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Amateur speculations on the State of the Economy

Friday, April 3, 2026

Trump requests $1.5 trillion for Department of War in FY 2027

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Link:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf I can't copy and paste from the document and I don't ...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Financial Repression

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  Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0g3ETHPg0 This easy to understand video explains how the government can slowly get out of debt,...
Monday, March 30, 2026

What are the odds of Alberta secession?

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  What are the odds that voters in Alberta, Canada will vote for seccession and that Alberta will actually secede and become an independent ...

Falken ZIEX ZE950

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 I have heard really good things about this tire, available for purchase from Tires-Easy .  The only negative is the UTQG is only 500AA and ...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Financial Report of the United States Government for FY 2025

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 See:  https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/reports-statements/financial-report/2025/FY-2025-Financial-Report-3-19-2025(Final).pdf   Note: ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Is a crash underway?

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 Now the price of silver and gold is dropping like a rock.  Is a crash underway? Well, the war has disrupted the Straight of Hormuz, and oil...

National Debt hits $39 trillion

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 On 3/17/26, St Patrick's Day, the National Debt officially hit $39,016,762,910,245.14 . This is only 5 months after it first hit $38 tr...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Water is not H2O

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 read this  https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/is-water-really-h2o-intriguing-arguments This is the craziest thing I have ever heard, next...

Revised Q4 2025 GDP is $31.44 trillion

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The headline reads: " US Q4 GDP Growth Cut In Half To Just 0.7% After Revision ".  "T he BEA reported that Q4 GDP in the US w...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Updated March 2026 Forecast

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 My last forecast was so bad I have to redo this, but I will leave the prior one posted for comparison.  Here is an updated forecast, which ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Legal Brief by OpenAI in support of Anthropic

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 See:  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/24/1/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/ The legal vacuum in which these contractual ...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Deficit of $308 Billion in February 2026

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  The federal government incurred a deficit of $308 billion in February 2026. The federal budget deficit totaled $1.0 trillion in the first...

March 2026 Forecast

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  Tax Spend Spend Tot Sp Primary Total Debt to Debt % Year GDP Rev Other SS x Int Deficit Int Deficit Public GDP 2025 30.7 5.2 4.4 1.6 6...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

FEMA Regions

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  Since I am interested in regional maps, here is the map of FEMA regions and the headquarters of each: 1 - Boston 2 - New York 3 - Philadel...

Proposed Map

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 I got this from Instagram somewhere and took a screenshot.  This supposedly came from a PowerPoint presentation.  But it is an interesting ...

Will the military spend $1.5 Trillion in FY 2027?

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 This came out in January but I didn't notice, and I think it is newsworthy. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that his admi...

Projected GDP through 2046

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 See this from a year ago at  https://aftermath2022.blogspot.com/2025/02/projected-gdp-through-2040.html The actual GDP as of 3Q 2025 (9/30/...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Half your income just to pay interest

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 I saw this Zerohedge article and want to briefly comment on it.   https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-02-25/half-your-income-just-pay-inter...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Q4 2025 GDP is $31.49 trillion

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 As usual, the BEA is late with this and hides the actual data.  If you just read the first paragraph of the press release, it says: "R...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The Point of No Return is October 1, 2031

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 This post is inspired by an article I recently read (I didn't save the link) that said that Social Security will run out on October 1, ...
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