@delphy35z Darn! I was really hoping that was the culprit. By the way, I was basing my guess on these two lines from the LE.
"<TuningLoadFinished>True</TuningLoadFinished><BadObjectCC>False</BadObjectCC>"
"Exception thrown while calling remove on object_Fabricator:0x01f8106fadd91422 (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'bucks_tracker')"
These are what made me think CC could be playing a role. Even if the recycler isn't CC itself, I wonder if you may have recycled a CC item that threw off the bucks system? Do you have any mods that add items to the game? Something you might purchase through the phone or computer that shows up in your sim's inventory? It could've been something that you may not have realized was a CC item. Again, this is all just a guess. I wish I knew the exact answer for you.
If / when you do decide to do a reinstall, make a backup of your TS4 folder first and please test in a fully clean save to see if you have the LE before installing any CC/mods or adding in your existing saves. Let us know if the LE occurs in the newly installed version. If you don't get the LE, then you could test copying / pasting one of your current saves from the backup folder to the new saves folder and whatever mods / CC you need for it, then look for the LE again.