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Many business reports say that the economy is improving, that inflation is being brought under control, and that the federal deficit will be slashed. These are very reassuring, but they also raise important questions. For one, if the economy really is getting better, why are so many middle-class people trapped in a web of financial pressure? And, as important, why can’t middle class people save money?
If RFK Jr. is as good as his word, all of us will be hearing a lot about MAHA: Make America Healthy Again. And it can’t come a minute too soon. The number of people developing serious illnesses is increasing, literally, day by day and has reached a point that is truly frightening. Kennedy is facing a bare-knuckles brawl, and he’ll have to go toe to toe with industry powerhouses and their lobbies.
For decades, Kodak was the 800-pound gorilla in the photography industry. It made high-quality products that were easy to use and that most consumers could afford.
What comes to mind when you hear the word “shoplifting”? Mobs of looters? Starving migrants who clean out supermarkets? The hundreds of drug and other stores that have been forced to shut down because of theft? Certainly these are a part of the problem, but there’s another side to it that is often ignored: the numerous people who have good jobs and walk around with money in their pockets, and yet shoplift regularly. This is a very complicated issue.
On Nov. 13, outgoing Pres. Joe Biden and incoming Pres. Donald Trump met in the While House for two hours. Afterwards, both said they would cooperate to make the transition as smooth and easy as possible. Lots of people were relieved when they heard that - but there was one problem. Despite those assurances, the two teams were not cooperating. In fact, some political observers said the Biden Administration was trying to sabotage Trump’s plans even before he was sworn into office.
Election 2024 is finally over, and no one could be happier than President Trump. When the final votes were tabulated, he must have been thinking, how sweet it is.
In 2016, he was accused of conspiring with the Russians, subjected to vicious personal attacks ever since, was the victim of unprecedented lawfare, armed government agents breaking into his Mar-a-Lago home, and two assassination attempts. The list goes on, but as it says in Tehillim (75:8), “Hashem is the Judge, one He humbles, and one He raises.” And Hashem decided to raise Trump.
