Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good morning. US bond yields continue to spike to highs not seen since 2007. That’s the interest on US debt getting more expensive. Interest is already the 2nd highest spending category of the budget. You pay that in taxes and again in inflation when we print to pay the rest. Have a good day. 120
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No, we could just actually address the fact that we don’t have to pick between infinite indebtedness due to overspending and infinite indebtedness due to tax cuts for those that need it less. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When we expand the money supply faster than the economy grows (which is almost always for decades), we create inflation. That destroys the value of your wages and savings. That creates wealth and income inequality. That helps create credit bubbles. We need sound money. 010
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here comes the lobbying for regulatory capture. 010
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How are you going to pay for it without printing money, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social? 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” — Mark Twain 010
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The result of these Cantillon effects is that, without anybody doing anything for any other motive other than normal, everyday economic activity (good or evil) we systematically and structurally make the rich richer and the poor poorer relative to each other—even as a rising tide lifts all boats.thecommonwealthperspective.substack.comCantillon's Ghost Would Like a Word With You About Wealth InequalityThe modern-day debate around wealth inequality is missing a core cause of wealth concentration: the creation of new money. 010
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cleaning my small apartment in the city. Got nostalgic listening to The Chainsmokers (feat. Halsey). (You know the one. “We ain’t never getting older.”) Worked my ass off at the bar the last two days. Good hard work. Not what I went to school for. But then we learned nothing really is. 120
Reposted by Cameron VaskéBarchart @barchart.com · 24/09/2026JUST IN 🚨: U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield jumps to highest level since the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis 1417069
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good morning. Inflation wasn’t a problem for several hundred years. Then we began manipulating the money supply and debasing the currency. Cumulative Estimated CPI U.S. dollar inflation since 1940: 2,292.7% $1.00 in 1940 would have bought you the same as $23.93 today. Have a great day. 011
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One of the few places I’d just nod along with @rbreich.bsky.social. Cheap credit enables companies to leverage way higher buying power than they actually have in assets and hard cash. Sound money fixes that so we can actually have free markets. It’s not about villains. It’s about incentives. 110
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good morning. The USD has lost 30% of its purchasing power in 2020. Much of that came from increasing the money supply (M2) before then. We’re still seeing inflation from M2 expansion over that period. Sept. 2020 M2: $18.66 trillion July 2026 M2: $23.22 trillion Increase: 24.4% Have a good day. 000
Reposted by Cameron VaskéCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026CNN statement: @cnn.com 80944234
Reposted by Cameron VaskéThe Economist @economist.com · 19/09/2026Finance does not offer many sure bets. One, for the past few decades, has been that most rich-world sovereign bonds are safe. Today, as public debts mount, that is under threatbit.lyMarkets are waking up to the rich world’s reckless borrowingGovernments are still, alas, asleep 067
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Respect for a free press is not contingent on the President’s whim. This is some deeply illiberal shit. 121
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. 020
Reposted by Cameron VaskéThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politicstheguardian.com‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politicsExclusive: Survey finds 78% of councillors feel at risk in their roles, with 52% saying intimidation has risen in past year 1237
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.” — Benjamin Franklin 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I think the part of me that belongs to Gen Z is nihilistic because people in my society don’t think for themselves and arbitrarily value authority without any basis for credibility other than brand. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oh yeah, brilliant. “If you do this, I’ll shoot us both in the foot.” 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 17/09/2026See, this is how you know nobody has run the numbers. Because this pays for the deficit for maybe 8 months before you’re back at square one. 110
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is not about children. It’s about surveillance. 010
Reposted by Cameron VaskéReuters @reuters.com · 15/09/2026Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says reut.rs/46Keegtreut.rsIran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO saysThe six-month-old U.S. war against Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise by $3 billion a month, Congress' nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration searches for ways to end the conflict and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. 257241
