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multigraincracker

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5. My wife told my step grand daughter

Reply to jmbar2 (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:14 PM

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that I just bought a new car. She asked how much the payments are. She told her I wrote one ckeck for it. She is 16 and said that was the first time she had ever heard of that and asked how can he do that.

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Gary's Economics: "The Iran Economic Shock: How to Protect Yourself" [View all] jmbar2 Sunday OP

I'm pretty middle class. multigraincracker Sunday #1

You've earned a well-deserved retirement. jmbar2 Sunday #3

My wife told my step grand daughter multigraincracker Sunday #5

I really feel for the kids today jmbar2 Sunday #6

They end up paying almost double. multigraincracker Sunday #8

cars are a problem Be Leave On Sunday #14

It would be ideal to live in communities small-enough to not need cars jmbar2 Monday #15

In regards to the first video, in a crisis bucolic_frolic Sunday #2

Agree - he is a great explainer of dynamics of wealth inequality jmbar2 Sunday #4

Adam Smith wrote Wealth of Nation at the end multigraincracker Sunday #7

Thanks for the insights... jmbar2 Sunday #9

I love to look for the history behind what's going on. multigraincracker Sunday #10

My dad was an oil company guy jmbar2 Sunday #12

I never had to study history of economics. bucolic_frolic Sunday #11

You waded in much deeper than I have! jmbar2 Sunday #13