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I can’t afford this Trump economy

Rubashov said:
Yeah the bird flu disruptions here haven't been as massive as they have been in the northern hemisphere, there was a worry that migrating birds would cause an issue here over this summer but it hasn't really panned out. The supermarkets as well are under a lot of political pressure here over pricing across the board which has gone through the roof.

I bought 4 steaks and 1.5kg of sausages yesterday and it was well over a 100 dollars, at the same time prices at the farm gate for producers have been hammered. We are getting ****ing hosed on prices, you can buy Australian beef overseas cheaper than you can buy it here. Its a disgrace, problem is the government is too piss weak to take the multinational supermarket chains and their multinational suppliers on for price fixing, even if they do the penalties are a slap on the wrist compared tot he profits they're making.
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Holy hell! Four steaks and 1,5kg sausage for 100 bucks...You should get that on a restaurant, as a prepared dinner and maybe then it should cost that. Wow...
 
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This is what eggs cost at the Harmons on traverse mtn in Lehi. $10 bucks for extra large and $9 bucks for large. Just a dozen.

No wonder why Trump and his cult are telling people to stop talking about egg prices. After months of promising us that he’d lower their costs so he’d bribe votes, he’s failing to deliver. And instead of working to solve this problem, it’s just easier to stop talking about it. Reminds me of what Trump did the second half of 2020 with Covid. Stop testing, stop talking about it, power through and pretend that the teevee president just doesn’t suck ***.


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Where are our very principled non-maga conservatives? Aren’t they angry at how Trump hasn’t fulfilled this promise? Why are we cutting Medicaid and national park rangers instead of lowering their costs of eggs? Is this what you voted for?
 
Sardines said:
Tips and overtime still being taxed and were not even mentioned during budget negotiations. In other words, it's never going to happen, Trump isn't even going to try, he was (hold onto your hats folks, this may shock you) lying.
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Has he repealed and replaced Obamacare yet? I remember he had concepts of a plan and told us to give him two more weeks. Has it been two more weeks yet?
 
Sardines said:
Tips and overtime still being taxed and were not even mentioned during budget negotiations. In other words, it's never going to happen, Trump isn't even going to try, he was (hold onto your hats folks, this may shock you) lying.
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Thats never going to ****ing happen.

Sardines said:
Nope, two weeks away is still two weeks away and will always be two weeks away forever.
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He will move on Obama care asap, they will need to accelerate their plans, Ive a feeling they're going to get belted in the midterms, he has to stabilise the junta before then. He wont be able to rule by decree in two years time.
 
Step-Back Lauri said:
Holy hell! Four steaks and 1,5kg sausage for 100 bucks...You should get that on a restaurant, as a prepared dinner and maybe then it should cost that. Wow...
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Dude last time i was in Germany, I had 5 pints, an entrée and Australian wagyu beef as a main cost me 70 bucks. You cant buy Australian wagyu (unless you go to a wholesaler, bout 160 from the wholesaler) for under 220 buck a kg here.
 
Rubashov said:
Thats never going to ****ing happen.



He will move on Obama care asap, they will need to accelerate their plans, Ive a feeling they're going to get belted in the midterms, he has to stabilise the junta before then. He wont be able to rule by decree in two years time.
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I think you're right. I just worry he has too many cultists at this point for the U.S. to ever fully reject Trumpism.

All the wannabe fascists in the U.S. are riding perma chubbies right now thinking this is their moment in history. They will be the ones to turn the world's greatest democracy into an authoritarian state.

They're so excited they can hardly sleep.
 
Sardines said:
I think you're right. I just worry he has too many cultists at this point for the U.S. to ever fully reject Trumpism.

All the wannabe fascists in the U.S. are riding perma chubbies right now thinking this is their moment in history. They will be the ones to turn the world's greatest democracy into an authoritarian state.