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hard to make the “Warsh is a puppet” argument now, too. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Fed’s mandate is “price stability” and “controlled” inflation. Here’s how that’s going. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They specifically want to charge as illegal what he already did, which had no regulations on it to make it illegal at the time, but would be illegal in future if CLARITY passed. And because they can’t retroactively charge him, they’re leaving it unregulated. So now, he can do it again. 100
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This feels timely to re-up. “I want you to make better arguments against cryptocurrencies—if that is the position you hold—because then we have a better and more informed debate.”thecommonwealthperspective.substack.com“Not All Crypto” | Make Better Arguments About Cryptocurrencies (Part 1)Digital currencies and cryptocurrencies aren't all the same, and that matters if you want to argue effectively for or against them without sounding ridiculous. 100
Reposted by Cameron VaskéAxios @axios.com · 15/09/2026JUST IN: Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran Waraxios.comMassie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran WarIt's a dramatic escalation in Massie's months-long push to rein in the administration's war powers. 1342672771
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Define money, please. I can’t wait to hear this. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don’t think a single person on this site realizes that CLARITY would have made Trump’s crypto activity no longer permitted by regulation. As in illegal. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026*Sigh* yeah… This is just… 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Footgun moment. 100
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Or… … and hear me out… the Democrats locked down on party lines. 100
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Welp. CLARITY failed under possibly the dumbest argument possible: “Crypto is unregulated, therefore we shouldn’t regulate it.” Having trouble seeing this as anything less than pro-bank lobby and issue preservation for Democrats among voters who ill-understand cryptocurrencies. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is a terrible day for Americans who believe in affordability, actually. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“We’re not in a world of Kennedys and Eisenhowers at the moment, we’re in a world of presidents that can’t get out a full sentence properly or are just grifting in public, or both.” More or less, Lyn Alden is describing the “revenge of macro” world in this interview episode of “What Bitcoin Did.”youtu.beWe Haven’t Seen an Economy Like This in 80 Years | Lyn AldenYouTube video by What Bitcoin Did 100
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 14/09/2026U.S. debt just keeps getting more expensive. Interest on the federal debt is more than defense spending and Medicare. And it just went up in price. Have a good day. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Said it before, but it’s truer now: The midterms and 2028 are going to be way more about affordability than any party is currently measuring. 001
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026When you hear about the latest CPI report, ignore this because the inflation isn’t primarily lending-driven—it’s fiscal. We’re spending so much we print more money to pay for it. More money chasing the same goods = inflation = CPI goes up. Interest rate hikes may happen, but that won’t cool much. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Now would be a good time for the left to read The Big Print. Cuz it’s a-comin’.goodreads.comThe Big Print: What Happened To America And How Sound M…Most Americans — and people worldwide — understand that… 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Kobeissi Letter: Net interest, social security, medicare, healthcare spending, and veterans' benefits currently consume 98.4% of total federal government receipts, near the highest proportion on record. 000
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I can be a grumpy sassy Zilennial. But you know what? I just busted my ass at work today bussing tables, hauling ice, and putting on a smile. Everyone was loud. Messy. Tipsy. And I still came out of it with a smile. Why? Because they were kind. Excited. Human. Engaged. 100
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What do Josh Barro, @rbreich.bsky.social, @mcuban.bsky.social, @pkrugman.bsky.social, and the editorial board of @washingtonpost.com all have in common? They all believe “crypto has no intrinsic value.” I agree. The problem: nothing else does, either.thecommonwealthperspective.substack.comCrypto Commentary with No Intrinsic ValueLighting the bonfire of strawman arguments that claim “crypto has no intrinsic value.” Spoiler alert: nothing has intrinsic value. 000
Reposted by Cameron VaskéElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/09/2026If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgAge Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to theAge verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. And those differences matter a lot when we're talking 212544
Cameron Vaské @cameronvaske.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Breaking: France’s sovereign debt financing That makes the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Japan… and more at critical highs not seen in decades. 000
Reposted by Cameron VaskéProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026NEW: A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.propublica.orgU.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit FindsAn inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm... 20536391761