The Economy

No one vaxxed?

 

Most of them should have gotten a flu shot because they come to work and give it to us. I can't say for certain whether they did or not.
I don't know if any of them got an updated COVID booster. I did. I am the oldest male in our building, and I have prime time COVID in '20, so I'm getting the shots.

 

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes

 

Yawn. Capitalism at work for a tax writeoff (hi Ragu!).

I don't mind if it's going toward a good cause as long as the CEO isn't doing the stanky leg in the midst of Arlington National.

 

OK

Children Risk Their Lives Building America’s Roofs

 

I'm sure this is some sort of bad news for some esoteric reason, but it sounds good to me.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/13/dow-jones-record-high-close/71910975007/

Good news for your 401(k): stocks are surging and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said interest rates may go down in 2024.
The Dow closed at 37,090.24, up 1.4% from the previous day. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite also climbed 1.4%, with the S&P 500 benchmark nearing its own record high.

 

It's all play money until it ends up in my checking account. At this point I assume none of it will.
(I know you're much closer to cashing out than me.)

 

Market's up and the sewer's stuck ... can't win for losing!

 

A lot of Americans would probably rather have a 20,000 Dow, a $200,000 median home price and a $20,000 median new car price.

 

If there's anyone sure to have the pulse of the American voter, it's RTExpress.

 

Might as well say, "Americans probably would rather it be 1995."