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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Tjgators, Jun 29, 2025.

  1. gatormonk

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    The only thing keeping the bottom 20% poorer is the ridiculously high interest rates. When that gets fixed the whole world will get fixed and the Democrats and that political lawyer hack named Jerome Powell knows this FACT.
     
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  3. gatormonk

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    The Nihilist Dems don't care about this... It's too bad, because President Trump is a good man... no matter how many character flaws he has. Lol. ;):)
     
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    The funny thing is the Trump supporters think by lowering interest rates the economy is going to boom without causing inflation
     
  6. coleg

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    High prices for food, transportation have a much more prominent role in disposable income for the bottom 20%. Rent is a huge issue and is actually the largest expense.
     
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    How exactly are high interest rates keeping poor people poor? Do poor people need to borrow a lot of money for some reason? I can think of a lot of reasons that poor people are poor, but high interest rates is not one of them, unless they are spending on credit cards that they can't pay off, or have student loans (even though most poor people do not go to college). Many poor people rent apartments, and do not have a mortgage. They may have a car loan, but that loan should not be what keeps them poor.

    Reasons I can think of include:

    * - Minimum wage not being raised in 18 years, while regular inflation has increased prices by 80% or more during that time.

    * - High tariffs create a special category of inflation, raising prices on top of regular inflation.

    * - Immigration policies of current administration are pushing out workers who provide affordable food and shelter (home construction & repair) for Americans, driving costs up. Even if they are renters, if the landlord replaces the roof, he will pass on that cost on to the renters.
     
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    I wonder how the American Demo-liber-gressives will react if DT is somehow able to end the insanity in eastern Europe. I may have to even watch The Nonsense ..... er View if that happens.
     
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    While wondering that, also wonder how Maga will reconcile TACO not getting peace signed, not adding any sanctions, and come out the the Alaska meeting blaming Ukraine for the war.
     
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    The only way to do that is if Trump completely sells out Ukraine and gives Putin what he wants, which MAGAs would be fine with.
     
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    that certainly seems to be what the left is hoping for
     
  13. gatormonk

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    HOLY CRAP! You believe everything Trump says?
     
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  15. coleg

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    Can you show any posts that reflect that, or is it the usual "off the cuff" made-up fantasy?
     
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    your post certainly gives me that impression
     
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  17. chemgator

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    There is zero chance that Trump ends the fighting in Ukraine, unless he starts sending massive amounts of military aid to Ukraine, which he is very unlikely to do. All Trump is doing is pretending to be a mediator (while issuing empty threats), so that if peace somehow breaks out in the next three years, he can try to take credit for it. Biden has done far more to end this war than Trump has (although Biden did not do nearly enough, IMO).

    If you want to see "The Nonsense", just tune in to Trump bragging about his negotiating skills, even though he has little or no success to show for his efforts.
     
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  18. coleg

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    So the answer is no, you don't have any actual posts that reflect that the left wishes the Alaska meeting to be a total failure.... except for your incorrect impression from my post. Out of curiosity, what in my COMPLAINT that dear leader would totally bungle the meeting, gives the impression that my desired outcome was for it to be a failure?
     
  19. g8orbill

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    this post sure seems to be saying it to me

    coleg said:
    While wondering that, also wonder how Maga will reconcile TACO not getting peace signed, not adding any sanctions, and come out the the Alaska meeting blaming Ukraine for the war.
     
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