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^^ And that is exactly why for years I've heard people saying things like "we need to send someone to Washington who already has enough money not to be bought, and who doesn't care if people aren't thrilled with everything that's done".

I guess "Be careful what you wish for" accompanies that sentiment.

if we keep playing like this something is going to break.
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Professor Steve Hanke, an economist at Johns Hopkins University, called for a constitutional debt brake in the U.S. in an X post on Thursday.

He shared a post citing Bureau of Economic Analysis data showing U.S. national debt has crossed 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II.

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/economist-steve-hanke-sounds-alarm-213103299.html

I went through that a month ago.... Not fun for us old guys.

Went and watched Project Hail Mary. Pretty entertaining flick

replaced my mysteriously disappeared phone and spent a couple of hours setting it up.

Up early today, loaded my truck with a bunch of scrap metal to take to the metal recycler as part of our prep to move. I checked the website, confirmed they're open the first and third Saturday of the month from 8a-12p. Got to the place at 8:30, gates were closed and locked. I called the phone number and listened to the message stating their NEW hours, including CLOSED every weekend. GRRR. I'll have to haul the stuff around for three days until Wednesday, when they are open until 6pm, or take it on Monday morning and be 2 hours late for work.