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"the economy is good, it's growing better than ever, look at all the jobs, etc." while literally no average person is seeing that.

I think I'm an average person. Car prices came down and I was finally able to buy a sedan. Unemployment seems low. Eggs are expensive, sure, but on the other hand, my brand of yogurt always seems to be on sale and oatmeal prices are flat, so it's kind of a wash there. The economy seems pretty fine to me.

Certainly, there have been no threats to shut down the government (like in '18-'19), which did do a number on my retirement plan at the time...



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