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I'm lucky enough to be able to do some of my work from home.
To be honest, I kind of like it as part of a balanced working diet.
Turns out it seems that feeling is shared particularly by workers in the English-speaking world.
And electric vehicles are absolutely positively unequivocally hands-down better for the environment when it comes to tailpipe emissions.
But that's not the only kind of environmental impact that vehicles have.
First up, though.
I would say the Fed really owes it to the American people to get interest rates down.
That's the only thing he's good for.
Here's a pattern that we've come to know well in the second Trump administration.
It starts with an incendiary statement.
This time, a week ago,
a vibe straight out of Mr. Trump's time telling contestants on The Apprentice.
that they're fired.
Oh, he'll leave.
If I ask him to, he'll be out of there.
But I don't think he's doing the job.