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Jan 13Liked by Santa Barbara Current

Good analogy Tim: our govt is grossly overweight! We’re in uncharted economic territory. Yes, there will be stock market gains, inflation decreases including lower gas prices and positive job reports as usual prior to the election. Then I anticipate a combination of the French Revolution and Fall of the Roman Empire impacting US and Western Europe. I envision more lawless behavior --riots, smash and grabs, more business closures, inability of police to protect. Easy money will end for non-Elite Classes. I’m not an economist so no cause for alarm. Rather, since the 1970s, I studied Alinsky, Cloward-Piven, population, illegal alien migration, NPOs, China; and locally David, Mickey and UCSB son David Flacks’ organizational successes: SDS, SBCAN, DSA, CAUSE, and the like. Therefore, I advise ‘Speak Out: It’s Your Civic Duty!’ Money matters, voices matter.

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Jan 13Liked by Santa Barbara Current

Yes Tim, we are headed for a Venezuelan style decline if things aren’t turned around! Thanks for shedding light on this issue.

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