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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 28

Curious about the Federal Reserve Reno plans?
www.ncpc.gov/projects/8113/

The water feature that Trump is SOOOO concerned with 👇🏻
Flower beds? The non-existent Roof-top Garden?

There are detailed photos and sketches of everything.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 27

Not once did they say "tax".

FoxNews is responsible for the dumbing down of America.

Not a single one could have passed my Freshman Econ class.

*They just repeat the lies with a smile on their lips.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 27

I'm contractor for the Federal Government...

Lately no one knows whose social media is getting combed through.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 27

I know this might get me in trouble...

You have to watch the Trump PSA from South Park!!!

*it's about halfway in, but you need the buildup for context.

The PSA contains synthetic media | South Park

YouTube video by South Park Studios

youtu.be

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 26

There's also a distortion in retired population with income derived from RMDs.

The spending that has been keeping the economy afloat is retirement savings being spent down to meet Government requirements.

Draw down 401k, place unspent in CDs... repeat next year.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 26

Say it with me... 401K and change in dividends.

Add change in makeup of "young" family, more headed by single women. Couples w/o kids, more dual income households.
Increase in HS dropouts.
Shift in tech?

Reagan/Congress did some shortsighted things, but there are dozens of structural reasons.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

John Henry
Tom Werner

LeBron James

Amongst others own the Red Sox...

Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

Epstein lunchtime thought-

Your 16-yr old daughter disappears for days at a time, and you don't ask many questions?

"How'd you get money/clothes/whatever?"

Feels like a question I'd be asking the victim's parents...

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

Lumber as of 9 a.m. EDT.

Add in 9% passthrough due to Tariffs on Canadian products.
25% on the stuff coming from Baltic region.

Mills in Pacific NW are running at reduced capacity for maintenance.

Housing affordability becomes harder when the Gov. places barriers to pricing.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

She was on The Bulwark Podcast Wednesday.

open.spotify.com/episode/3a6k...

Neera Tanden: Aiding and Abetting Trump

The Bulwark Podcast · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

The messaging creep on the Epstein files is getting worrisome.

Hearing Neera Tanden throwing Merrick Garland under the bus is deeply concerning. Blaming pendulum swing policies between Trump 45 and Biden as a culprit?

Now we wait and wonder who has something additional to spew?

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Pop Culture to a hit this week...

Ozzy
Malcolm
Now Hulk

Growing up in the 70's-80's, these guys were everywhere.

Legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan dead at the age of 71, WWE says | CNN

Professional wrestling legend Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, died on Thursday at the age of 71 at his home in Clearwater, Florida.

www.cnn.com

Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Stock Grants account for a large portion of that disparity, 75% of total compensation. But that model is shifting to options based pay with targets.

1000% growth in Stock Market.

Unions should have been negotiating for equity.

*This study only looked at the higher band, so it's inflated.

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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · Jul 24

1979 to 2022, annual earnings for the bottom 90% rose by 32.9%, while the average growth across all earners was 54.3%

*Horizontal or Vertical Monopolies? Product dependent you get higher costs.

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