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        In the mildest defense Atlantic City was kinda already imploding kinda like what’s happening in Vegas right now. Frankly they should’ve kept with the old school look and pulled a Santa Monica or Venice Beach tourism schtick.

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      Trump financed the construction of Trump Taj Mahal casino by taking out high interest loans which meant that he had to make $1.3M a day just to cover both the debt service and operating expenses, a level no casino had ever previously achieved and it proved impossible long-term.

      I think Trump should stay far away from anything that has to do with the economy.

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    Hopefully a lot of folks will take their cue from Powell, now that a stand has been made.

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    This guy basically saved the US economy from hyperinflation and a trump just wanted ZIRP back.

    That’s going to lead to hyperinflation. Nobody is going to want greenbacks when Trump decides to print a few $T to pay down the debt. Then Americans are going to see every good increase in price exponentially, and I mean real pound me in the ass exponentially and not the watered down “goes up quickly” exponentially people throw around.

    it’ll be fantastic for my investments in gold and silver though.

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        If the USD dies I don’t think any asset is going to do well, except like maybe Russia.

        China’s export economy will crumble, I’m Canadian so our trade will fall apart, and the Euro will probably have a crisis like 2008.

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        If this spirals there’s a pretty solid chance that we end up with 08 at best, depression at middling, or outright economic collapse and possibly interstate trade shutdown at worst. Metals generally hold their price well enough in such situations, stocks not so much.

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    Did Trump actually find someone with legal standing to file the charges this time or are they going to be thrown out with like those filed by the other cos players?

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      You know, the best way to protest against them would be to withhold your content in all its forms from their instance.

      That way, everyone wins.