Let's talk about vibes, recessions, and the economy....

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

Sahm rule video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZzJZqeepc6sbbs

[@thezenlu]

So I don't think I've had a video of yours pop up on my feed since the host change was made... and the video that popped into the feed was an older one with Beau still hosting

[@alandeon]

I was somehow unsubscribed but now I'm back. Beau, I must say, you look really different without your Beard.... ;-)

[@AndiNewtonian]

@@thezenlu Subscribe to the channel and go to your subscriptions page, not the home page. That's the best way to guarantee you see all the videos from your favorite YTers.

[@AwkwardPain]

@@thezenlu I have also found that I am far less likely to see a video from this channel since a day or two after the switch. Regardless, I still am going to the channel and grabbing them from there!

[@AwkwardPain]

@@alandeon He did say in one video that you wouldn't recognize him if he took off his hat and shaved his beard!

[@crystalscott9948]

It’s not inflation it’s corporate greed!

[@juliec5309]

And Harris needs to make that her slogan when it comes to econmy and what she will do about it. Dems tried but it was turned down in the rep held house.

[@Jake-xe1wu]

A good start might be repealing the tarrifs Trump passed.

[@cathysurerus576]

​@@juliec5309and that's EXACTLY why we need WH, Senate AND House!!

[@doreengordon1475]

WELL SAID!! I am so sick of corporations. People need to wake up and support local.

[@Jake-xe1wu]

@@juliec5309 canceling the tarrifs Trump passed would be a good start.

[@gdroege44]

Remember, voting can prevent an unwanted presidency!

[@Jay-lw5vq]

Only you can prevent civil collapse.

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

@@Jay-lw5vq Lest we forget fascism...

[@kevinogorman3547]

Sweet twist on the wording 😅

[@olderthandirt7061]

Well said.

[@olderthandirt7061]

@@Jay-lw5vq 👏👏👏👏👏

[@paulkitzhaber164]

Block FOX from the air for two months and take that poll again.

[@tombrown4683]

Paul, your comment should be pinned ! 💯🎯

[@Jay-lw5vq]

​@@tombrown4683 👍

[@KoRntech]

It's not even Fix any more it's Instagram, Twitter, TikToc, and Facebook pages that claim to be one thing but suddenly shift messaging into right wing adjacent memes.

[@Erin-Thor]

Fox, OAN and NewsMax ALL repeat Trumps lies over and over until the Trump Cult believe it as FACTUAL. I so wish they would pass a law that says ‘If you have the word NEWS in your name, broadcast or in the background, you are bound to FCC and Journalistic standards.” In the old days News was trusted, if an error was made they were required to issue a retraction/correction in the same spot it was in print, or in the same time slot or media used. Using “Free Speech” as a license to lie is tearing this nation apart. We need unbiased NEWS that we can trust again. 🤓

[@FrznFury27]

Nah, it sucks out here. It isn't just conservative messaging. The stock market has very little to do with real people. Inflation slowed down, but wages STILL haven't risen, and companies are laying people off and tightening budgets because of investor panic/"inflation," which only makes things harder on the "real economy," i.e., us.

[@junglechick13]

"The stock market is not the economy, YOU are" needs to be broadcast far and wide.

[@DebJonesWriter]

Let’s shout this loud and widely ❤

[@brianmccollaum5489]

Only in the US: best performing economy in the developed world and people think we’re in a recession. Jeebus.

[@toddmaliepaard9777]

They also think Trump will "stop inflation" by applying a 10% tariff across the board, with many much higher.

[@karensiegman647]

It’s a function of high prices not dropping g after inflation drove them up. Companies are gouging and citizens feel the pinch

[@ByronRTroy]

Right. Many people in the USA simply do not understand the economy or economic terms.

[@thatjeff7550]

The problem is, while GDP may be doing well, your typical low to middle class citizen isn't due to the outlandish prices corporations are using to squeeze every last dime out of them. The companies complain that they're losing money and yet every quarter they've been making record profits and paying out huge bonuses to the folks in charge. That's why folks think we're in a recession.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

As a country, we are so blessed; but not always with intelligence.

