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Loved the meme about the waking up pregnancy test. But have to correct a misstatement on Tariffs. You wrote: "The more Democrats up and down the ballot hone in on how tariffs are paid by consumers, and are not going to government coffers, the more likely that undecided voters will come around to what we REALLY need to do about the economy."

Fact is that, if and when the offered goods subject to the tariff are purchased, the purchaser pays the amount due on the tariff to the U.S. It is true that the ultimate consumer, in effect, will be paying the tariff as part of their purchasing price but the U.S. Treasury collects the tariffs just like it does the income tax.

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Never fear. Our buildings are a designated shelter facility. Worst that could happen is that we have a power failure. That would trigger generator power with many limitations in our individual units but with sufficient air conditioning and outlets on our ground floor to power oxygen machines, cell phones and microwaves. Could also have some water supply problems if a storm adversely impacts the County water supply. That's why we all have gallons of water 'in our units.

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