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Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

I'm optimistic

6

I'm pessimistic

6

I'm optimistic

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Veronica
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Veronica

As long as we have Trump a real President, I feel very optimistic about the future.I do not want any more Democrats in office.We've seen what democratic policies can do.They are criminal thieves and they should be arrested

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I'm pessimistic

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Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

Trump and his goons in every state in every department are running it into the ground acting like it's the best thing ever and it's not. People are suffering now more then his first term or even during Biden term

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Toasty
Toasty

> "Trump and his goons" Goons? It's 2025. Trump is a lot of things, but comparing he and his team continued success to a childish name, you need better sources of your insults. For example, stop using The Rolling Stone as a primary news source.

Max
Max

Then, you prefer the 9% inflation for 4 straight years, instead of 2.9%. Where did you get your economics degree?

Sara Kalinowski
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Sara Kalinowski

We're too close to 2026 and it'll take a long time to reverse.

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Chris Lyle
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Chris Lyle

Trumplestiltskins

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Fred
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Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

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Fred
Fred

Compare November 2025 to November 2026 ... roughly same and 2026 figure was held down by the government shutdown. Let's check back at this time next year and you try to explain away the recession.

Max
Max

Inflation is less than 1/3rd of when Biden was in office. Fix your calculator.

Max
Max

Biden tactics were destroying the world's economies.

Max
Max

The U.S. dollar dominates the world economy due to its role as the primary reserve currency, backed by the massive U.S. economy, unmatched financial market liquidity, and historical inertia since the 1944 Bretton Woods system. It facilitates 88% of global exchange transactions, 54% of trade

Jamie Kochert
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Jamie Kochert

On a fixed income and everything is more expensive.

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Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

Yes

2

No

7

Yes

2 Comments
Kevin Reed
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Kevin Reed

We have to commute to work, approximately 70 miles every day. We fill up once a week, and the cost has risen from an average of $36.50 before the Iran war, to now $55.00 each week. We now have to budget more for gas than we did. And there is still nothing to show for any of this pointless conflic

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Max
Max

So, you support Iran? Well, I support America.

Nikki Wrinkles
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Nikki Wrinkles

Im driving about 81.6 miles a day to get my son to daycare and then myself to work. Car averages 21 mpg and requires minimum 91 octane fuel. $70 twice a week plus what my husband spends in fuel for just traveling back and forth to work and home. Keeping son home 2 days from daycare to save on fuel.

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Harry D
Harry D

You need a more fuel-efficient car.

No

4 Comments
Matt Loganbill
2
Matt Loganbill

While no one enjoys paying more $ gas is cheap for what you get.

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Harry D
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Harry D

I wish puppet Biden did not drain the strategic petroleum reserve in a failed political scheme, much like his unconstitutional student loan forgiveness, to buy votes. The oil pipelines to Canada, that Biden stopped, would be handy about now too. Voting for future Democrats will be very limited.

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Max
Max

Trump had just refilled it, after Obama drained it down to nothing.

Steve Baumann
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Steve Baumann

Far bigger issues than fuel prices

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Robert Van Vickle
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Robert Van Vickle

Hybrid gang stay winning

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Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

Yes

0

No

5

Yes

0 Comment
No one has commented yet

No

4 Comments
Harry D
2
Harry D

A new tax is not the answer to the city's budget problems. City leaders need to live within your means, like everyone else. Vote NO on the new taxes.

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Steve Baumann
2
Steve Baumann

We already pay enough in taxes. The City needs to check it's priorities and pull funding from programs that truly are not conductive to the day to day lives of the general tax paying citizen. Focus on the core competencies, not liberal dream programs.

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Fred
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Fred

Almost as bad an idea as replacing income taxes with higher sales taxes!

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Max
Max

You finally got one right. Did you have help?

Zaos Gonzolez
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Zaos Gonzolez

Your own safety is your own responsibility.

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