#Does Congress have an idea other than spending? Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center
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🗓️ 16 December 2023
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#Does Congress have an idea other than spending? Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center
https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/12/23/congress-will-need-a-new-idea-in-2024-will-it-choose-a-good-one
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First Capitol telephone operator still on job. Washington, D.C., July 30. When Miss Harriot Daley was appointed telephone operator at the United States Capitol in 1898 there were only 51 stations on the switchboard.
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| 0:46.2 | to being in the rearview mirror. Then again, I welcome Vernik to Reggi of the Mercata Center to comment on what appears to be the market |
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| 1:02.0 | How many? Well the number three is used but these are the bulls. How |
| 1:07.1 | much a quarter point each? When? 2024. That's the headline. But Vika, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:14.7 | 10 minutes ago, we were worried about inflation. |
| 1:17.6 | Now the Federal Reserve says we've conquered inflation. |
| 1:21.4 | Do you account for that? Is there a way to understand why the Federal |
| 1:25.5 | Reserve changed its direction so dramatically? Good evening to you. |
| 1:29.1 | Good evening, John. I am always wary about making predictions predictions but I'm going to say that I'm skeptical that the |
| 1:37.2 | Fed is going to be able to cut rates three times and I am also skeptical that inflation is a thing of the past. I think |
| 1:49.6 | that considering that government hasn of cutting any spending, |
| 1:55.0 | that it has no intention of cutting any spending, |
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