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Vinca

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3. There might be lots of jobs and wages might be slightly higher, but on the other end of the scale

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 06:17 PM

Dec 2019

I paid a whopping $8.99 for house brand aluminum foil last week. Oranges are a buck each. Everything has risen so steeply in price it has wiped out any perceived gain.

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The Trump Economy [View all] kentuck Dec 2019 OP

"Sugar rush" Six117 Dec 2019 #1

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I think the stock market is accelerating toward a cliff ooky Dec 2019 #5

There might be lots of jobs and wages might be slightly higher, but on the other end of the scale Vinca Dec 2019 #3

I tend to agree. kentuck Dec 2019 #4

like everything else, it is rotten in the middle. mopinko Dec 2019 #6