@Musicmaker : look less at Washington and more at the federal reserve . crummy government policy is a factor, no doubt it contributes but it is secondary to the man behind the curtain.this was may 2020 before the current administration was put in. no one voted for this ( although they did add additional stimulus bills on top of that later)

Musicmaker : look less at Washington and more at the federal reserve . crummy government policy is a factor, no doubt it contributes but it is secondary to the man behind the curtain. this was may 2020 before the current administration was put in. no one voted for this ( although they did add additional stimulus bills on top of that later) www.youtube.com/watc h?v=mrjoElG8KGI IMO " the new normal" is honestly worse than just higher and higher prices when they bring things down ( and that looks to be tightening now with the fed hikes again no one voted for the actions of the fed) prices may come down a good bit but with that will come job losses , foreclosure and repossessions. prices may very well come down but so will employment and people will have even less to buy things. i do expect the FED to pivot and start printing and lowering rates at some point when it gets bad enough. I believe when that happens we will be much closer to the goal and the real purpose of most of this the CBDC. Powell 5 days ago www.youtube.com/watc h?v=OnI5D5KRbko people like to think their favorite politicians can save them. ANY choices by a politician come secondary to the expansion and contraction of the currency supply.

Musicmaker: This administration would "LIKE" for it to be our new normal. Remember that in 2 years.

Musicmaker : Will it continue? My dad once told me, nearly 40 years ago, long after I was an adult, "I'm sorry, you've never experienced a year without inflation." He was born 100 years ago this year, and when he was young you bought a house and it went down in value, like a car or anything else.