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The stimulus and the debt that we will have will eventually come back to haunt us with tremendous inflation.    We, as a nation, should "bite the bullet" and go through some lean times.

As far as the infrastructure projects....many will not be able to be initiated until all environmental laws and permits are in order.  This could take many months or even years. 

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Why do we keep letting commercial and sport fishing on endangered species? Need to stop fishing for salmon immediately. It makes NO SENSE to try to recover a species so we can kill them and eat them.

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I bought a second home for "investment" purposes. Now it is not worth as much as I paid for it. I don't expect anyone to bail me out. I will wait it out and use as a vacation home.

posted 4 years, 7 months ago
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