[@jamesschrader6855]

My personal economy will be determined in November, when we find out if Social Security continues. This is why I vote Democrat . Thanks Belle

[@Jay-lw5vq]

Ditto.

[@bettyforde9423]

Hearing that!

[@Jay-lw5vq]

Media clickbait and love of fearmongering is our greatest economic danger.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

When the accepted Wealth Distribution system is based solely on Greed and Competition, as opposed to Compassion and Cooperation. Wealth should trickle up, not down.

[@Jake-xe1wu]

The wealth gap snapping the entire system is the greatest danger. It's the natural cycle and we've been staving it off but eventually the stretch of the band breaks it or it snaps back.

[@jannibal9273]

We need to do a better job educating people about the basics of how a "free capitalist" economy actually works, usually only to the benefit of the people at the top of the Fat Cat Food Chain. That's why the moneyed class continually pushes their Republicans and MAGA extremists to kill funding to state schools, kill the Department of Education, and kill public schools altogether, in favor of FOR PROFIT schools, private schools only the moneyed class can afford for their kids while getting tax write-offs (in Wisconsin) for their expensive tuitions, and "voucher" schools. For profit and voucher schools deliberately fail to teach children what they need to know in order to actually educated citizens - and it's done on purpose. To the moneyed class, an educated worker class is a DANGER.

[@1927su]

People Voting against their own interests is still mind blowing…

[@heiner71]

Gullibility in this country is off the charts. If they vote Trump in and he tells them that recession is over now (even though nothing has changes for them), they take it for gospel.

[@RevShifty]

Voting for a Republican to fix the economy is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. It's *never* going to end well.

[@Eleerm]

The propaganda in this country is strong. And who has the interest and the wealth to put all that propaganda out there? The very wealthy. And when you are constantly bombarded with these messages for generations, people think it's just the right way to think.

[@smkandmrr]

Religion is a hell of a drug!

[@dozersdady]

Democrats do it all the time.

[@Jay-lw5vq]

The economy is pretty good. The reporting is lousy

[@Canneveroverblue]

Not Belle's reporting-it was on point for sure❤.

[@wilfriedholscher7029]

If the 50% of those who believe we are in a Recession would just turn off Faux Mews

[@Mr3DBob]

Now, there's a slogan - "The stock market isn't the economy; you are."

[@tabularasa0606]

The stock market is rich people worrying that their profit margins aren't 5% but only 4.99%.

[@rattie6947]

Understatement of the century: ... Our system needs change. Working class people aren't going to be better off with the same dated policies that concentrated all the wealth at the top to begin with ...

[@RevShifty]

I would absoluitely *love* to see Democratic presidents start slowly chipping away at trickle down's "legacy". We have decades of proof clearly demonstrating that it absolutely doesn't work, and that the entire country was better off with tighter business regulations and a bottom-and-middle-out economic growth model. It would obviously take decades to undo the damage the trickle down fairytale caused, but we already know what happened before then. We can help things get better across the board, or we can ignore it while wealth continues to build in the 1% only as everything continues to get worse for everyone else. The decision seems pretty simple to me.

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

I'd still entrust the current administration to handle/negotiate the economy 💙

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Me too good Donald!

[@tombrown4683]

IDK what people participated but things are going well.

[@Erin-Thor]

@@tombrown4683- Participated & Contributed‼️ 👍🏽🤠👋🏽

[@Erin-Thor]

Me four! Hello again Donald Rambo! 👍🏽🤠👋🏽

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

@@Erin-Thor Yo...me Five, Pawdnah👋🤠🏇🍀🔨⚒

[@hugh261]

The Fifth Column is a healthy media source, no matter the presenter. Thank you for stepping up Belle. I need a strong clear voice of quality journalism to depend on.

