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I'm Clyde Lewis, and this is Ground Zero.

The numbers to call tonight 503-2-5-0-860.

That's 503-2-2-5-0-860.

I don't know about you, but the conversation lately around the house here in the office,

it's all about money and finances and inflation and the suck.

It sucks.

All of it sucks.

In fact, last night I was discussing debts and other money problems with my producer Sam.

We were so discouraged.

He's been paying out more and more and having to dip into his savings.

So have I, I said, yeah.

I mean, and then what we did is we took out our phones and we compared bank accounts.

And I kid you not, we both have double digits in our bank accounts.

We do.

I mean, I know we have to feed them from time to time, but that's also what savings is about.

So if you have, you know, two digits in your account, I'm not going to say how many he had or out.

We were pretty close, though, right?

Pretty close.

So anyway, I know my account needs refeeding.

And I said it was, I haven't felt this vulnerable since 2008 when the everything bubble burst.

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