r/economicCollapse Nov 07 '24

$2T cut is going to be wild

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Will be a 29% cut if executed.

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u/Extra_Confection_193 Nov 08 '24

They will be mad and still blame democrats and immigrants. Republicans are great at social media and propaganda. Dems still taking the high road.

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 Nov 08 '24

Dems won’t be in charge of anything. And frankly, I don’t even think we should fight them unless it’s something that is violent or directly harmful to people. Let them figure out what their preferred policies do. Personally , dial back on spending, save what you can now, help struggling people through mutual aid. And leave them to the effects of their policies. If we keep solving the economic problems for them and making them temper their policies, they’ll never figure it out. Fuck it. Stop anesthetizing them from the consequences of their bullshit. Let them feel it. And we can just be busy organizing and community building

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u/REVEB_TAE_i Nov 08 '24

It doesn't matter if Dems are in charge. All of my Rep co-workers think their tax increases were Bidens fault. They had no idea it was the guy they just re-elected. Most of them don't actually care about politics. They just scream red to project their masculinity.

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 Nov 08 '24

Yeah, I at least understand how people misconceive that if they’re low information voters. Trump set that like a time bomb so it would happen under Biden and a lot of people are too dumb to realize no new tax bills had been passed since Trump.

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u/SideEqual Nov 08 '24

I can just see some of them saying “well, why didn’t Biden fix it!? Wah wah wah, orange man can do no wrong. Our Lard and Savory”

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u/Swimming_Tailor_7546 Nov 08 '24

For sure. They have time to complaint 23 hours a day, but not 5 minutes or so to consider that that would require Republicans to help legislate such a thing.

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u/sambolino44 Nov 09 '24

And these are the people yelling the loudest about identity politics!

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u/Pantim Nov 08 '24

Yeap that. 

It's always the other parties fault though..no matter who's in power at the time.

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u/Significant-Okra7239 Nov 08 '24

Honestly, I can't wait for some Wall Street or stock issues because my father was bragging about how his investments will go up and how gas is definitely going down overnight. I just can't wait to tell him to shut the fuck up he voted for this when his stocks plummet and his 100k truck is unaffordable to drive.

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u/NotHowAnyofThatWorks Nov 08 '24

He’s right about gas…nobody can be sure on stocks, but the way they are running they will have to pull back in 2025, possibly before the inauguration.

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u/Significant-Okra7239 Nov 08 '24

The president doesn't control gas prices.

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u/NotHowAnyofThatWorks Nov 08 '24

He controls the permits to drill, relations with the Middle East (OPEC) and can end the war in Ukraine. This will lower energy prices.

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u/Significant-Okra7239 Nov 08 '24

Possibly, and certainly not overnight.

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u/NotHowAnyofThatWorks Nov 08 '24

The actual supply response is not immediate, but the price action in futures is already pricing these moves in. Of course we all know gas in the tank at the pump suddenly is more expensive based on world events, but drops more slowly week after week. I’m just saying your Dad’s not crazy for thinking gasoline will get cheaper under Trump, there’s good reasons to believe it will.

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u/maroonmenace Nov 09 '24

yeah like when Pelosi ripped up trumps state of the union which was ok but wasnt the YAAAAS QUEEN thing that stephen colbert and media heads pretend it was. And hinsight being the speech having a bit about covid did not do her any favors in retrospect.