[@fj5144]

I think you are doing an excellent job but I still miss Beau! Let him know how much we all appreciate and miss him! Thanks

[@bluemulemusic9125]

Let's just leave it as Belle is great.... and be grateful

[@Eatinbritches]

She dropped a lot of wisdom here. I miss Beau too, but I'm happy Mama Belle is here to take over.

[@JimHolder-pk2kk]

@@bluemulemusic9125 Both are true: Belle is great. I miss Beau. Neither truth diminishes the other.

[@SportyOtterPop]

@@JimHolder-pk2kk yeah but does a truly team-spirit thinker feel the need to out their "truths" on KZbin, during Belle's early days? I don't think so. I think kind commenters keep it about her!

[@JimHolder-pk2kk]

@@SportyOtterPop I can definitely see your point, especially if Belle had less confidence and competence than what I have been seeing. BTW, I loved the acoustic "How How How How" that you posted in Heat Solidarity.

[@MrVenom973]

The ppl they polled that said we're in a recession musta just left a damn trump rally

[@seanns1945]

Trumps brain; is in recession also !!!

[@kathyq6167]

Yeah, they're broke from buying all his merch!! They might actually HAVE some money if they'd quit giving it to him !! Duh 🙄

[@johnchedsey1306]

There are people who seem desperate for a recession to happen. I've seen so many headlines for the last three years promising one was poised to happen. As for myself, my salary has increased by 40% in the same time period (after being basically stagnant for 5 years). I know others are still struggling, but we're so much better off than we were in 2020 and Trump would lead us to a great depression.

[@kathyq6167]

ABSOLUTELY he would and not care ANYTHING about the consequences. Just another mess for us to clean up after him. Like the banks and the auto makers and the mortgage corporations. 🤦🏼‍♀️. 🗳💙🇺🇸

[@havable]

MSM wants a recession because Trump as prez gives them ratings because scared eyeballs are glued to screens.

[@ittt6339]

Miss Belle, I do believe you hit the nail on the head! People continuously vote against their own best interests because of how they "Feel" or how they're being told to "feel".

[@kathycannon4805]

Our system puts as much pressure on working people as they can survive and continue to work.

[@longforgotten4823]

When we all say enough is enough, that will begin to shake the foundations of our system.

[@kayallen7603]

YES but you can STOP voting for the greedy bastards Can't you. Just ignore the "culture crap" they try to scare you with. VOTE BLUE !!

[@elebenty5709]

Yep, just another iteration of the company store. Pay folks just enough to keep them too poor to leave the mine.

[@WBS001]

@@longforgotten4823 The problem with that scenario is that if it happens, the poorest people (who have the least to fall back on during times of economic turmoil) are the ones who will be hurt the worst (the wealthy can ride it out and spend whatever they have to to deal with it).

[@longforgotten4823]

@@WBS001 not unless you take out the rich in the process.

[@roguemedic]

As Claudia Sahm wrote about the "rule" named after her, " The Sahm rule was born for a specific purpose: a tool for better policy. I created the Sahm rule to send out stimulus checks automatically. The idea was to act fast to make the recession less severe and help families." The purpose of the rule, first published in 2019, was to encourage the government to send out money to people who need it before a recession is actually present, in order to minimize the harm to the people out of work. The "Sahm rule" is a measure of change in unemployment, but even when "triggered" is not the standard for whether a recession exists, or whether any recession will be significant. .

[@2stayfree11]

Thank you.

[@joeihrig9537]

Probably mostly GOP people responding trying to create panic in my opinion. I'm Republican in that blindfolded and anything we got going on now is seriously better than anything Trump ever had

[@Suillibhain]

I work in entertainment. We are not, I repeat not, a resession. We are the first to stop working in a resession. I have to turn down work to take a break. It is not a resession.

[@Leonaza7]

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” -Edward Abbey

[@Leonaza7]

Remember this! When the market crashes under Republicans administration "the president doesn't control the stock market"... when they’re not in office they blame it on random other politicians! Hahaha

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

You have wonderful insight Leonaza! Sleep well tonight and dream beautiful dreams!

