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We've got a couple of stories here that's worth checking out from the Foundation for Economic Education, Mark J. Perry writing,

America's record middle class earning exposes the imaginary hobgoblin of income inequality.

Americans are, by and large, more prosperous than they've ever been without being

noticeably less equal. And that's not what we get told, is it, Jay? It's not what we get told,

but on the other hand, when I see this headline and, you know, read the first part of this

article, I think about, so the numbers are up, it it sounds like and the numbers in the stock market

are up and well guess what else is up inflation because the Fed just keeps on printing money

and printing money supposedly this is inflation ingested stuff though well supposedly in

you know inflation ingested by who the Fed or you know following the guidelines of how to Fed you know right it's you know, inflation ingested by who? The Fed or, you know, following the guidelines

of how to Fed, you know. Right. It's, you know, economists using the calculation of the Federal

Reserve, which is, you know, they just, they call it 2%, but they don't figure like actual things that

matter like, you know, the price of food, price of energy, you know. Agreed. I will say that they don't figure things like food, energy, and housing,

which are probably what Americans spend most of their money on, and that you'll see some

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