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lostincalifornia

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6. At least that is my understanding. WIth the Tariffs, the crypto speculative craze, along with even more

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 01:30 PM

Sep 17

deregulation, etc. I think the writing is on the wall, and it isn't going to be pretty. The working poor and the middle class are going to be decimated.

Short term, with the no tax on tips, and up to 12K deduction for those 65 or older until 2028, it may seem good to some, but it will be only be an illusion, and it will be the younger generation that will pay the price for this foolishness.

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Fed cuts rate a quarter of a point. One fed governor, Miran dissented in favor of a half-point cut. [View all] lostincalifornia Sep 17 OP

This should help grocery (old fashioned word) prices.... SamuelTheThird Sep 17 #1

No it won't WSHazel Sep 17 #3

It was sarcasm... SamuelTheThird Sep 17 #5

Not really. With the tariff uncertainty, and the very real risk of inflation because of those tariffs, is it really lostincalifornia Sep 17 #4

Miran is the Trump moron who was the architect of Trump's tariffs dalton99a Sep 17 #2

At least that is my understanding. WIth the Tariffs, the crypto speculative craze, along with even more lostincalifornia Sep 17 #6

Miran wants 0.75 pc next month and 0.50 in December, for a total of 1.50 pc cuts this year. He's nuts or he Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #7

He is nuts. He is a full blown trumper, who crafted the insane, UNEVEN tariff polciy, that companies are lostincalifornia Sep 17 #8