[@longforgotten4823]

Endless growth on a finite planet with finite resources is economic insanity, and suicide.

[@dawnpence3248]

I read the greatest article on the main problem of capitalism on the Atlantic. It puts no value on life at all, the only thing that really matters! If they save 2 cents, they'll move the whole factory to a new country, no loyalty at all, everything is bottom line! It's an automatic failure! 😔

[@markwalker8589]

What is that from?

[@aarongordon2998]

No, we're still in Greedflation.

[@joann5051]

That is the best way to frame it.👍

[@aetopus1228]

I miss Beau, but continue to watch three times a day. I like that everything is scripted, and that the talking points are generally under 3 minutes. Thank you, Belle!

[@thehellyousay]

when their feelings don't care about the facts ...

[@stevenelson2641]

Good one!! This recession talk drives me nuts and that is a short trip these days! We ARE NOT and HAVE NOT been in a recession!! Get a grip folks!

[@KPVFarmer]

Thanks Belle, you are doing great at providing more context, information, and educating us!!! I hope you, Beau, and your entire family are doing great! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@bonniepoole1095]

Students used to text me at home to ask the definition od a word. I'd say, " USE GOOGLE! LOOK IT UP!" Polls say that economy is at the top of voters' lists of concern but they have no idea what it is or how it functions. How are we educating people?

[@dawnpence3248]

I had it, business major, it sux, it was boring 😴 I don't remember a thing

[@bonniepoole1095]

@@dawnpence3248 Sorry you had a boring instructor! Economy isn't some "abstract thing out there." It's home economics and finance, supply chains for your local grocer and clothing store, all the way up to internationally traded commodities that then affect the price of bread- - (which takes us back to home economics.) It should have been interesting as heck!

[@Jake-xe1wu]

Every single concern that is "at the top of voter concerns and interests" is incredibly poorly understood by even the people doing all the pushing. There is a reason so many antiabortionists repeatedly demonstrate how little they know about medical science. We teach people what they need to learn not how to learn and this is the result.

[@Gretabpooh]

We aren't educating people, even in private schools. That's on purpose since the 1980s. Lack of education produces a gullible easily lead populace.

[@kxs7267]

Excellent explanation, clear and concise. Thank you - and if only more people could actually _hear_ it.

[@bonniebrush94]

I agree! Excellent and concise. Easy to understand! 👍

[@Jay-lw5vq]

Maybe more people hearing it depends on us....

[@kathyq6167]

I send to the kids and my niece sometimes.

[@danielpasilis4046]

I have always maintained that the greatest resource any country has is its people....a lot of people forget that

[@thehellyousay]

countries don't exist without people. people are the only resource every country has.

[@grmpEqweer]

A resource that offers great return on investment. A happy, healthy, educated workforce produces more than enough tax revenue to cover the investment.

[@Gretabpooh]

​@@grmpEqweer Exonomics was turned upside down when the so called "job creators" became more valued than the actual workers. Of course that's what rhe oligarchs want.

[@tloof2370]

Please share this video. Facts matter and we need to help get them out. Belle and Beau always do a great job of explaining them 💙

[@WBS001]

Sadly, the people who need to hear this are the ones that prefer an.... alternate reality, instead of facing facts

[@Theanomalyof88]

One of the first things Econ 101 teaches is that ‘in the event of a change or market shock, the first things to adjust are prices, often automatically; the last things to adjust are wages’. Would that it weren’t so.

[@RevShifty]

Tie minimum wage to inflation and watch how quickly everyone magically becomes an "expert".

[@number1girlism]

My mom recently tried to convince me that we were about to have a housing crash and recession worse than 2008, and that all the financial experts and newspapers were saying so. I follow news regularly and had no idea what she was talking about, but even some googling after couldn't produce a single source that was making the claim. My mom gets most of her news from OAN, so I guess that's the "everyone" she's referring to.

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

Ugh. Sorry

[@drusillawinters212]

It is depressing that at least 50% of the US does not know this.

