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 (DIR) Post #B4U6i7UssJ4Q46aQkq by augieray@mastodon.social
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       It's tough to keep up on the flood of news, but don't lose sight of what Trump is doing to our economy and finances. Headlines from the last couple of days:Trump promised his economic policies would erase the deficit. Instead, the national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion last week. It hit $38 trillion five months ago and $37 trillion two months before that.https://apnews.com/article/us-national-deficit-hits-39-million-6ff73495bae701b5c009d3da5515ca3a 1/3
       
 (DIR) Post #B4U6i7rZVxDbCTCY7M by augieray@mastodon.social
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       The Trump administration altered a Social Security report to hide how long call wait times have been due to the DOGE cuts. https://newrepublic.com/post/208020/donald-trump-changed-report-doge-social-security To try to calm the declining markets, Trump claimed the Iran war is winding down, but the Pentagon is making detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-iran-ground-troop-preparations/ 2/3
       
 (DIR) Post #B4U6i8BmIpNiD8egc4 by augieray@mastodon.social
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       As Americans struggle with rising energy prices, Trump wants to pay companies around $1 billion to cancel wind power projects that would reduce energy costs.https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-pay-company-almost-174306851.html The Heritage Foundation's chief economist, who is a Trump ally, warned, “The economy is weaker than we thought it was, and inflation is worse than we thought it was… I don’t think this is an economy that is going to be able to handle $100 a barrel for oil, it’s just not.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-says-us-economy-weaker-than-we-thought-117022603/3
       
 (DIR) Post #B4U6kPKrWVQZy8zQqe by oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social
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       @augieray The Money Men are always eager to protect us from clean air and boring climate.  Thanks for another example.