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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
Or as you would say, they would have a lot of chutzpah.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
But they would say supply and demand, right?
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
I'm the only guy that knows telecom regulations like this.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
I am a lawyer that can literally pick up the phone and solve a crisis for you.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
So this is $6,000 an hour.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
hey, it's actually a bargain if you have something that will take your business down and I can solve it by just picking up the phone.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
Then you have other lawyers saying, actually, this is insane.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
This is gone beyond the market rate pricing.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
But it's crazy how much it's risen just in the past few years or even last year.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
Just last year, the going rate for a very top lawyer, according to The Wall Street Journal, was $2,500.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
Now it's well over $3,000.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
And a decade ago, the tippy, tippy, tippy top was $1,500 an hour.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
So it is just blown past all sort of reasonableness.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
There is one guy who can't believe his luck.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
He said, I can't believe we're talking about aliens.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
This is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
That is Steven Spielberg because he's coming out with an alien UFO movie, Disclosure Day, on June 12, 2026.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
So if this news cycle picks up pace, there's going to be a lot of people that are going to see this movie because it's just a summer blockbuster about aliens by Steven Spielberg.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
But if the United States catches alien fever, which it does, seems like every six months, then I think, you know, this will be one of the biggest movies ever.
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Tariffs Ineffective Against US Trade Deficit? & Family Feud Over Reese’s Recipe
This happens all the time.