[@susanbradleyskov9179]

Thank you! From your lips to everybody’s ears!

[@JakeBlues-v4r]

Just to add Belle, You started out real soft. Now your building confidence and demonstrating that Confidence more and more everyday. Way to Go!!! You gotta be making Beau Proud!!! Best wishes to Beau/Justin a guy who for many years generated hope and rational world wide while the USA has been through uncertain times. What does it say when you have a Canadian watching daily when there are so few in the media who simplify issues with such a down to earth common sense approach. Best of luck to both of you and keep up the good work eh.

[@firequeen2194]

I’m an average worker. A pharmacy technician, not a pharmacist. My salary is decent but it’s definitely lower middle class. I’ve worked really hard. Paid off credit cards. Paid off House. Drove used cars for decades, the last one finally developed a wiring issue not worth the price of fixing so I donated it to Habitat for Humanity (love to Jimmy Carter!). Finally got a no plug hybrid which is what I’ve been saving for. Had it three months and literally put $30 worth of gas in it. I’m doing ok. Sticking with the Dems! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@gailcapshaw5772]

Thank you! That makes perfectly good sense! That drop was because of someone following a conspiracy theory and it wasn’t based on facts. It was completely an unfounded reaction. I’m so glad to hear some reality for a change! Great job! Your team does amazing work.😁❤️😁

[@jojo-pk]

Not to mention that even after the "drop" the indices were still above where they were last summer. It's just fear mongering.

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

This feels like one of the more important videos this channel has made. But that’s based on vibes

[@Allastrology]

And respected economists say the same. Thank you Belle!

[@katiecatwestsail7130]

Excellent! I hear your passion in this one. So good Belle. Keep helping us grow!!

[@daedalline]

You're really growing into this and doing great! Keep it up, Belle. You're killing it.

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

🐵🔔Thank you, Belle & team!🔔🐵

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good evening good Donald! Sleep deep and dream sweet!

[@paulblaauw]

Howdy there, Belle's Peeps 👋🇨🇦

[@bobpratt7112]

Commenting on the wonderful prior comments! Well done ALL

[@CrystalAbrahams]

Hi friendly 🐎 Belle 🐥 Peeps! Lady Belle, I just want to mention that many of us truly prefer the new evening time slot. Good executive decision. The old one was at 12:45 a.m. on the east coast! Many 🐥 of 🐤 your Belle 🐎 Peeps 🐣🐥 were in bed by then. 🇨🇦

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Have wonderful dreams tonight Crystal!

[@0mn1vore]

Hi. :-)

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Sleep well & sweet dreams, our dear Crystal 🥱🐑💤😴🤗❣

[@Erin-Thor]

@@donaldmrambojr5695- There you bees! 👋🏽🤠 Hello and good evening (or goodnight!) 😊

[@Erin-Thor]

Hello Crystal 🥈, Victoria, Omnivore & Donald! 👋🏽🤠💙

[@infinitewatersss]

Bell you are getting so good at messaging . Gooid Job. You are Beau are a great team.

[@carolbulmer8253]

Hi, Belle. Thank you for explaining the economy.

[@freddfezzo8524]

Half the population thinks we are in a recession. Let that sink in, nice and deep

[@WBS001]

True. Guess _which_ half

[@tobiashoyden2644]

You're getting better at this Keep it up, we got your back

[@HarryDirtay]

Everyone thank the hysterical investor class.

[@eddieramirez5161]

She is awesome! Thanks for the lesson Belle. :)

[@margf.6773]

Excellent video, Ms. B. thanks.

[@francisdasta8646]

A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. Period. The general public would greatly benefit from a semester of macro economics as a requirement to graduate high school

[@rexdink]

I know the Substitute Teacher said this awhile back, but thanks for reminding us before the exam, Miss Belle.

[@earthsystem]

This is a flawless, Fascinating explanation of a recession in the most concise and elegant language... It was flawless. It was entrancing. Thank you dear leader

[@loisrose1904]

Thank you for your clarity.

