$22B down

[Sadie]

July 2025....

September 2025....

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Good grief....

Not really cheap ***

 

[ucbruin]

US lawmakers plan to introduce bipartisan bill to kill coffee tariffs, Washington Post reports​

""Why are we tariffing American citizens on something that we don't even grow? It doesn't make sense," Bacon told the newspaper."

US lawmakers plan to introduce bipartisan bill to kill coffee tariffs, Washington Post reports

The exemption would apply to roasted and decaffeinated coffee, as well as coffee husks, skins, and other drinks or substitutes containing coffee, the report said. Republican Bacon and Khanna, who is a Democrat, said they focused on coffee because they want to help Americans save on a daily...

www.yahoo.com

Scalpel vs chainsaw approach....

 

[ucbruin]

Oh the horror....

 

[Fernando]

Looks like I will be using reusable K-cups.
Just kidding. I'm too lazy to do the extra work in filling those cups.

 

[jay trotta]

The total national debt of the United States has hit $38 trillion, an unwelcome milestone that comes as lawmakers grapple with a looming fiscal reckoning.

The unwanted achievement comes amid a government shutdown and was reflected in the Treasury Department’s daily updates to the national debt. The federal debt per citizen has now climbed to over $110,000.

Republicans and some centrist Democrats have sounded the alarm about the growing debt and deficits, with the debt first crossing the $1 trillion mark in 1981. But lawmakers have done little to reduce debt and deficits, although Republicans have long called for spending cuts.

“Grow the economy and cut spending,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said in response to the Washington Examiner asking about what should be done given the new $38 trillion figure.

Huge growth, Donnie said, all I see is Debt.......chaos in the streets and reckless spending. Stevie (above) needs to get a grip.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

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Oh the horror....

In the south in particular, coffee during the civil war did not exist. Substitutes included dandelion or chicory coffee with sweet potatoes.

 

[ucbruin]

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Oh the horror....

What the heck is going on with coffee....

 

[ucbruin]

Price drop....

 

[J Grant]

The total national debt of the United States has hit $38 trillion, an unwelcome milestone that comes as lawmakers grapple with a looming fiscal reckoning.

The unwanted achievement comes amid a government shutdown and was reflected in the Treasury Department’s daily updates to the national debt. The federal debt per citizen has now climbed to over $110,000.

Republicans and some centrist Democrats have sounded the alarm about the growing debt and deficits, with the debt first crossing the $1 trillion mark in 1981. But lawmakers have done little to reduce debt and deficits, although Republicans have long called for spending cuts.

“Grow the economy and cut spending,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said in response to the Washington Examiner asking about what should be done given the new $38 trillion figure.

Huge growth, Donnie said, all I see is Debt.......chaos in the streets and reckless spending. Stevie (above) needs to get a grip.

Where is Trump's plan to pay down the debt?

HE DOES NOT HAVE ONE.

His cult supporters watch the financial debacle unfolding in silence, instead arguing about something Biden or Obama said once upon a time, or focusing on the latest Chaos Trump caused to divert attention away from the fact that his policies are adding to the debt, not reducing it. The big tax breaks are unearned to corporations, for example. He should have tied in a tax break to them returning jobs or manufacturing to America.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

HE DOES NOT HAVE ONE.

Who since Clinton had one and that was marginally successful?