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Going Full OBBBA

Congressional members, like their special interests and constituents, all want to get theirs while they can. They each operate with the expectation that their spirit will leave their body before the ultimate reckoning. For America’s aging fogies, going full OBBBA is working to perfection. Continue reading

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Warming Up the Printing Presses

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will add an additional $3.8 trillion on top of what was already projected to be added to the national debt. So instead of the national debt increasing by $22 trillion to $59 trillion over the next decade, it will spike to nearly $63 trillion. Continue reading

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When Bank of Mom and Dad Goes Broke

Rising consumer prices, rising unemployment, and a slowing economy are telltale signs of stagflation. This is the ugly scenario that is unfolding before our very eyes. Where a person must work more to get less. And that’s if they don’t lose their job. Continue reading

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Bessent Enters the Meat Grinder

Scott Bessent should have kept his mouth shut. He also should have kept his money in his pocket. The billionaire had a good thing going. He was leading a charmed life managing his hedge fund Key Square Group and preserving historic pink mansions in Charleston with his husband and their kids. But that was before he threw his money and support behind Donald Trump’s election campaign. Continue reading

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