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Prolonging the agony for themselves.

Without a serious restraint in spending a tax hike won’t keep up. The federal government’s level of spending is ruinous.

Timely piece in the WSJ this morning. The prospect of a rising federal budget deficit is fueling a sharp climb in bond yields, with investors betting a challenging fiscal situationwill only get worse after the election. Treasury yields, which rise when bond prices fall, jumped Monday after a $69 billion government auction of 2-year notes attracted tepid demand from investors. That marked the latest leg in a weekslong bond-market selloff that began after a run of strong economic data undercut bets on rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

10 year yield at 4.305% this morning. Neither candidate is concerned whatsoever about the spiraling debt and unrestrained spending but the bond market cares.

I like this idea. I’d bet Montgomery has a nice bounce back season if he’s beyond his health issues. The Arizona experience hasn’t gone well for him.

With the U.S. presidential election a week away, another brokerage is letting people bet on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win. Crazy stuff. If things weren’t crazy enough already, throw this in the mix. I’m sure no one would ever do anything under handed to profit from the outcome.

Is Al Avila in the GM chair anywhere?

The more knowledgeable you are of your subject/topic, the more comfortable you are discussing it and are more willing to answer the difficult questions raised. I get the impression when hearing her speak that she is avoiding any real specifics that may lead to the hard questions. I know that’s how most politicians operate anyway.

I think Cheney is toast. The GOP needs a clean canvas going forward. She’s got too much baggage now. I’d never support her and I’m sure I wouldn’t be alone.

I’d be more than willing to vote for a principled person that is qualified to lead this country going forward. Unfortunately, myself and millions of other Americans don’t have that option this time around.

Agree.

Yes sir.

The further form here the better.

I think it’s a stretch to say we’re involved in no wars although I get your point. We are funding Israel and Ukraine and supplying weapons to both. We do, or did, actually have personnel in Israel training IDF personnel on the anti-missle defense system we deployed there. In today’s chaotic landscape, I wouldn’t call that warmongering. I think that’s going too far, particularly from a diplomatic angle.

That’s kind of my take as well. She’s publicly canvassing for a gig in Harris’ administration.

I’ll be interested in seeing where Cheney ends up after the election. Opposing Trump’s actions and speaking out were things I could support. She has now morphed into a shill for Harris and the DNC. How does supporting Harris’ agenda move conservatism forward, if in fact she was a true conservative at the outset of her political career? She voted as one. I know she pissed all the MAGA’s off, fine. There are moderate conservatives out here that are looking for leadership going forward that has nothing to do with MAGA. Again, I’d be interested in seeing where, or who she is, a year out.

His video on politicians is completely accurate. “Garbage in, garbage out” is his description of election cycles. Regardless of the outcomes next month, this has never been a truer statement.

You’re misrepresenting what I said and you know it. I never said anything about a “time limit” or statute of limitations. But you do what you do. However, I will continue to question the TIMING of the allegation-two different things.

You live a little, you learn a lot. Years ago I had a few bucks outside my retirement money. I gave my money to two different outfits to manage at different times. It wasn’t a lot of money. The first outfit was Edward Jones. A former coworker and friend had gone to their school and opened an office here locally. My intuition told me I’d be better doing my own thing. Unless EJ has changed over the years, they will put you in loaded funds as EJ is a store front window representing select funds companies. EJ gets an upfront cut of all contracts they bring in. It’s a commission based set up. From there I moved my money to an individual that was part of a money management firm that came highly recommended. Same thing-loaded funds and the like. My money was making him money. Done! Out. From there I put the money in a Vanguard Roth account and have done fine with that over the years. Kids that grow up in households that don’t have money to invest, like our household when I was young, are generally behind the curve in learning what the do’s and dont’s are of simple investing principles. When I got my first real job I was very fortunate to be around friends there that knew how important it was to get started and how important it was to put a good percentage in the, fairly new at that time, 401K. Over the years if I have much of a conversation at all with a young person I will find try to find time to touch on investing while you’re young, getting started now. It bothers me that so many kids aren’t educated in this topic. Sorry for getting long but I’m about it.

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If you’re referring to me? … this was a news item this week. Nobody “dragged” this story up.

And in all likelihood, it’ll get worse.

Again, 10 days before an election of this magnitude? And 31 years after the alleged event? Yeah, because I sat through the Blasey Ford fiasco, maybe I am a little cynical. We’ll see where it goes from here.

Because I am not pounding on the table to condemn him you’re insinuating I’m defending him. I’m doing neither. My point stands, as I commented earlier and at the beginning (hours ago)… the latest accusation that allegedly took place 31 years ago and surfaces just 10 days before an election wreaks of the Blasey Ford production during the Kavanaugh hearings. So that’s my immediate thought process…it definitely gives the impression that it is politically motivated.

So you believe unproven allegations are sufficient enough for a jury to find a defendant guilty? It has nothing to do with values.