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Old 05-01-2023, 12:46 PM
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Quantitative Easing was employed for too long. The near-zero interest rate regime created a business matrix of easy money, overvalued enterprises, and a class of very government-dependent hustlers. Overtime distortions grew

the system is unwinding itself organically despite the late efforts of the Fed.
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Old 05-01-2023, 12:50 PM
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Quantitative Easing was employed for too long. The near-zero interest rate regime created a business matrix of easy money, overvalued enterprises, and a class of very government-dependent hustlers. Overtime distortions grew

the system is unwinding itself organically despite the late efforts of the Fed.
Nice point.
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Old 05-01-2023, 06:18 PM
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Quantitative Easing was employed for too long. The near-zero interest rate regime created a business matrix of easy money, overvalued enterprises, and a class of very government-dependent hustlers. Overtime distortions grew

the system is unwinding itself organically despite the late efforts of the Fed.
All very true.
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Old 05-16-2023, 08:54 PM
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The GOP proposal to raise the debt ceiling would force Americans on Social Security and Medicare to wait longer to receive help and make college more expensive, ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...0868b3a4&ei=15

Wonder how all the Republicans who depend on Social Security and Medicare feel about this?
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Old 05-16-2023, 09:11 PM
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A Related Debt Ceiling Article

Why Biden Caved
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ad838626&ei=20
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