• Geobloke@aussie.zone
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    If the economy is good, the accepted wisdom is interest rates go up

    You idiot, you should have said "I told you so,"when the jobs report came out bad and added that the “high interest rates were killing jobs.”

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    He’s so dumb, he doesn’t even know how tariffs work, good job America electing an absolute dumbass who couldn’t even pass a civics class if he had to!

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        the core premise of capitalism

        “Lie, cheat and grab what you can without getting caught”? He certainly seems to understand that.

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      Problem is that even if he choked on his burger and coke at lunch, and had dinner with the devil, neither of the next two in line could pass a civics class either.

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        Nah, Vance could pass, he literally has a law degree from Yale and had to earn his college tuition in the Marines (as a journalist/propagandist).

        Civics knowledge isn’t the same thing as ethical behavior.

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          It doesn’t take much intelligence to be a journalist ofr the military. That’s a fortunate-son posting for the most part.

          Yale, sure. He’s booksmart, and as his subsequent career has shown, he knows what to kiss and when.

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          If you refuse to answer the questions correctly because acknowledging facts about our system of government would undermine your weak justifications for your fascist behavior, the fact that you actually knew the correct answer deep down doesn’t change your score

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    It’s not just causing inflation, it’s causing the worst unemployment rate since covid. Congratulations you fucking asshole your plan to destroy the country is working really fuckin well.

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    So do Americans (edit: who support Trump) understand that they are the ones paying the tariffs? When Trump tells them how many billions he’s collected in tariffs do they realise it’s their money he’s collected? I keep wondering if I missed something…

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      Yes, many Americans do understand this. But many others do not, and those are the ones in charge now. We don’t want them to be in charge but there’s not much we can do about that at the moment.

      I don’t understand why non-Americans assume we’re all as stupid as the trumpers.

      We are not a hive mind.

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        But many others do not, and those are the ones in charge now.

        It’s not a question of understanding. It’s a question of what they choose to tell the rubes.

        there’s not much we can do about that at the moment

        There’s a lot we could be doing, but we’re not.

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    Then why the fuck do you argue against raising taxes on corporations? Why do tax breaks mean “more jobs, more growth” but somehow a literal tax on corporations in the form of tarrifs don’t affect the economy?

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      I just saw an article on fox business about Arizona Tea raising their prices due to aluminum tariffs, filled with comments calling the company “liberal puppets”, claiming they are price gouging and calling for the government to start regulating the prices for everything.

      Maga are fully prepared to say every company is anti-trump and raising prices to spite great leader. Gonna be a wild ride.