I certainly hope you’re right about it actually being a “third rail” as the OBBB aims to reverse that expansion far beyond where it started. Seeing the elderly in wheelchairs protest this at the capital only to get arrested and their hands zip tied does not give me hope.
Let me start by saying: Fuck Trump.
But it would be nice to have a single policy from Democrats that is forward thinking enough to make it unalterable in the near future.
Republicans, for decades, have been dismantling every progressive policy put forth by the DNC at a rate much faster than they can create them. This has now gotten so bad that it includes undoing law settled decades ago like Roe vs Wade.
ALL of this damage could have been avoided if Democrats put ANY effort into making their policies permanant instead of easily altered in the near future.
They had the chance to codify Roe. And now it’s gone, and likely never coming back. They had the chance for the universal health option in ACA. And because of a single complaint from Lieberman, it’s now gone and never coming back.
Bidens Inflation reduction act is now no different.
I find it incredibly frustrating to hear you say “this policy would have remained in effect no matter what happened to him if Congress and a future President left it alone” when there is decades of evidence to suggest that it would not be left alone.
Democrats have had their policies easily removed for going on 20 years simply because they continually lack the foresight and humility to consider their efforts can be so easily undone by a loud idiot with access to social media.
They learned nothing from Bush W. And doubled down on it not happening with Trump.
It has been decades of blatant negligence on their part to create policies with any foresight built into them.
The GOP is about to ban AI legislation for 10 years, so it is unquestionably feasible for the DNC to do the same.
Joe Bidens legacy is much more likely to be related to this lack of foresight as it clearly effected the very election itself (no primaries) in addition to his policies.
Agreed. And if it wasn’t clear, I think Trump is an idiot. He sees everyone but himself as an enemy, including a vast majority of the country he is President over. He’s not saving the economy in our country - he’s working exclusively for himself and dismantling it for his favor.
The defense money discussed in this meeting is very likely going to Trumps family or friends (like the literal 2 Billion his son recieved from Saudi Royalty) As our economy is very much on its way to another great depression, including the corruption and needless Tariffs that caused it last time.
Everyone that works with Trump gets ass fucked, because the only thing he wants is fealty and self enrichment. There is no benefit towards our country or citizens in his actions, just himself.
At the very least, the leaders of NATO understand this, and sucked his dick over this deal just to make sure the US didn’t leave NATO as Trump has made very clear he gives no fucks about. Without the US’s military backing, NATO is at immediate threat of hostilities, certainly by Russia who wouldn’t hesitate to push past Ukraine and into Europe as Putin has made clear is his goal. The leaders of NATO are simply making a deal with the devil to avoid literal hell.
It sucks you have to deal with those consequences, but at least you have a government that isn’t banning abortion to kill more of your people through sheer ignorance.
Yep. But the point is Donald doesn’t realize his dick is getting sucked by someone trying to get a favor out of him rather than just because he’s such a swell guy.
He’s a narcissist. All he sees is compliments, not the clear manipulation behind them.
Give Trump praise, he’ll do exactly what you say. Which is why he thinks Putin is his best friend. Putin is just using Trump as a convenient idiot that’ll do anything asked as long as Trump feels he’ll be complimented by it.
All he has to say is something like:
“Oh Donny, at this time your big hands and strong will are our only hope. Won’t you please bomb Iran to protect the world and become it’s hero?”
And that’s all it takes to start WW3. And Trump would post the message thinking it’s a compliment.
Dude. Even with good credit they will fuck with you. I’ve been with Wells Fargo since '84.
Started a business in 2014. Asked them for a business loan in 2023.
My credit score was over 700. I have multiple credit lines I pay on time and have been for years.
WF said I was pre-approved for a business loan of 100k.
After 6 weeks, they denied my application.
Simply because of one missed payment (by 15 days) on a credit card in 2020. (I incorrectly thought this card had a no payment forgiveness grace period due to the pandemic.)
Its a broken system that only works for those that already have capital. They will find a reason to deny you no matter what.
Real answer: insurance salesman in the 90’s.
This was a slightly exagerated, but rather typical upper-upper-middle class house.
A friend of a friend’s dad had the same job, and a similar sized house. Guy had his own pinball room.
He also had a daughter that was in a secret relationship with my girlfriend (that they thought I didn’t know about.)
Scissor-box it out with your “friend” all you want, free pinball is free pinball.
If you Google:
“fiat currency debt spending”
Here is the first AI result: (bold emphasis is mine)
- Fiat currency is a government-issued currency not backed by a physical commodity (like gold) but by the issuing government’s credibility.
- Governments can issue debt (bonds) to finance spending, and this debt is typically denominated in the nation’s fiat currency.
- The ability to create and manage fiat currency gives governments flexibility in responding to economic needs and influencing monetary policy.
- However, excessive debt can lead to concerns about the government’s ability to repay, potentially eroding trust in the currency and leading to inflation or devaluation.