[@BurntTransGarage]

I love your confidence in this video, Mrs Belle. You look like you've done this for years. Thank you for what you do!

[@jamiegallier2106]

Thanks again Belle. ❤

[@michaelneal6589]

Thank you Belle

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Your voice is very calming. Thank you for bringing the truth to us. Agreed with you!

[@crowfoot7355]

Sago Belle thank you.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good night Crowfoot! Sleep well!

[@rosalinagdossantos8974]

Good evening Belle and internet people. Good to see everybody again. Have a great night. See you all tomorrow morning 😚

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good evening Rosalina! I hope you have a wonderful night!

[@rosalinagdossantos8974]

​@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975Thank you Victoria. Hope you have a good night too 😴

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Whenever it is wherever you are, I hope it's good for you!

[@alumpyhorse]

👋💙

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

Good evening & good night, dear Victoria ❣Sleep well & sweet dreams 🥱🐑💤😴🤗🌙💫🥰

[@rosalinagdossantos8974]

Good evening Victoria, wherever you are 😊

[@Canneveroverblue]

​@@alumpyhorsehey Lumpy, it's the Beaver.

[@Erin-Thor]

Wherever I am, there I be. 👍🏽🤠😎👋🏽

[@levmoses742]

Yeah!! Well put. Thank you!

[@taljan57]

Thank you. I never did understand what they were talking about.

[@smarie3039]

The T-shirt is perfect!! Thanks so much Belle!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good night Miss Belle. It was another delightful day of your excellent presentations. Sleep deep and dream sweet! I'll see you tomorrow afternoon.

[@wandaturcotte7158]

I love the way you explain things. Keep up the fantastic work, please, Ms. Belle. 😁 I can definitely muster a happy vibe about inflation starting to ease, but I'd be downright thrilled to see the record-profit-making, price-gouging-during-an-international-emergency, soulless, greedy SOBs who ratcheted it up in the first place 1) Slide the prices and profits back down to something more reasonable as quickly as they slid them up, and 2) be held accountable, and 3) face laws enacted and enforced to keep them from doing that again - especially when the harmful influence they had also amounted to political contributions-in-kind to one of the parties, and against the other. Every extra unwarranted penny they got out of us was cold-blooded theft.

[@emydonavan6254]

Oh my goodness, this is such a helpful take! Thank you Belle!

[@TheWerequat]

Great explanation, hopefully it doesn't fall upon deaf ears

[@toddkerns4493]

I want to say that you are really coming into your own Belle! You presentation is so much more fluid and fun to watch now. Yeah, when 50% of Americans have only 2.5% of the country’s wealth, bad things happen when they get pinched. I think another game that gets played is when inflation rises, corporate wage increases lags the inflation at best, or don't move, resulting in the workers getting shorted, and the companies pocketing the difference.

[@evee8462]

Yay Beau!!!

[@jcspoon573]

*Belle

[@Erin-Thor]

I’m with JC 🥄 😊. Good evening Eve E! 👋🏽🤠 And 🥉! 😎

[@bigearl3867]

Keep it up with those easter egg shirts. And the message you send is great too.

[@colinboggust2950]

Precise English with an American accent. Brilliantly done

[@brentwinfield5713]

That!!!! Exactly! Brilliant!!!

[@jayhnh]

Thanks Belle! Right on-the churn of our good old American dollars is the economy and we the people are driving the churn. This phenomenon of a soft landing is more theory than an actual event, but here is where we are. Unfortunately combining this condition with post pandemic greedflation has dulled that soft landing to a thud.

[@airwindows]

It is so nice that we can still get that reference point to 'sensible person who knows stuff and understands how things work' without it always having to be Beau. It makes you feel like there are multiple people who understand what reality is, and that's mighty encouraging :)

[@MaraClearSpring]

Thank you. Such good info. I wish more people "got this."

[@jarrodplumlee1714]

Thanks, Belle!

