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soandso

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9. All interesting
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:36 PM
Dec 2024

and addresses the the fact that tariffs and trade are not a simple subject with simple answers.

What you said about gen z is both dismal and true and I don't know where that is going to lead. No place good, that's for sure. I know someone with such a kid who has a degree in video production or something and he refuses to work doing anything that isn't that.

That's awesome that your husband is a tradesman! The loss of that in our society portends doom. I was recently looking at the restoration of Notre Dame cathedral and noted the fact that it takes very skilled, talented craftsman to even be able to do that work and I wondered how many are left or willing to apprentice.

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