- Inflationary effects: Increased government spending, especially when financed by printing more fiat money, can lead to inflation if the money supply grows faster than the economy’s production of goods and services.
- Inflation risks: Excessive reliance on debt and monetization (printing money to finance debt) can lead to inflation or hyperinflation, eroding the currency’s purchasing power.
If you have a source stating anything close to what you’ve been saying instead, nows the time to use it. Otherwise, you are objectively wrong, and above is the proof.
Followed by the fact Moodys just downgraded the US’s credit rating for the first time ever:
(And Clinton’s surplus is the crash you want to focus on? Really? Anything else maybe happen around that time in 2001 to cause that market issue instead? Maybe something in September you were never supposed to forget if you are an actual American?)
It makes no difference to you. To be very clear.
But it makes a hell of a difference to any country whose debt China is no longer buying.
Especially if that country has a budget always in the negative like the US.
How about we just check back here in a year to see how much one of us is wrong? Because I’m sure by then you’ll be caring a lot more about how little of our debt China is then buying.
No where in the last decade has the fed printed 30% of all Dollars in existence. Tell yourself whatever lullaby you want to hear to sleep at night, but the US and the Dollar is unquestionably fucked.
China is literally decreasing its purchase of US Treasury debt as we speak. So you should know as a proud defecit spending country, we actually need people to buy that debt so our system doesn’t collapse.
Every economic indicator is flashing red whether you’re paying attention to it or not. Denying these clear facts as hyberbole is just proof of how you were propaganda’d into letting everything become so completely cooked that you’re now in ignorant denial that it’s hot.
Thanks for proving my point.
Since 2020, 30-40% of all dollars that exist now were printed.
The inflation that’s happened since then is a result of more money being put into a system with the same amount of fixed goods (read Buffet & Friedman). It takes years for this adjustment to happen after printing, which is why inflation has been rising until 2025.
It took Zimbabwe 10 years to hit hyper inflation for example. We’re still in year 5.
But we’re doing the same as them: Printing more dollars.
So in a few years, this means everything will simply be worth 30-40% more here. No matter what Fox TV personality in a government position tells you.
Looking up data on how long we’ve been dealing with inflation now (4 years) and comparing that time frame to all the other times this countries inflation lasted this long (2008, 1929) reveals a pretty obvious result for what’s going to happen next.
Awkward as hell I have to point you to open a history book from the 30’s about a previous US administration run by robber barons who thought Tariffs would stop rampant inflation. It did for a bit (where we are now) but what happened next was the great depression.
I sincerely wish there was a way to place reminders in Lemmy so I can see how much your comment aged like milk by the end of 2025. Because it’s astounding to me how financially vulnerable you’re willing to be in the face of inescapable market forces that you simply ignore to believe whatever the TV tells you instead.
There is a literal historical record for everything happening now, that’s very likely going to keep predicting what happens next.
Inflation is artificially low because of Tariffs destroying demand (prices go down when people don’t buy things) the cause of our inflation (adding more money to the money supply) is still very much an active problem with no solution.
Enjoy the Trump Depression. It’s going to be the “greatest” one we’ve had yet.
Pretty sure it was unconstitutional for Zimbabwe’s fiat currency to do the same. But it did.
How high is Dollar inflation going to get now before people realize market forces don’t care about their political feelings?
They didn’t include much race variation in the base game because doing so would require additional modeling and texturing for NPCs that would behave identically. For an indie studio, adding new characters, even NPCs, is costly to time and budget, so that work doesn’t happen unless there’s a need for that specific NPC to be that color.
This is why there’s so little representation in older games. That shit used to be way more expensive to make happen.
Buddha wants a “peace” of pizza.
Fasting grampa wants his life to matter, so feeds himself to Tiger instead of just bringing in another food source. Tiger gives no shits. But Grandpa lovers think his sacrifice was beautiful instead of unnecessary.
Not the Buddhist teaching. But my interpretation.
And one MAGA supporters should definitley read.
Still waiting.
Clowns like you are pretty funny. Especially when they laugh at themselves being the punchline. Really curious how long it’s gonna take you to realize it.
ROFL: Retarded Or Fucking Lonely. In your case, I think it’s both.
Right so this is a different concept to the definition of “duty” you gave previously.
It isn’t.
Please explain the difference between both to prove it.
I provided an analogy. Which doesn’t contradict anything.
I also already provided the definition of what an analogy is so I could mention it now.
Because your ignorance is very predictable.
I also accurately guessed you’d be backpedaling to saying there’s a seperate concept of duty.
And here we are.
Next up - you refusing to explain your own claimed differences between the concepts of duty.
The problem isn’t my answer. It’s your willful ignorance to understand it.
Simply put:
I asked about duty, not about “biological duty”.
Explain how these are different. Otherwise they aren’t.
Just FYI. I lucked out and won my local Blockbuster stores version of this contest 🙂 Made it to the state finals, but was too young to compete and got kicked out. (I was 11.) But you better believe I rented a free movie every month. Sometimes got away with 2 haha 😂