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bucolic_frolic

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1. Barter will run afoul of taxing authorities, federal and state
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:08 PM
Feb 2025

and I don't see how politicizing trade and availability helps us a lot. Blue consumers will do a really good job boycotting, just look at Canadians.

I'm picking up signals the economy is stalling, but it could be just the weather which is very cold. No one is on the roads for weeks. This is abnormal.

Kohl's, who hasn't sent me email for their deals in months, is suddenly every day now ... that's a panic signal. Ditto for a regional supermarket ... 3x a week instead of 2ce a month.

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Barter will run afoul of taxing authorities, federal and state bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #1
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