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haele

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3. First, Cost of oil won't plummet. Oil bought last week won't get to the pump for 6 months or so.
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:09 PM
Wednesday

As for inflation, we entered stagflation a couple months ago, and the economy is pretty much teetering; infrastructure has been hit hard, businesses are failing while financial groups are keeping the money in an investment loop to force AI, and the third leg of the economic health stool -government spending, is not being disbursed to those who would actually circulate and grow money overall. Money that isn't used or invested to actually do something doesn't really grow.

After all the high paying job losses, hiring also has to pick up, and that's not going to happen with this Congress.
It will take 8 years of a FDR to fix the mess DOGE made. I don't think we have one in the wings, and the Republicans certainly don't have one.

It's just going to get worse, and the Dems need to have a significant Majority, as well as the will to tell the truth, put people in jail, and rock the boat, just to start to turn the economy around. And that - well, IDK.
Maybe some Billionaires need to feel some hurt. And maybe, Politicians need to tell them to their faces "Well, what do you expect would happen when you act like a greedy, selfish, devolved toddlers? Neanderthals were more mature than you petulant children are."

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