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bucolic_frolic

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1. There is no solution. This is a problem without a quick fix.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:11 PM

Mar 20

Lower interest rates can't do it. Congress can't pass legislation to fix it. Deregulation won't solve anything. Destroy energy infrastructure, depress fertilizer production, animate enemies in the process .... you got some problems ahead. I think this is longer term than people think. 2040 would not surprise me. I say that because stock markets went in the tank when we invaded Vietnam. 1968-1982 were horrible years to be invested in stocks, and the devaluation of the dollar in 1972 was no help, nor was OPEC embargo. 2000 to 2009 were bad market years. Things go in the tank and stay there awhile. This is not unforced error. This is deliberate stupidity.

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There is no solution. This is a problem without a quick fix. bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #1