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Feb 2025
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Impact of Federal Gov Shrinking

Victor Menasce
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On today's show we are speculating on the impact of the shrinking Federal Government. What will it mean? The superficial headlines are overlooking the real changes that I believe are coming. Do your financial models take any of this into account?

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