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I will never forget, how shortly after the election, I spoke to someone gleefully checking out their groceries. "I can't wait for prices to start coming down," she remarked, as if the mere presence of this addlebrained buffoon could have an almost instant and positive impact on our economy. As if a man who bankrupted a casino could possibly have the skills to drive down grocery prices single-handed.
I could only shake my head, "yeah that's not how tariffs work, unfortunately everything is about to go up." She made a face like she'd smelled Trump's diaper and walked away.
I've watched these imbeciles for decades, praising their Republican leaders for economies that Democrats spent 8 years rebuilding, only for those Republicans to tear it down again. Decades. This isn't a generational thing. Conservatives are rock stupid as a collective, and by definition cannot grow and change, only reveal more of their depravity and misanthropy.
They will never kick these sociopathic manipulators to the curb. Just like their deportee counterparts we've heard from recently, they'll praise him all the way to the grave. "I lost the house, but I still think Trump is the best person to lead the country."
He thanks you for your support, now please die quietly so he can shit on your lawn.
8 months ago:
I'm curious what that guy thinks today. Or if he's still in the US.
Good grief.
Yup, was getting an uber (I can't drive for very long or the pain starts), he was chatty and excited about Trump.
Asked what he thought about the anti-immigrant talk (oh obviously thats the bad ones!), and the fact that there was a pandemic and prices skyrocketed (Biden's fault even though that all started before he was in office), etc. Paraphrased obviously.
I don't know what can possibly be said to these folks to have them understand, but as a result, we have... Well all this current nonsense.
Yes, somehow Biden caused inflation in the US and the entire world. These people think a businessman is good for macro economies because they don’t understand macro economics at all.
Nothing, typically. I have encountered a few of his people from time to time who get angry when you explain how tariffs work. "Wait... what? Really?" But too many of them can't or won't comprehend the level of danger they are in. That we're all in.
At work, a CTO for a firm we were designing a solution for got upset because hardware was in customs, and tariffs needed to be paid.
He didn't understand why the manufacturer wasn't paying, and it had to be pointed out (by someone from the other company bringing this hardware) that tariffs are a tax on importing, not exporting, and for every single contract they have ever had, tariffs are paid by the client.
This was not a small company, either. We're talking about a fairly large firm in finance. And the CTO didn't understand how tariffs work.
We're fucked.