Here’s a breakdown of poverty in Europe: plenty of poor folks in Turkey whereas Czechia has about one-third the percentage.

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Here’s a breakdown of poverty in Europe: plenty of poor folks in Turkey whereas Czechia has about one-third the percentage.

Most of the country just doesn’t matter, it seems, if it wasn’t for the fact we needed food to eat.


[Note!] In the time it took to write this post the stock market has rethought its initial celebratory impulse. Interesting. Gold and gold stocks are still fine. But cyclical commodities are not so fine. They are positively correlated to the economy, after all. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Separately, bonds are doing as they should do.
Wayne? Garth? Tell the nice people what it does.

I honestly cannot fathom borrowing money for a car, let alone having it constitute almost 15% of household income. Good Lord. Skip the Charger, buddy.
