rant #2 -- costs are NOT coming down-- reality slap to the "establishment"




So, nudging the economy to crash is going to make America (great)? By dismantling the medical establishment --one of the largest employers-- this will come about? This is a plan? 

When people are starving, scared, sick, and desperate for relief, this is how we make a country strong? By slapping new door plates all over the place that declare we are war-like, that is going to ensure peace? (Not really a good way to earn a Nobel-- just saying.)

And here we are.

And it's your dollars and mine that are funding this intentional destruction. 

And we'll be the ones who are suffering-- not those with multiple homes, lots of fake-ass money (crypto? what?), and a clear escape plan to another country to live in (Mars ain't open yet, yo). 

Gas isn't cheaper. In fact, it's gone up 25 cents in a week, locally. Coffee is expensive. Food is expensive. Clothing --hell, kids' sneakers-- are outrageous. Medicines are going through the roof. So when I hear over and over again that "prices are going down, way down, all over the place" I wonder if I've gotten sucked into an alternative universe. 

To intentionally plan the ruin of millions of hardworking folks, to scare and abuse millions more, is not a plan for greatness. 

But I'm sure you already feel that way. 

I'm gonna finish my cup of (precious) coffee, take a shower (quickly-- conserving water in an extreme drought is important), and head out to the grocery store to figure out what we can realistically afford to eat. And I don't blame the store-- our Coop is a shining example of how to help a community survive this rampant destruction. Buy local. Help the folks you live beside. That may make us at least a little more great.

C

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