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It Must Really Suck For You People

So you're saying Trump has the enthusiastic support of oligarchs?
 
How about

"I am utterly ambivalent towards illegal immigration, but I don't want food prices to go through the roof."?
 
I hear Elon wants to fire the Easter Bunny. He says Trump won't need him, he can get off the stage on his own.
 
The rightwingers are getting cocky, aren't they? It's giving me heartburn.
 
Yea, we have had some loud mouths who talked a lot of chit before the election that haven't been back since. Sore losers who can't take what they dish out.
 
I hear Elon wants to fire the Easter Bunny. He says Trump won't need him, he can get off the stage on his own.
Wow. would expect nothing less from you. Because there is nothing less.
 
No. Actually you'll have no one to blame but the garbage you voted in.
 
Trump doesn’t actually care about illegal immigration. It’s why he did exactly nothing about it last time. He also doesn’t care about gun rights, which is why he had bump stocks “banned” by the ATF and said it’s ok to take people’s guns, and worry about due process later.
 
Many of us gained a lot of equity in the markets and in property appreciation, though. Significant equity.
I did as well but I always invest heavy after any recession or in this case pandemic. The economy at that point has nowhere to go but up. I was very fortunate my first boss after the election took the time to explain the simple rule of buy low and sell high. It always works. The problem is people get out during the crash and buy back in much too late. The problem with this crash I was unable to work overtime and start buying like crazy after the vaccine come out. The reality of retirement. All I could do is wait for the inevitable rebound of the market. Unfortunately this rebound was followed by inflation to negating every thing I gained back. It is crushing the people living on SS that have no savings.
I personally never worked & billed more hours than in the 18 months following the pandemic.
The entire world shut down. So once it started back up there was a 2 year backlog on things people needed and had put off buying. That had nothing to do with the president. That was going to happen no matter who was in charge. It was the only salvation for the retired who were able to reenter the work place in order to survive the inflation.
Quite honestly, this sounds like an excuse to rationalize Trump's inevitable failure in reducing prices to below 2020 levels. It's just not going to happen, and if it did - it would crash the economy.
Trump is going to fail with prices. They are not going down. It can't be done. Once you spend the money and don't work for 2 years somebody has to pay. Go out and charge up your credit cards for 2 years and not work and see the results. You never get that back.

All we can hope for is he is able to stop this inflation and allow incomes to catch up. That is going to be tough for the poor who will be competing with the millions of cheap labor Biden and Harris brought in to hold down labor rates. Millions of people competing for all those lower paying jobs will not let wages go up.
 
The real problem with deductions are the only reason for having them is to use them to control what people do. Tax credit are used to get people to do what the government wants. I bought home instead of renting because of the tax credit. Without the tax credit it would have been better for me to rent. If the government wants you to save give a tax credit for IRA. It is basically a bribe the same as all the campaign contributions.
 
Nope.

I am just waiting for the train wreck.

 
The real problem with deductions are the only reason for having them is to use them to control what people do.
So? They aren't being coercive. They are offering incentives.

How is that bad?
 


Fascinating.
 
Biden wasn't going to help me. Trump isn't going to help me. Only I can help myself. Only you can help yourself.
 
The rightwingers are getting cocky, aren't they? It's giving me heartburn.


You'll feel a lot better if you come over to the dark side. It's a lot more fun and you don't have to be one of those grumpy liberals who find something to be outraged over all the time.
 
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