They claimed inflation was only 8% and then gave us a 2% raise in SS. That's bad, even using their fake figures. I know gas has doubled and groceries have doubled. Butter doubled, but I knew it was coming and stocked up at $2 a pound. It's well over $4 a pound now, but I won't need to buy any for a while. It's the same with a lot of other groceries.
When Trump is back in, I expect wages to start increasing faster than inflation. Perhaps without the Fed guaranteeing inflation, we might get a bit of deflation.
Luckily, I don't know a single person who died from the fake virus (really the flu). There have been some heart attacks, but I don't know that they got the shots. None of my family got the shots. Now the medical people are pushing Ozempic like crazy. I'm telling everyone I know to skip that horrible series of shots. It's actually banned in Europe where the factory is located.
I'm doing pretty well now. Of course, things could be better. My total monthly bills have gone down by hundreds per month, leaving me more to put away in "goods." Everyone who is ahead right now should be putting their extra funds into "goods." This includes various metals and food. These "goods" last a long time. We just ate a pork roast from the freezer that we bought in 2021, and it was still great.
I don't watch TV at all. I visit various sites and compare what they say and try to watch original video of important people speaking so I know exactly what they said.
Things will get better, but I expect some bumps in the road.
A computer case is not a Faraday cage by any stretch of the imagination. There are too many holes in the cases. I wouldn't store anything important inside of a computer case. I wrap small electronics that I want to preserve in multiple layers of plastic and aluminum foil.
We already have real estate taxes on commercial property and local sales tax. Almost everybody in my county pays property taxes, not just on real estate, but on vehicles and on personal property. Police, fire, rescue, streets, etc. take almost all the taxes, so there's not a lot left for anyone to monkey with. Perhaps it's a problem in NYC or Los Angeles, but not where I live.
Also steer clear of Ozempic. All the doctors are pushing it big time now. My wife was taking something else, and the insurance company upped the copay on it and suggested she get Ozempic. The manufacturer is located in Europe, and Ozempic is actually banned there. I have read that it permanently paralyzes your stomach. It will make you lose weight, but it damages your digestive tract as well.
I haven't had a shot since I was tricked into taking the flu shot of 1976. My asthma immediately worsened from seasonal to a year round problem.
It would immediately affect at least the tax forms in NC, as our tax calculations are based on the numbers in our federal form. We don't pay income tax at all on SS or old state pensions, so we take the federal number and subtract most of it away, usually leaving us with $0 state tax. So we would probably still pay $0 NC income tax.
Property taxes probably won't be affected, as they pay for local services, such as police, fire, rescue, street repairs, etc.
More than a few things. I bought low on Spam (bacon flavor). I also have the seeds, tools, and know-how to grow vegetables, and I have a large enough yard to do it. I have been studying this subject for over 25 years and started preparing back then. I was one of the computer people who kept the world running when 2000 came.
Mr. Silver is full of brown stuff. I'd like to see the details of his "computer models." The polls give a different story. I live in a mostly blue county, but I haven't heard anyone say they are for Harris, but a ton of people saying they are voting or already have voted for Trump. I think my county will turn red this year, despite the white percentage being only 53%. I think many of the "brothas" will be voting our way this year. I can't wait to see the local results tonight.
I didn't even have to wait in line at our local early voting site last week. Some of the local candidates were outside, and everyone seemed happy. Even the black worker inside was happy to get my driver license and record the number on the form before sending me on to get a ballot. We have paper ballots. The only machine is the scanning and counting machine at the exit door. I think close to 3,000 votes had been cast already, which about a tenth of the registered voters in my county.
My mother cooked with lard, and my father used beef tallow on his high top work shoes.
You can get a 7 lb. bucket of the good beef tallow on Amazon, or you can get 50 lb.
I use real butter and olive oil most of the time. I do have some lard, but I haven't used it in a while.
I'm watching RSBN via Truth Social: https://player.truthsocial.tv/tv/epg/9/play
Right now they are replaying Trump's rally in Traverse City, MI.
I think the investigations are done, and there's plenty of proof. There seem to be a few people that we haven't seen in quite a while. Perhaps they have already been dealt with.
Arresting everyone simultaneously would be hard to accomplish and would look bad. So I think they will string them out in a logical sequence to hopefully satisfy the sleeping public.