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The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« on: December 19, 2025, 10:01:50 am »
The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — A Last Wire Five-Part Special Series
Part Five: Bringing It All Together — How Forces Interact and Paths to Better Affordability

The Last Wire.

Parts One through Four explored how the post-pandemic U.S. economy affected households: stabilization of demand (Part One), why wages lag essential costs (Part Two), household adaptations in spending, debt, and labor choices (Part Three), and how those adaptations reshaped markets and policy feedback loops (Part Four).

Part Five synthesizes these insights, illustrating how structural forces interacted over time to produce persistent affordability challenges and identifying potential policy interventions to improve household financial security.

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“The economy is not just numbers on a page — it is the lived experience of households, shaped by multiple interacting forces.”

1. Structural Interactions: Wages, Essentials, Inflation, and Debt

Households face bundles of essential expenses — housing, healthcare, food, and utilities — whose costs have consistently outpaced wage growth. This structural gap forces families to adjust by reducing discretionary spending, accumulating debt, and making cautious labor choices.

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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2025, 11:57:19 am »
Well done @Luis great primer on how people react to government manipulation of our economy. NONE of this is new. It all started well over 100 years ago. (1913 was a VERY bad year because that's when government's ability to manipulate our behaviors really became greatly enhanced.)

Any possibilities for fixing this mess begin with reducing rather than enhancing government's ability to manipulate our behaviors.  Please read: TAXES FOR REVENUE ARE OBSOLETE
 as a prime example of what I'm talking about here.
 
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2025, 01:25:28 pm »
BTTT!  The awaited Part 5 is here!
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2025, 04:27:59 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 20, 2025, 11:57:19 am
Well done @Luis great primer on how people react to government manipulation of our economy. NONE of this is new. It all started well over 100 years ago. (1913 was a VERY bad year because that's when government's ability to manipulate our behaviors really became greatly enhanced.)

Any possibilities for fixing this mess begin with reducing rather than enhancing government's ability to manipulate our behaviors.  Please read: TAXES FOR REVENUE ARE OBSOLETE
 as a prime example of what I'm talking about here.
 
Don't forget the EO in 1933 that collected privately held (except numismatic) gold at $20.67/oz, and after the collection, revaluing gold's fixed price to $35/oz. That effectively reduced the value of those freshly printed greenbacks by 41% overnight. Keep in mind that silver was in the range of 25 to 30 cents per ounce, so silver certificates (and coins, common in circulation) offered no respite from the devaluation of the dollar relative to gold.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2025, 04:48:54 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 20, 2025, 04:27:59 pm
Don't forget the EO in 1933 that collected privately held (except numismatic) gold at $20.67/oz, and after the collection, revaluing gold's fixed price to $35/oz. That effectively reduced the value of those freshly printed greenbacks by 41% overnight. Keep in mind that silver was in the range of 25 to 30 cents per ounce, so silver certificates (and coins, common in circulation) offered no respite from the devaluation of the dollar relative to gold.

Yes. Enter the Fed.

Ten years in, they steal 41% of the $$.

Good post.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2025, 04:54:10 pm »
Here’s a thought (or two) for now.

Debt is the foundation of money.

Inflation is least destructive method to use, when the debt cannot be controlled.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2025, 04:56:50 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on December 20, 2025, 04:54:10 pm
Here’s a thought (or two) for now.

Debt is the foundation of money.

Inflation is least destructive method to use, when the debt cannot be controlled.

Reign in debt with a solid budget. I was hopeful with DOGE slashing costs and exposing frivolous expenses.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2025, 04:58:53 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on December 20, 2025, 01:25:28 pm
BTTT!  The awaited Part 5 is here!

You funnin’’ me Bigun? :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2025, 05:49:07 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 20, 2025, 04:27:59 pm
Don't forget the EO in 1933 that collected privately held (except numismatic) gold at $20.67/oz, and after the collection, revaluing gold's fixed price to $35/oz. That effectively reduced the value of those freshly printed greenbacks by 41% overnight. Keep in mind that silver was in the range of 25 to 30 cents per ounce, so silver certificates (and coins, common in circulation) offered no respite from the devaluation of the dollar relative to gold.

I'm not forgetting anything! At heart ALL of our current economic ills stem from a single source, our own government.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2025, 05:52:44 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on December 20, 2025, 04:56:50 pm
Reign in debt with a solid budget. I was hopeful with DOGE slashing costs and exposing frivolous expenses.

Rein in debt with currency that has actual value and collect taxes by methods that do not require the government to know so much as the payers name.
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2025, 05:54:09 pm »
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Re: The Economy You Feel, Not the One You're Told About — Part 5
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2025, 06:14:57 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 20, 2025, 05:49:07 pm
I'm not forgetting anything! At heart ALL of our current economic ills stem from a single source, our own government.

Agree 100%.
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