit short work week schedules according to the German labor agency. In the latest month March 2010, 693,000 workers were on the Kurzarbeit short week schedule.
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The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/2010
Germany's economy: Angela in Wunderland
Economist 02/05/2011
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2011
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/2011
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
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
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
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
Crushing debt, the humbled Irish spirit and the people of Ireland
11/17/2010
What all that debt- over 100 billion euros for a country of 4.6 million people- has done to the people of Ireland.
Grouped Articles
In Ireland, Hope of Retroactive Relief
Wall Street Journal 06/29/12
Hardships Linger for a Mending Ireland
New York Times 12/11/13
Ireland Shows How to Ski Down the Debt Mountain
Wall Street Journal 09/28/15
The Debtor of the Western World
New York Times 11/18/10
BusinessWeek 11/17/10
In Ireland, Thereâs an All-Too-Familiar Gloom
New York Times 12/04/10
Management failure at Toyota in addressing quality and safety issues- the Recall period 2009-2011
01/29/2010
Toyota's own documents reveal that managers touted the $100 million savings in limiting the degree to which Toyota would address the quality and safety issues raised by unintended acceleration and failure in braking. Toyota had hired former National Highway Traffic and Safety officials and was able to limit what it had to do to address the problem. In the end the problems would cost billions of dollars in a massive recall effort and dent its image.
Grouped Articles
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/10
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/10
Toyota Nears $1 Billion Deal to End Probe
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
Toyota to Resume Plant Building After Three-Year Hiatus
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Toyota’s Top Executive Under Rising Pressure
New York Times 02/06/10
Akio Toyoda - Toyota's plan to repair its public image
Washington Post 02/09/10
China wage increases and government policy to promote domestic consumption.
01/05/2008
Wage increases of 20% at Hon Hai and upto 100% at Honda factories in China from wages that were kept low for the export market, are now the trend in China. The government policy is shifting to encourage such wage increases to promote domestic consumption and reduce an overreliance on export markets for growth. This is happening just as trade tensions are increasing with the USA.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy
New York Times 05/24/13
Honda's Long-Haul Dilemma in China
Wall Street Journal 06/24/10
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/10
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/14
China Will Keep Growing. Just Ask the Soviets.
New York Times 10/24/14
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/14
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