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15. With tech layoffs, tariff-related farm problems, deportations, safety net cuts, fed govt layoffs,

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 02:23 PM

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cuts to fed research programs, cuts to alternative energy industries, loss of tourism travel here, increases in credit card spending....how would it be possible to avoid an economic downturn?

Seems to me there is almost no good economic news

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