“U.S. household wealth fell by a record $3.8 trillion, or 3.5 percent, at the end of 2018”
“In percentage terms, it was the worst quarterly blow to U.S. household finances since late 2008, when the U.S. was in the midst of a deep global recession and household net worth fell roughly 5.9 percent in one three-month span.”
“But in terms of the wealth lost on a dollar basis, at least on paper, it exceeded the $3.6 trillion decline in the fourth quarter of 2008 for the biggest loss on record.”
Hey 'murica, you awake yet? How’s that GOP tax plan treat’n 'ya?
Funny thing, in my neighborhood folks aren’t calling contractors like they used to because of lower or nonexistent tax returns this year and guess what? Those contractors are the trump base here. That’s gotta hurt.
The Girl Scouts are pretty awesome; my sister went all the way through to earn her Gold Award and had a great time, did a lot of community work, etc. I have far more respect for their program than the BSA. That said, maybe it was the cold, but I didn’t see them selling cookies at any of their usual spots this year, and people I know in other cities have said that in-person sales were hard to find, too, this year.
You know, I’ve never had Kentucky Turtle Soup but I hear it’s delicious. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook describes it as having "An austere, almost sour nose, counterpoint to a bourbon-sweet conservative body with bass notes of ol’ timey, backward-ass racism and misogyny peeking out." They also caution that Kentucky turtle, like lobster, should be steamed alive in order to preserve it’s delicate texture.
My palate isn’t that refined, but I enjoy the process of preparing food. I’ll leave it to others to savor the result… perhaps the president could be coaxed into expanding his gustatory horizons a bit?
