[Hoot Gibson]

I just watched Allan Lichtman's meltdown following Trump's win. He missed his prediction so badly, maybe the media will stop treating his predictions seriously. I mean, is picking 9 of 11 elections that great? He thinks he is 10 for 11 because he claims Gore was robbed. 

Dr. Lichtman is grieving because he thinks young people are facing a dismal future because Trump won.

Economists and investors believe Trump’s policies will be inflationary because tax cuts will likely force the federal government to issue more debt, Sturtevant noted. If that happens, the government will have to pay more to attract investors. His promises to enact tariffs on imported goods will also increase prices.

Young people likely are facing not what I would call a dismal future, but a difficult one financially if the Federal deficit continues to grow.  We may need someone with fiscal beliefs like Rand Paul to fix it, although time may be running out.

One day after Donald Trump’s election victory, investors sent bond yields sharply higher. The “Trump trade” is likely to keep rates for home loans rising, despite the Federal Reserve's Thursday rate cut, experts say.

Rates aren’t likely to reverse course any time soon, said Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant in emailed comments.

“Trump’s fiscal policies can be expected to lead to rising and more unpredictable mortgage rates through the end of this year and into 2025,” she said. “Bond yields are rising because investors expect Trump’s proposed fiscal policies to widen the federal deficit and reverse progress on inflation.”

I'm sure that liberal Democrats are very concerned and pessimistic following Trump's resounding victory. I don't know if you're old enough to remember this country's struggle with inflation in the 70s and 80s, but it is not easy to bring it under control once it gains momentum. The economy was already slowing down before the election, but Kamala Harris' proposals to deal with inflation were idiotic.

I expect that people like you will attempt to blame the current state of the economy on Trump and then claim that his efforts to fix the problems that he will inherit are making things worse. 

Price gouging is a bogus issue in the grocery business. The sector has plenty of competition and profit margins are slim. Nixon tried freezing wages and prices and failed to bring inflation under control. 

Trump has proposed fighting inflation and declining real wages very much like Reagan did. Deregulate as much as possible and lower energy costs. Liberals ridiculed Reagan, but his approach worked. 

While you continue looking for reasons to justify your vote for the worst presidential candidate in history, I suggest that you honestly consider the chances that a candidate who spent more than a billion dollars on campaign ads, paid endorsements, celebrity appearances, and concerts, and still lost by a landslide margin would have succeeded by repeating Nixon's mistake with the economy.

I give you credit for persistence, but Trump has a plan that will be executed next year and he has smarter people than either of us advising him on the details.