Evie Day 315
Hi folks! It is a new day, Thursday, 25 January 2024.
I had a good time with the Wednesday night gaming group last evening. We didn’t engage in any “fight the bad guys” scenarios, but we did reap the rewards of some of our collective accomplishments, and that’s always nice. I still have some experience to earn before I level up, but now we have a path before us. It was a good time, and the group I play with is a lot of fun.
Today will be a good day to turn the news off. Everything seems to be centered on one particularly attention-needy 78-year-old candidate, and I really look forward to the day when there is something worth reporting other than his latest temper tantrum, or his latest court date, or his latest whatever. Some folks just don’t get tired of being lied to, I guess.
I had a productive workday yesterday, and I expect I’ll stay on top of things today as well.
The economy is doing well, with the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) closing above 38000 for the first time, and unemployment sitting at 3.8%. Both of those numbers are very good. Inflation has dropped below 4%, and gas prices have dropped 80 cents per gallon since last fall. The one complaint about the economy I came across was someone complaining that they had to wait in line for their latte at the coffee stop because they didn’t have enough employees. I would have explained to the person that the reason for that is a good economy – the reason they don’t have more people working at the coffee shop is that other employers are willing to pay more for a prospective employee’s services or provide other benefits, like health insurance, that this coffee shop was not willing to provide. That’s going to happen when unemployment drops to near-record low levels.
A lot of folks don’t understand certain aspects of our economy. The economy doesn’t weave through traffic like a sports car. Our economy is like trying to manage the turning radius of an aircraft carrier. I’m surprised at the number of folks that don’t understand that right before a change of administration, the outgoing administration sets the budget for the incoming administration’s first year. Then in the first November of a new administration’s first year, they set a new budget, and the real seeds of change are planted, but we still have to wait a while.
Some presidents love taking credit when they come into office riding a positive economic wave. Then, when their policies hit the proverbial fan, they’ll start blaming the opposition. It amazes me the number of folks that don’t “get” that.
OK, time to get this in the can, and get going on my day.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
