The mistake was mine but the distrust it exposed belongs to all of us
Yesterday's email had two surprises: a formatting disaster and an accidental trip to the future. | In my "corrected" version, I reported on something happening on August 21, 2025 — which is bold, considering yesterday was August 11th. | While I wish I had a working time machine, the reality is much more boring and a lot more embarrassing for me. It was a typo, and the event I wrote about happened on August 1st. Not in the future on August 21st. | My apologies for the premature prophecy. | And about that formatting… the first email went out looking like a ransom note with giant letters, weird spacing, and unreadable on most devices. | Yesterday was… not my finest hour. | A few of you had fun with this. Here were some of the emails and comments I received: | "Since you can see the future, what are tonight's Powerball numbers?" "You're a wizard, Harry." "Please proofread. Seriously." "What the hell is this??"
| I deserved every one of those. | But here's the thing: while my formatting and date accuracy left the building, the message in yesterday's writeup still matters and maybe more than any I've sent recently. | The erosion of trust in official data isn't going away, and the implications for your money are real. | And it's not just the data. | Put simply, trust is scarce. | Only about one in five Americans trust the federal government most of the time. Congress is near rock bottom. Public trust in the Supreme Court has plunged, with just 41% of Americans saying it operates in their best interests. | Interestingly enough, the only institution still reliably trusted is small business, with roughly 70% support. | That's why I find it fascinating (and telling) that yesterday's email had some readers calling me a "left-leaning liberal Democrat" and others a "right-wing nut job." | All over the exact same words. | Those very different reactions say less about me and more about the climate we're in, where distrust runs so deep, everything is filtered through political suspicion. This isn't a red or blue issue. It's trust vs. doubt. | If you didn't get a chance to read the essay (in normal-sized text, with the corrected date), and the money moves you should consider making now, you can do that here. | Thanks for sticking with me through the glitches. | I'll do my best to keep the time travel to a minimum. | — Double D | |
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