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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLooks like Wall Street is trying to protect Trump. WTF is it going up at this time.
Are we getting ready for a hard fall? it makes no sense to me in view of the damage being done by the shutdown.
leftieNanner
(15,139 posts)nt
dchill
(38,517 posts)uponit7771
(90,356 posts)... people still be job insecure.
See current furloughed federal employees
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)It has little to do with Trump outside of it being a direct result of his tax scam. It is one of the components that is currently helping to falsely prop up the markets.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)That is not at all how it works. I assume you are referring to the Dow or S&P average, which is going up today. That is a result of the decision by every person and institution on Earth to buy or sell stocks today. No one, not even this "Wall Street" entity, can control that.
still_one
(92,366 posts)There is a lot of uncertainty out there, and it is far from over
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)little or no savings or disposable income. Retail stores are falling like dominos. The US economy is 70% consumer based and the cost of the American Criminal Enterprise Healthcare System is ever increasing. We currently have a completely disfunctional government. Won't take much more for the whole thing to go down the tubes!