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Some start-ups are trying to tackle the problem by recycling nets into commercial products
In September 2024 Gravity Wave workers and members of Coral Soul headed out for Mission Salobreña
Gravity Wave teams up with specialized dive teams for those operations
The port in Motril was one of the first to join Gravity Wave's efforts
Some start-ups are making soccer and volleyball nets others are making surfboards or bracelets
Gravity Wave works with companies that want to finance cleanup operations and partners that buy recycled materials
Amaia Rodríguez Solá said their goal is to create value through impact not just clean up the oceans
A brother and sister in Spain started a company to collect and turn ghost nets into furniture decorative materials and plastic pellets
Inflation is the most painful way to finance government promises
No one escapes inflation
Inflation squeezes workers whose paychecks do not keep up with rising prices
Inflation distorts the entire economy by rewarding speculation over productive investment
Inflation hurts retirees who relied on safe assets
Inflation is a silent unvoted-on tax
Borrowing to cover Social Security and Medicare shortfalls would push federal debt to about 156 percent of GDP by 2055 according to Congressional Budget Office
Social Security and Medicare shortfalls account for roughly $116 trillion including interest over 30 years
Leading lobbying industries in the United States in 2024 by total lobbying spending in million US dollars is a graph
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Funding lapse on Saturday morning would be third time in five months government came to halt
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Some price increases stemmed from tariffs other factors like housing and food costs played a larger role
June inflation highest since February Trump's tariffs increased prices
Prices are rising because of tariffs
Risk is that investors begin to doubt United States will pay back its debts and start demanding higher interest rates
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Country is still on track to borrow an alarming amount of money in coming years
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