Rising Treasury yields are not a market verdict on government recklessness. They are a policy decision that transfers income from workers and borrowers to bondholders and financial institutions.
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Bond yields spike, mail-in voting system flagged as likely to fail, rich get paid, services cut
Spiking bond yields pay the wealthy, and the rest get squeezed. The USPS whistleblower warns that Trump’s new mail-in voting system could fail, and the receipts reconcile: the money flows uphill, the services slide downhill. The mechanism is not complicated—higher bond yields mean higher debt servicing costs for the government, which means less money for public services like the USPS. The rich get paid for holding the assets, and everyone else gets told the ballots might not arrive on time. The gap is not an accident, and the receipts are clear.
The official line is always: the market rewards investment, and the government is working on fixing the technical issues. But the receipts show the truth: the money moves up, the services move down, and the people who depend on the ballots get told to wait. The punchline is in the ledger: the rich cash in, and the rest get cut. The numbers don’t lie, and the only surprise is how many times the same column keeps showing up on the page.
“You jack up the bond yields, the rich get paid, and the folks who count on the mail-in ballots get told the system might fail. That’s how the ledger works: the money goes up, the service goes down, and the ones who need both get squeezed.”
“Higher bond yields mean a strong economy. If the mail-in voting system is flagged for failure, it’s just a technical issue. The market rewards those who invest, and the government will fix the ballots. Did I say that? I meant, everything is working as intended.”
The receipts
President Trump's plan to screen voters' mailed ballots is faulty and could lead to huge issues, a U.S. Postal Service whistleblower warns. CBS News election law expert and political contributor David Becker weighs in.
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