[@michellewarmath7811]

Thank you, Belle. This was a great lesson in simple definitions of economic terms. (Also... as a linguist, I'm planning on getting that t-shirt 😊)

[@brandonwilliams957]

It’s not the economy. It’s doing well. Corporations are price gouging on inelastic items at stores. I think that’s where people are feeling the pain.

[@cathysurerus576]

That, and RENT... since wall street has been buying up American housing stock!

[@BeautifulPilgrim]

Hi everyone

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Howdy Pilgrim! Have a wonderful night filled with beautiful dreams!

[@pattikrotje9679]

As a retired couple . ... well, my husband is still working when he can. He says we can't afford for him to retire. Our social security checks are not keeping up with the prices at the grocery store. One good thing, it took a little bit less $ to fill my gas tank this month.

[@papertroll1]

I will be rude and say this is classic Beau's ending. That was nice Belle and/or team :)

[@SusieKatpersonKoch]

Thank you Belle! Much appreciated! 💙

[@debbeleigh1930]

I was basically forced into retiring this year after 45 years of working in multiple jobs just getting by. My last job was 13 years working for a huge infrastructure company out of Houston. My annual income was cut by $15,000 in 2021 because I was told I made too much money for my position yet I took on more responsibilities. Now I’m recently facing a 10% increase in rent, car insurance and the over all increase for base living expenses like utilities and food. I’m really concerned about what will happen with Social Security! I apologize for my rant! We desperately need change in our system so future generations have a chance at the so call American dream!

[@kathyq6167]

Ohhh my gosh, how scary for you, Debbe. I'm so sorry you're in that position. I sure do hope things turn around for you soon. 🙏

[@debbeleigh1930]

@@kathyq6167 Thank you Kathy 😊

[@snosnake5765]

More needs to said about the corporate greedflation!

[@MmKr7525]

I love your comment. “The stock market is not the economy, you are.” And it’s true.

[@charlesmontgomery7002]

"the stock market is not the economy, you are" one of the best common sense econmic quotes I've heard in a while

[@WalksfortheSoul77]

Can I just tell you how much I enjoy watching Ms. Belle? She has that similar half smile that Beau would get sometimes when something was a little amusing to deliver. Which wasn't often in the past, but lately with a shift in the air, one that feels like hope, we get to see more of that twinkle in the eye. We've waited a long time for this and while it's not over, I am not ashamed nor afraid of optimism right now. Of course, we still must vote!!!

[@thesquirrelchase-exploreph5635]

Well explained.

[@johnsteiner3417]

Woman writes Sahm Rule. Broligarchs pretend to know the Sahm Rule and ignore the advice of the woman who wrote it. That tracts.

[@Allastrology]

Sure does

[@RevShifty]

Thanks for the new vocab word. I'm sure as hell not forgetting that one any time soon.

[@Allastrology]

@@RevShifty right?!!

[@jenniferhanses]

My solution for fixing the US standard of living/wages: Pass a law that House reps wages are based on the median wages in their districts. That's it. I think we'd find a lot more house reps were in favor of a minimum wage and a minimum standard of living when it directly impacts their own pocket books.

[@ultraviolet7838]

Or it would just incentivize Congressmen from poor districts to take more bribes. The solution is to repeal Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

[@RevShifty]

And if they don't actually drive any problems, they don't do their jobs, their party gets withheld until they resolve the situation. They're would never be a cartoonish attempt to "work on a national budget" for almost two straight years again. Lasting problems would all magically be solved before one of their many, many breaks from that point forward.

[@KaylMacLaren]

"The stock market is *not* the economy..." THANK YOU!!! I've been yelling that at people for eight years now (at least!). It's good that it's being said by people that might get listened to...

[@sbsmith]

A recession is something that happens every 7 to 10 years. I like to call it a buying opportunity!

[@deborahferguson1163]

Very well said Belle!!!

[@Neobert5240]

Thanks yall 🇺🇲💙💜🇺🇲🌊🌊🌊🤙✌️👽🌺

[@rmmontgomery4512]

One of your best!!