Trevor Hughes

You know, and he lost his job.

He has been laid off.

And then even though the project has officially going to be restarted, he hasn't started work again and he hasn't gotten paid.

We heard it from them and we've heard it from other people, which is if you have gold right now, people have been selling it because it's worth so many thousands of dollars.

I mean, the price of gold under the president, I think, has doubled.

And so what that means is people who have gold have been turning it in, selling it to keep their bills paid.

But what it means for the jewelry store owners is that people are less likely to buy gold because they sell gold based on the ounce.

And so they can't sell as many items if the price of gold is just super high.

And so they've been working on their design, sort of trying to figure out how to pivot.

But they're actually really optimistic that ultimately the economy will get better, that people will be able to afford more things, and that they'll be able to bring on some trainees with help from some tax incentives.

Yes.

I mean, the president proposed in Congress passed the one big, beautiful bill, and it has all kinds of voter friendly things in it.

I mean, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on the interest paid on American made cars if you bought the car.

I think this year.

So there's quite a lot of things in there that were really meant to help working people.

And, you know, I have seen folks, I've talked to folks who have said, you know, the tax on overtime, maybe it'll help, maybe it won't help.

It really depends on whether you work in an industry where you're declaring that overtime and declaring those tips.

Jamila is one of those people who's lived in Chicago all her life, and she's really concerned about what she's seeing.

Chicago is not a fan of Trump, and Trump is not a fan of Chicago.

And it is creating this very challenging situation where child care providers like her feel like they're really being targeted.