Subj : Re: Trump/Ukraine
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Fri Feb 07 2025 16:26:42

 MP> Something I have noticed here... while gas prices started going down
 MP> around the election, and have not fluctuated much, grocery prices are
 MP> still going up.  I don't (usually) buy eggs but other things are also
 MP> going up.  Used to be that at least junk food was affordable, for folks
 MP> who couldn't afford better, but even that is going up.

I don't see grocery prices rising here, but certain things inflated quite a bit while Biden was president. Certain products that I buy suddenly became at about $1 more than before.

 MP> I would like to see issues like these... ones that affect our pocket
 MP> books, and undoubtedly the issues that got Trump elected... addressed. 
 MP> Instead we are getting the distractions of "let's make Gaza a resort"
 MP> and "let's fire a bunch of people (which won't be good for the economy)"
 MP> and "let's turn Elon and his minions loose in the government systems."

The Elon Musk thing appeals to me. I was disappointed when I heard that USAID's workforce was slashed to "less than 300 employees." I don't know why it takes 300 people to shovel our money into a flaming dumpster. But at least that number is down from thousands that it had before.

I'm confident that we will see a return on all this money saving, unless they plan to pass those savings on to Ukraine and Israel.

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