I spent Memorial Day reading about US Marines in the Pacific
Dad served in the pacific in the Army.
He mostly talked about the fun things they did, playing baseball with the USO, stealing liquor out of the bags of officers they were unloading, catching monkeys to sell to the sailors, etc. But every once in a while he would get quiet and the stories that would come were horrendous.
Mom said he walked the floor of the house every night in a nightmare, not quite asleep and not quite awake. She knew better than to wake him, he would talk as if he were constantly under attack. He'd return to bed and awake in morning, get dressed and go to work like nothing happened. She didn't know him before the war so she had no reference but his mom said he changed. How could he not?
In the end he was one of the most patient, forgiving and loving man I ever knew. He never raised his voice in anger because as he said "I've seen enough anger to last ten lifetimes".
This past weekend Bessent went on TV to tell Americans to lower their withholding taken out of their wages and if they do that, it is a "pay raise". I am sure there will be people that listen to that nonsense.
I once had a 1040 client who made $180,000 and only had $175 in federal taxes withheld. When his inevitable tax bill arrived for 4/15 and he had spent all of his paychecks on building himself a race car he wanted to know if he could sue his employer for not withholding enough.