They're so excited they can hardly sleep.
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I don't know what do people mean by "world's greatest democracy", but that certainly hasn't been America in ages. I'd give Iceland a go as the greatest democracy. I feel they're most transparent and least corrupted democracy in the world. It also helps there isn't so many billionaires in smaller countries to bribe their *** off to get whatever they want. (Read: socializing money from mid class and poor to the rich)
 
Sardines said:
Tips and overtime still being taxed and were not even mentioned during budget negotiations. In other words, it's never going to happen, Trump isn't even going to try, he was (hold onto your hats folks, this may shock you) lying.
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And to be honest, just like the billionaires tax cuts, not taxing those things was/is a bad idea. It's a dumb idea to cut revenue when you are trying to get out of debt.

Imagine you are in a bunch of debt. So you cut your spending. Cut down on your subscriptions and eat out less and don't go on vacation etc. You find that you are able to save $200 dollars each month. That's great!
But not so great if you tell your wife to quit her job that was bringing in $1000 dollars per month.

That is basically trumps plan to decrease the deficit. Cut spending and then cut revenue by way more than the spending cuts.

So dumb.

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fishonjazz said:
And to be honest, just like the billionaires tax cuts, not taxing those things was/is a bad idea. It's a dumb idea to cut revenue when you are trying to get out of debt.

Imagine you are in a bunch of debt. So you cut your spending. Cut down on your subscriptions and eat out less and don't go on vacation etc. You find that you are able to save $200 dollars each month. That's great!
But not so great if you tell your wife to quit her job that was bringing in $1000 dollars per month.

That is basically trumps plan to decrease the deficit. Cut spending and then cut revenue by way more than the spending cuts.

So dumb.

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There is a balance, though, when you're talking about people at the low end of the income bracket. The money a server doesn't pay in taxes is going to be spent, stimulating more economic activity than if it just went to the IRS. A billionaire paying less taxes is unlikely to increase their spending, especially not on necessities or in a way that will make a significant impact on their local economy. There are millions of tipped employees and a handful of billionaires. Millions of servers who can now afford an additional pair of pants and the fancy spaghetti sauce, or even just avoid falling behind on their car payment is a plus for their local economy. Not sure where the tipping point is that would make letting them keep more of their money would cost more than just taking it to apply to the national debt is but I think we're not too close to that point right now.
 
BabyPeterzz said:
Would love to hear the President address this very real issue around costs.

He’s doing all this inflationary stuff, we have bird flu, costs continue to rise.

Not an address, a plan, words of encouragement to reassurance. You know, leader ****. Just like COVID, Danold ***** the bed in an emergency.

This hurts poor people first and the most. Keep pissing them off I guess, the guillotine’s are being sharpened already. Not to mention more than half the country that care about their money and other people, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, EU, UK, and other entire countries fuuuuucking hate MAGA and Danold. They’re waiting for the left to get violent, what happens when it’s everyone smacking you in face? Just sayin….


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He's literally incapable of it because he doesn't have the first clue how. He's been repeatedly asked to simply explain the purpose and endgame of his tariffs to the businesses it's affecting, but he won't. Just a simple two sentence response and he can't bring himself to even do that.
 
TheStormofWar said:
He's literally incapable of it because he doesn't have the first clue how. He's been repeatedly asked to simply explain the purpose and endgame of his tariffs to the businesses it's affecting, but he won't. Just a simple two sentence response and he can't bring himself to even do that.
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The fact that so many consider him to be exceptionally intelligent and capable continues to baffle the ever living **** out of me.
 
fishonjazz said:
And to be honest, just like the billionaires tax cuts, not taxing those things was/is a bad idea. It's a dumb idea to cut revenue when you are trying to get out of debt.

Imagine you are in a bunch of debt. So you cut your spending. Cut down on your subscriptions and eat out less and don't go on vacation etc. You find that you are able to save $200 dollars each month. That's great!
But not so great if you tell your wife to quit her job that was bringing in $1000 dollars per month.

That is basically trumps plan to decrease the deficit. Cut spending and then cut revenue by way more than the spending cuts.

So dumb.

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Really good post. Everyone should see their taxes go up. I think billionaires and millionaires should see significant increases. But I’m fine with everyone paying a little more. I’d like to get deficit spending under control under good economic times. Especially since Trump is plunging us into another recession which will likely require more bailouts to keep the recession from becoming a depression.
 
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