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Calheel said:
Even a 2.7% average across four years would be highly optimistic. We are basically in a 2%-2.5% GDP world these days. That is why I laugh when all the Trumpers tried to defend the BBB by saying that growth would overcome the OMB budget deficit forecasts. They were getting on TV predicting that we would have sustained 4% GDP growth as a result of the BBB. It is just fantasy land.
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lawtig02 said:
I have a vague hunch that with the recent economic news, our resident MAGAs are in that awkward stage where they still want to support Trump, but they're having a harder and harder time explaining why this is different that what happened in Hungary under Orban.

I get it. Moving to the right (left) side sucks. But you guys will either have to do it eventually, or you'll get caught up in the meat grinder. No time like the present.
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Dude, it's a cult.

It's much easier to fool someone than to convince them they've been fooled.
 
Burgawnc said:
Not on topic but somewhat related by insanity: trump repositions nuclear submarines nearer Russia. What does trump care? He is 78. His decisions are made out of spite. Why not push the button?
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The upcoming documentary
"Run Silent, Run Stupid: Nuclear Submarine Policy 2025-28"
 
lawtig02 said:
Is the firing of the BLS commissioner because the jobs report is not what Trump was looking for the most embarrassing moment in the history of our presidential politics, at least since 1980 or so?

I get that Trump already owns number 1 through 265 on that list, but I'm seriously struggling to find a moment worse than this.

Maybe when he gave preferential treatment to the child sex trafficker who facilitated his own minor-fucking, which also happened today?

I'm happy to be convinced otherwise, and I'll agree that January 6 is always the standard. But is it possible he's trying to push the insurrection down the list?
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It shows how much of a far-right, qAnon-type of conspiracy theorist he truly is. He has lost his fucking mind.
 
ZenMode said:
It shows how much of a far-right, qAnon-type of conspiracy theorist he truly is. He has lost his fucking mind.
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He's not a far-right qanon-type conspiracy theorist. Far-right qanon-type conspiracy theorists have guiding principles, even if they're whack. He just says whatever makes him look good at that particular point in time with no regard to its accuracy or truthfulness.
 
Centerpiece said:
Is it too late to take everything out and put cash under my mattress?
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How much can you make busking across Europe today?

Have you thought about writing a book about your busking years?

Bland Simpson, now retired from directing UNC’s Creative Writing Program, still writing and performing, likely would love to see such a book.

He lives <1/4 mile down the road.
 
superrific said:
Maybe I'm a bit pessimistic, but you know how we say, "the president doesn't affect the economy that much"? Yeah, that was back before Smoot Hawley level taxes, pissing off our trade partners to where we are getting boycotted, deporting hundreds of thousands of productive workers, downsizing the government by a few hundred thousand, reversing investment guarantees, killing off growth industries like solar and wind.
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The courts may rein in Trump's tariff power -- although likely not before June 2026. But Trump has a tendency to reverse course when things look bad, so I'll rely on TACO to keep the average GDP at 2.0% between 2025 and 2029.
 
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