A Maria Antoinette moment

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Wilbur Ross, a billionaire and the current Commerce Secretary, doesn't understand why federal workers who don't get paid can't get a loan from a bank.

"Wilbur Ross 'Doesn't Understand' Why Furloughed Workers Need Food Banks | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC" (Watch on YouTube)

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[gomberg]

My relative in question did, in fact, spend most of the post-war period collecting stamps. He sold his collection when Latvia (where he lived) joined the EU.

Well, I do not even, really, collect. I satisfy my hunter-gatherer instincts by hoarding used books (mostly history and art). I pretend, these have pure use value for me (I am no bibliophile - I just like books). And it is, indeed pretty damn heavy.