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Wellstone ruled

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5. People are down right scared.

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #3)

Tue May 23, 2017, 12:56 PM

May 2017

Trump has caused many to pull back on big ticket items. Here in Vegas,housing is still blowing the doors off and those sales are to persons from the Cold States. But again,so many 2007 signs are showing we might be near the end. That will show in the final numbers for this month. The last time it blew up was in May of 2007,and it turned over night.

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