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Caroline Melear

@CarolineMelear

Financial Services Public Policy @RSI | Former Equity Analyst | Columnist @conservateurmag | Contributor @YoungVoicesOrg

 West Palm Beach, FL
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Joined August 2018
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“The root of the issue with financial consumer protection rules is that they degrade the responsibility necessary for freedom to flourish. Liberty cannot truly exist without personal responsibility, and consumers give up more of their liberty each time the government places a ‘pro-consumer’ mandate.”
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@RSI26 Mar 2025
Liberty Requires Responsibility bit.ly/4hBx1xn @CarolineMelear
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Ross Marchand
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The CCCA would take away millions of Americans’ well-earned credit card rewards. Let’s hope it goes away with its sponsors.
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Now with a Chair Warren, expect investigations into sports betting companies, prediction markets, credit card fees, junk fees, election-related trading, and sports "gambling."
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This is an excellent post from @CarolineMelear regarding prediction markets and their utility as data sources, especially important based on the election results.
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Read more here: rstreet.org/commentary/predi…
Prediction markets: What is their function, and how should we regulate them? - R Street Institute

Prediction markets: What is their function, and how should we regulate them? - R Street Institute

Right now, traders are pricing the odds that a Federal Reserve rate cut happens later this month, whether a particular drug will receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and if a...

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I was fairly confident this would be the case, based on my recent piece which discusses the predictive value of prediction markets:
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Kalshi (@Kalshi) profile pictureKalshi
@KalshiNov 4
The favorite on Kalshi won 479 of 487 midterm races so far. That’s 98%, forecasted before a single vote was counted. The markets beat the polls and the models. The data 🧵
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Read more here: rstreet.org/commentary/predi…
Prediction markets: What is their function, and how should we regulate them? - R Street Institute

Prediction markets: What is their function, and how should we regulate them? - R Street Institute

Right now, traders are pricing the odds that a Federal Reserve rate cut happens later this month, whether a particular drug will receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and if a...

rstreet.org
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Kalshi
@KalshiNov 4
The favorite on Kalshi won 479 of 487 midterm races so far. That’s 98%, forecasted before a single vote was counted. The markets beat the polls and the models. The data 🧵
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Peter Dugas
@regintel2000Nov 4
House Financial Services Committee lost eight members in the election. Replacing them will be hard, given their experience and knowledge of the issues.
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Patrick Hedger
@pat_hedgerNov 4
Medicare for some is bankrupting the country.
Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) profile pictureEd Markey
@EdMarkeyNov 4
WHO WANTS MEDICARE FOR ALL?
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Mr. Make It Happen@SupportThaNawfNov 4
We have to say “Mississippi” after each number
La Soule (@okmeaux) profile pictureLa Soule@okmeauxNov 4
Wtf takes Mississippi so gahdamn long to count votes??
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Good news for Rubio
Leading Report (@LeadingReport) profile pictureLeading Report
@LeadingReportNov 4
POTUS considers purging Susie Wiles and Marco Rubio, according to The Daily Mail.
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Chad Reese@ChadMReeseNov 4
Choosing to believe the results of tonight were largely because of the recent clip circulating of Trump supporting price caps on card interchange/swipe fees.
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I am officially of the opinion that FL wouldn't be red tonight without the property tax amendment bringing out otherwise frustrated voters. Another DeSantis W
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Genuinely wondering if Amendment 3 brought out enough Rs to keep FL red
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Looks like Durbin-Marshall is going to need TWO new sponsors 👀
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So interesting compared to how tight the Governor's race is right now
Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) profile pictureRon DeSantis
@RonDeSantisNov 4
Barring something unexpected, Amendment 3 will pass!
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Florida Amendment 3 which raises the homestead exemption from ~$50k to ~$250k is looking like it's got a pretty good shot of passing!
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Palm Beach County has this annoying thing where the same crappy candidates are losing to incumbents every cycle and I just don't understand what the point is of being a serial loser candidate
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it's really, really not. all statewide races in FL are going red
Chef Joe Gera 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇹 (@redhotnerd) profile pictureChef Joe Gera 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇹
@redhotnerdNov 3
Holy fuck Florida is in play. I said yesterday it was an outside chance but if these numbers keep up… wow. Not ready to say it yet… but damn.
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best thing I did all election season is filter my texts so unknown numbers don't show up in push notifications. Been blissfully unaware of political texts for months
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guilty
Evan Barker (@evanwch) profile pictureEvan Barker
@evanwchNov 3
Today is the Super Bowl for annoying people
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