We took a road trip for spring break. Flights were outrageous. Gas was fine. Made sense.

But I built in the seasonal spike. I always do. Spring break demand, summer blend switchover, refineries making the switch... I planned for all of it.

What I didn't plan for was a war.

A war that nobody voted for. A war launched while this country was already behind on mortgages, behind on student loans, behind on car notes... and bleeding jobs at a pace we haven't seen since World War II.

In Episode 33, I'm getting into all of it. The gas prices hitting families right now during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The delinquency numbers that were already at historical highs before the first bomb dropped. The 300,000+ federal jobs gone and the unemployment rate that's now past 4% and climbing. And the one thing war has always been really good at... distraction.

This isn't political. This is financial. This is real.

War is hell at home. War is hell on your wallet. And the people absorbing the cost aren't in the Situation Room.

They're at the pump. They're 90 days behind on a mortgage. They're refreshing their email waiting to hear back on a job application.

I'm Stoy Hall, and this is Let's Get Real. No guests. No filter. Just facts, finance, and what you can actually do about it.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2EHdfqGSEm0

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