Tarriffs. If they're actually going into the coffers like they say and somehow going against that 37 trillion, that is probably a good thing. We already saw inflation under Biden, none of us liked it, we sure don't like it now, but it's not like this is something new.
The only time I remember prices FALLING in my life was 08-09-10. 5 dollars for a BLT, a bowl of grits, and a soda at waffle house. $1 cokes at mcd's. Lots of other things were lower in price....artificially. Guessing maybe the big guys didn't make as much $$...maybe didn't pass as much down to their shareholders. But maybe we do need a recession again. Lots of misinformation about CDC etc. I understand FL has just agreed to let the citizens decide what vax to get . Media says they've outlawed vaccines. Ok, whatever. Can't deny the gov'mt SCREWED THE POOCH on requiring the COVID vaccine. Lots of "ifs" there, if they didn't have a vaccine for it, would we know how many would have actually died? lots of ifs.....but overall consensus is operation warp speed was a good thing. If the gov'mt hadn't screwed with the data like the APPARENTLY did (and apparently did J6 and so many other things - yes - i watched the whole hearings) - - the public would not be reacting so strongly. Ukraine/Gaza/etc, wow. I'll skip that for now. Lots of"mad" people involved there. I do kind of agree with trump. Can't we just stop the killing? I don't think the real reason Putin has invaded has even been released to the American public. One thing was absolutely obvious to me - -although Zelenski was "kicked out" of the Oval Office for being "disrespectful" (whatever....), EVERYTHING he said became true. Inflation would be closer to 2%? Dunno about that one. Still lots of debate between parties on how wages are tied to the cost of living, etc. You raise minimum wage, everything will go up. Print more money, everything will go up. Everything will go up anyway. Unless you're in a recession. Are we? People picking produce. Ohh, sore topic there. American's don't want to "work". Ok, so we need immigrant labor for that. Maybe. Ok argument. We have lots of farms here too, and frankly, lots of immigrant labor. Not only in the fields, but in the automotive plants. They work for less. And people who can't get jobs or get raises resent that. >From what I understand, AI and robots will replace most jobs in 5 years >anyway, so then who will complain about picking the fields? BUt since none of us will have jobs, we won't have money to buy the goods from the fields, so how is that going to work? A federal budget with more hope. It looks obvious to me the administration is doing more with less. And they're doing. I'm not hearing reports of large parts of the government failing or falling to its knees. Some sectors (NWS) even got hired back. I think most of the jobs we saw added in the last 3-4 years WERE government jobs. And that is a problem, it skews the numbers, and none of us really know the state of the job market. Spend 30 minutes on youtube, you might be really freaked out. Then again, fear sells....and sells WELL. Haven't seen much optimism on youtube. Or on the news for that matter. I know Joe MIller has spent a lot of time on solar since retiring. I personally don't know why every household isn't looking into solar to replace the grid and adding Elon's power banks (or something cheaper and more efficient). I've even thought about starting a business around it......but then again my local electric coop has pretty much put me out of business by running fiber everywhere, so i'm a little angry with them (as a competitor). As a consumer, I'm thrilled they're providing access to basically everyone. But the power game is becoming a ripoff. No one is happy with their power bills and they constantly increase. Not sure solar is a big enough thing to power the whole grid. It sure won't work for data centers "so they say"....red alert.....big problems ahead there. Maybe "the grid" for commercial, solar for residential, but then that eliminates what 80% of the business? Now we are unsustainable. Oops. Throwing one more out there......crime. I don't live in DC but they "say" it's a lot better. The "other wise" on social media says they're just deploying natguard to clean gratiffi off streets and smile at citizens. Sure LOOKS better and a surge of law enforcement to "take down the bad guys" never hurt, did it? Maybe the local budgets didn't support hiring a large number of new cops. Maybe it did and they just never did it. Maybe Chicago will consider it now? Maybe a little pressure in the right place to move the needle is a good thing? Open to opinion. Ahhh....the good old days. I used to write a book at a time in here. Ya'll take care. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Prince To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT? Carr and Kimmel and "jawboning" Noone will ever know that for certain. a.. There wouldn't tariffs like now b.. RFK wouldn't be running NIH or CDC c.. Kirk would still be alive d.. Ukraine war might be different e.. Israeli-Gaza might be different f.. Inflation would be closer to 2% g.. People would still be picking our produce h.. Might have a federal budget with a little more hope i.. Putin wouldn't be quite so smug j.. We might still be adding solar and wind power to the grid I could go on and on. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 9/21/2025 12:33 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Yes, but Kamala was soooo much worse. From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan-GAMs Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT? Carr and Kimmel and "jawboning" I am absolutely positive 90% of my ancestors fought in the revolution against King George and those same ancestors are rolling in their graves about how another usurper criminal felon King Don is in the whitehouse. Absolutely positive about it. Not at all mixed about it. I didn't like him at all 30 years ago, found his TV shows offensive, found everything about him to be rude, crud and lewd, repulsive in every way. Only thing I can figure is the state of Nevada said he couldn't own a casino in their state because he was mafia and I agree with their opinion. He must have made an offer to the GOP and Supreme court they couldn't refuse (godfather) and they took the offer. On 9/21/25 11:22, Bill Prince wrote: Not mixed at all for me. I find the guy (not THAT guy) repulsive in almost every way. He is visibly and verbally deteriorating. No one will have to kill him; he will expire all by himself (just like most of us I guess), but I openly wonder if he will survive to November 2028. bp<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 9/20/2025 2:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: Trump is such a mixed bag for me. I do like many of the policies. I don’t find much to like about the man. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT? Carr and Kimmel and "jawboning" I am guessing that wouldn't make Trump a hero to you.... 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