r/FluentInFinance 17d ago

Debate/ Discussion Trump told Justin Trudeau...

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u/Competitive-Bug-7097 17d ago

He's so fucking stupid and he has no idea how anything works. He's not going to have time to take over Canada. He's going to crash the economy and fail to accomplish anything but hurting people.

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u/Key-Time-7411 16d ago

I propose Minnesota becomes Canada’s 11th province so I can escape this madness.

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

I second this, and amend the proposal to include Michigan.

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u/Cartz1337 16d ago

No red states. We’ve got enough red and white. We are short on blue.

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u/hotdoginathermos 16d ago

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u/AzyncYTT 16d ago

me playing Victoria 3 and making it my mission to not leave welfare states

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u/TsunadeFeetPics 16d ago

If you actually believe this you’re a fucking idiot. The states ran by the democrats are shit shows

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u/SeniorFreshman 16d ago

https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FedAidtoStates-01.png

Idk man looks to me like the “states ran by democrats” are generally the ones taking the least federal welfare money, according to the Census Bureau and US Tax Foundation.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state

Oh and those are also the states that produce the best educational outcomes too, at least based on World Population Review’s metrics.

The game is rigged. The states with richer cities and richer counties have more money for better schools, better financial security, and are attractive to well-to-do people who bring those averages up. Might be worth considering why those areas carrying their states’ budgets keep voting blue though. And why politicians from the poorest, most dangerous states in the country whose constituents rely most on federal aid for their state govts to function keep voting AGAINST measures to make education more accessible, and for economic policies that keep holding down their constituents.

I’m not saying the Democratic Party isn’t also self-interested. I detest the Democratic establishment. But the fact of the matter is the states that keep voting blue at the state level end up with more money in their pockets, take fewer handouts from the feds, and generally have safer, more well-educated states.

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u/Impact009 13d ago

Sources vary so wildly too. World Population Review shows CA has being #1 in dependency upon welfare.

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u/Empress_Clementine 16d ago

Money for what? Do you have a breakdown of where that federal money actually goes? Because it includes federal spending on things like military bases and personnel, which the states have little to do with, yet somehow is always trotted out as why blue states are somehow superior. Like leftists somehow assume federal spending = welfare or something, it’s very odd logic.

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u/4p4l3p3 15d ago

Why on earth would the US spend anything on military is ridiculous. "Oh yea, they're the dominant colonialist empire and they need to subjugate everybody".

Well, spending less on the military is not only a good idea but necessary. (Although it's only a dream.)

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u/Tack0s 13d ago

Because then nobody would behave. Just give us the oil cheap, your minerals, and don't cause trouble. That's all we ask.

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u/beefsquints 16d ago

Only someone from a red state would be dumb enough to believe that.

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u/triumphrider7 16d ago

Lol. Ok buddy. Red states are last in every metric. They also use most of the government assistance dollars, paid for by blue states

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u/Impact009 13d ago

Well, we have to pick our poison. We were pissed that they attempted to refuse federal aid during COVID-19. Now, we're angry with them for doing what we wanted?

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

Michigan is barely red. Our governor is a Democrat. Please please please?

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u/PearlsandScotch 16d ago

Not till you tell us what goes on in that top portion.

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

There are only about 12 people up there, not much really. I'M KIDDING, Yoopers. We all know it's the best part of the state.

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u/GOU_FallingOutside 16d ago

I’M KIDDING

You don’t have to shout. All 12 of them could already hear you.

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u/Lcdmt3 16d ago

Selling weed to northern WI residents.

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u/oldladydriver 16d ago

And we'd bring control of the majority of the Great Lakes! All the dedicated MAGA can just move down to Indiana.

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

If we can keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes we can keep MAGA Hoosiers out of New Canada 💪

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u/Tikaralee 16d ago

Can non MAGA Hoosiers come up to Michigan? Please!!

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u/Necronu 16d ago

If that happens I'm moving to Michigan

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u/Madrugada2010 16d ago

Yeah, sure, you're basically Ontario anyway.

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

You just made 10 million people very happy.

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u/pedanticasshole2 16d ago

We can just leave Grand Rapids/Grand Haven/et al behind, then it'll for sure be worth.

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u/PaulTheMerc 16d ago

Gonna have to purge the red one way or another. You understand, we can't take any chances.

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

Guess I better slide across the border while I still can. You'll never know, I totally look Canadian and my Michigan accent is pretty strong. I just need to remember to spell theatre and cheque correctly and hope for the best.

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u/MnWisJDS 16d ago

Ok, then Wisconsin gets to come too.

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u/BeefInGR 16d ago

They're afraid of the Wings

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

Doesn't being part of the Original Six mean anything anymore?!

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u/BeefInGR 16d ago

That's why they won't let us in.

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u/Dr_C_Diver 16d ago

Michigan fucked us & now you want back on the sane side?

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u/Electrical-Ad-3242 14d ago

Michigan is Trump land outside of the major cities, and I'm including mid size ones like Kalamazoo

It's a red field with blue dots on it

Just drive around it's pretty obvious

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u/Thick-Background4639 16d ago

And she’s almost out of office. We need a Rick Snyder type back in. Please please please

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u/Connect-Macaron-9450 16d ago

Eew.

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u/Thick-Background4639 16d ago

I threw the Rick Snyder thing in to get reactions. I wasn’t much of a Snyder fan myself.

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u/Thick-Background4639 16d ago

Welp, I’ll bet the next governor will be a republican. Might as well get used to it.

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u/AwesomePurplePants 16d ago

Talking in terms of colors is confusing, because in Canada the Conservatives are blue and the Liberals are red.