• Debt Default Escape Room Secret: 13 Keystrokes

    Debt Default Escape Room Secret: 13 Keystrokes

    Will your Political Digital Twin toast or roast the trillion-dollar coin solving the debt default? It’s Thirsty Thursday here at PolicyKeys: Where Can We Agree? The two parties appear to be drunk already regarding the debt default. We need a designated driver. Maybe POLI THE AI? Quench your thirst for some high-ranking solutions. Scroll past…

  • Trillion Dollar Pillow Mint Bedfellows

    Trillion Dollar Pillow Mint Bedfellows

    Here’s a pillow mint for the politically odd couples for and against minting a trillion-dollar coin and depositing it at the Fed to avoid the default debacle. Welcome to Strange Bedfellow Wednesday. Their romantic escapades will enthrall you. SPOILER ALERT If you’re into role-playing, then swoop on over to policykeys.com for this week’s public policy…

  • Trillion Dollar Tiebreaker

    Trillion Dollar Tiebreaker

    The Trillion Dollar Coin could be a tiebreaker to end this deadly game of debt default chicken. Which roles were called for or against? Welcome to Tiebreaker Tuesday. It’s POLI THE AI vs. our editors, the changemakers vs. the gatekeepers, the short-term vs. the long-term. Breaking ties might help you decide whether to be for…

  • Trillion Dollar Coin vs. Default: Ka-Ching

    Trillion Dollar Coin vs. Default: Ka-Ching

    Playing chicken and crashing the economy over the debt ceiling sounds fun—if you’re a couple of daredevil political parrots. Each just wants to fault the other for the default. Each wants the other to scratch their own earmarks. Welcome to Puzzle Drop Monday. There are three ways out of the debt default mess; a last-minute…

  • US Public Policy Leaderboard #38 2023

    US Public Policy Leaderboard #38 2023

    It’s time. The US Public Policy Leaderboard (US-PPL) has been updated to include Invoking the 14th Amendment as a failsafe against a catastrophic self-inflicted US debt default. It came in at an impressive #2, the silver podium position. Woo-hoo! Congress, POTUS, and SCOTUS—take notice. Welcome to Us People Sunday, when we stop listening to all…

  • 14th Amendment Ceiling, One Debt Default, Two-Party Blame    

    14th Amendment Ceiling, One Debt Default, Two-Party Blame  

    Is the 14th Amendment a failsafe against a US debt default? We’ve pretty much had it up to here with the political parrots and the Debt Ceiling. They, meaning Congress, could agree on waste and redundancy cuts, or raise taxes on people who actually have the money that’s causing inflation, or they could grow the…

  • Debt Ceiling Winner

    Debt Ceiling Winner

    POLI has blown the roof off the political parrots’ debt ceiling squabble with the 14th Amendment solution—is it leaderboard-worthy? Let’s find out because it’s BOX SCORE Friday. Time to think outside the box and your usual news silo. Should the 14th Amendment be invoked to avoid a US debt default? The 14th Amendment states “the…

  • Debt Ceiling Parties, Is That a Thing?

    Debt Ceiling Parties, Is That a Thing?

    Ready to crash the debt ceiling party? While the two parties are busy popping policy balloons, maybe your digital twin already knows your stance—perhaps even better than you. This virtual you is tuned to your political vibe to make sense of the policy noise. It’s Thirsty Thursday, and your digital twin is serving up fresh…

  • Dancing on the Debt Ceiling

    Dancing on the Debt Ceiling

    You’ll be reeling by the politically odd couples we caught dancing on the debt ceiling. Welcome to Strange Bedfellow Wednesday. Which were for and against using the 14th Amendment as a fail-safe to avoid a catastrophic debt default? Here are the politically lurid details. But first… What’s Politics 4.0? Authoritarian, Politics 1.0 is just doing…

  • Debt Ceiling Shootout

    Debt Ceiling Shootout

    It’s sudden depth on the debt ceiling. In role-based politics, some roles are conflicted about their views—not being solid red or solid blue. Political Parrots think people in these roles are stupid. We know better. Smart people like to think for themselves. Welcome to Tiebreaker Tuesday. Should we invoke the 14th Amendment to avoid a…