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Jean Mikhail's avatar

My daughter just bought a car. She has a new job as a speech language pathologist, and is making a good salary, but I was antsy and told her she needs to hurry up and buy that car. She finally did, and I’m so relieved.

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Mark Danowsky's avatar

Phew. That really is a relief in terms of timing. We lucked out, too.

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Dick's avatar

It seems the oligarchs are unconcerned with what will happen to ordinary folks. Their "burn it all down" tactics increasingly seem a way to consolidate power and wealth.

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Mark Danowsky's avatar

Yep. Not looking forward to seeing generations of Trump family members with vast fortunes they can use to wield power.

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Donna J Hilbert's avatar

It is utterly shocking to me how little people seem to know or care about tariffs. This policy is so asinine, I can't figure out who in the actual non-oligarch population it actually benefits. Not investors with human-sized portfolios they are counting on for retirement, certainly not anyone hoping to buy anything.

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Mark Danowsky's avatar

The suggestion we might feel "a little pain" was deliberately understated.

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Donna J Hilbert's avatar

Oh, I got that!!!

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