Microsoft rolling out absolutely insane price increases: +43% for Microsoft 365 personal subscriptions

Microsoft $MSFT rolling out absolutely insane price increases +43% for Microsoft 365 personal subscriptions pic.twitter.com/7AEnZzCOp6 — Wagie Capital (@WagieCapital) December 13, 2025   $6.99 → $9.99 per month for Personal plans $69.99 → $99.99 per year for annual plans Microsoft says the hike is tied to bundling Copilot AI into the base subscription https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-365-sees-43-percent-price-hike-thanks-to-copilot-existing-customers-safe-until-renewal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5420345/microsoft-365-43-price-increase …

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Real pay drops for 43%, inflation erases wage growth. Social Security checks to shrink $18,100 by 2033. Ground beef hits all-time high at $6.12 per pound

Prices climbed faster than paychecks again this quarter. Beef just broke $6.12. Social Security faces a mandatory 24% slash starting January 2033. And 40% of U.S. workers now earn less than the inflation-adjusted cost of living. Indeed’s real-pay tracker posted a July spike. 43% of Americans are losing ground on purchasing power. March’s level was …

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We now have the weakest armed forces in the post-Vietnam era. The Army is at only 62% capacity. Air Force Chief of Staff wants to limit the number of White male officers to 43%. How did we win WWII without DEI?

Trump plans to purge the Pentagon. How will they respond? Can our armed forces survive another presidency similar to Biden’s? Just a reminder: Biden said the greatest threat to our security isn’t terrorism, nuclear Iran, North Korea or China or Russia, but “White supremacy.” https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4989432-trump-defense-military-shakeup/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/26/bidens-new-woke-armed-forces-are-ready-to-fight-us/ h/t Reasonable_Mess_3327

The Euphoriameter hit a record 1.1 points. An all-time high 43% of investors doubting a stock market crash. The Schiller P/E ratio has hit 23-year highs. Enjoy the euphoric exit pump!

An all-time high 43% of investors think there is a less than 10% chance of a stock market crash occurring in the next 6 months 🚨 pic.twitter.com/c46U09cdsC — Barchart (@Barchart) December 6, 2024 This is wild: The Euphoriameter, an indicator measuring investor sentiment, hit a record 1.1 points, according to Topdown Charts. This metric uses …

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