Commentary “How bad do you think it’s gonna be?” “Pretty [expletive] bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That’s all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood.” That was Michael Corleone asking Peter Clemenza how bad the fallout would be after he killed Virgil “The Turk” Sollozzo in the Godfather. But it could technically be a forecast for the economy today. Two years ago, nobody thought to ask the question. How bad do you think it’s going to be… after we shoot the economy in the head? That’s where any parallels to the 1972 classic end. In the end, Vito Corleone called a meeting of the heads of the five families and established a (temporary) truce. Today the president and his team are spouting off about the strongest economic rebound ever (What else …
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