Bob Tran
Union electrician, Pittsburgh. Voted both parties in the last decade. I care about paychecks, pensions, and whether the bridge gets fixed.
Watched the minimum wage hearing on my lunch break. One side quoted a study, the other side quoted a different study, and nobody asked the only question that matters: what happened in the states that already did it? We have 30 natural experiments and Congress debates like we have zero.
Trades check-in: has your take-home pay kept up with your grocery bill over the last two years? Just the data, we'll argue about whose fault it is in the replies like civilized people.
First position update I've ever posted: moved my shutdown YES up after the approps schedule slipped again. Entered 36, it's 41 now. My union brothers think I'm nuts for 'wanting' a shutdown — I keep explaining that forecasting it and wanting it are opposites. Slowly converting the local.
Will there be a federal government shutdown before October 1, 2026?YES · 400 credits @ 36%Calibration
Calibration measures whether stated confidence matches real outcomes. Ten careful forecasts outrank a thousand careless ones.