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Running the US into the ground just like his businesses.
It's exactly what Warren Buffett said about him; an interviewer in 2016 asked: "What do you think about Trump winning the presidency, he's a businessman"
Buffett laughed and says: "Yeah, every business he has run, he run straight into the ground." (Still thinking it was a theoretical question)
Reporter goes: "Yes, but he is President Elect"
Buffett's smile just kinda melted as he realized the new "business" he would be running, was the U.S.
(The full interview is difficult to find, so I found a short one minute snippet remaining on YouTube)
I mean let's just put them together as what they truly are, since according to Bannon this all started from 4chan. Kekistocracy
But I heard the SNP is $50,000! They just don’t wanna talk about that.
Blondi was talking about the Dow Jones when she was trying anything and everything to distract for her coverup on behalf of the Epstein Class.
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It's not any more...
I predict the administration will take this feedback and examine ways to… just kidding, there will be deranged posts, threats, and some kind of ham handed attempt to take over or disband the CBO.
Don't forget the 1000 mentions of passing the blame to Biden and how much they have to spend to revive the country or something like that.
I know people in the CBO. They are... bean counters. Very very good bean counters. But, maybe even easier to fascist away than the Fed.
Who would have thought the king of bankruptcy would have done this!?
Remember when conservatives at least pretended to be fiscally conservative?
Now it's 100% a bigot platform. No room left for pretending about actually governing.
simple solution to fix social security, at least, is to remove the cap on contributions, so the billionaires can pay their share.
I dont know what the fuck we're gonna do about the debt though.
Deficit spending has historically worked out well because the US has been able to borrow at a rate lower than inflation, making it actually cheaper to borrow money and pay it off later. The national debt isn't much of a concern unless we tank our credit and reputation.
So it's a huge fucking concern.
My understanding is that our debt burden now equals our GDP with interest payments about 1 trillion dollars annually. Looks like we're headed into a debt spiral with an economy stalling. Not an economist, but it seems like a worst-case scenario.
Thats okay, we're also tariffing the fuck out of everyone and alienating any and every trading partner to the point they are seeking to replace us with alternatives.
Surely that will fix everything.
Yep. Everyone is in the "get out" - phase right now. Tariffs was a weapon for economic war against another country. Trump uses it on allies. Your president and vice president, litterally calling EU blood suckers, and blames us for your horrors. Even though we litterally only bought american tech, infrastructure, militiary equipment, entertainment, etc. To please the united states for keeping us safe. Now you say we gave you Nothing back. This is not a great way of treating trading partners.
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I swapped most of my savings to Euros instead of American Dollars. A member of my residence thinks that is a weird move. Hopefully, one of us will be wrong.
My bet is that as the economy falters further and the world abandons US treasuries, he's going to make things even worse with QE and forcing rate cuts. Problem is that I have no idea what to do with that prediction. Plant beans and stock up on iodine?
I am investing in ways to make my future costs lower. For example, I have solar on my house. It covers about half of my bill, and will for the foreseeable future. I am looking into additions to solar, as I live in Alaska, and need to figure out winter times.
I am looking into heat pumps, they aren't great for dead of winter, but they might eliminate shoulder season heat costs.
We buy the best quality, and locally produced food and goods we can, to help support our health and our community resilience.
Buy once, cry once, whenever we can, because replacement of stuff will be harder.
We live beneath our means, and take the money we save being boring and pay off debt, so that we truly own what is ours, because someday, paying a mortgage or for a vehicle, might be too difficult.
Practice using what you have, instead of buying stuff to solve your problem. Ingenuity is something that can be learned and practiced, but isn't something that comes naturally to people.
Learn to make stuff, or about your surroundings. If you live in a place you can forage, learn about what you can eat in your area to supplement what you have to buy.
Plan to be a poor person, because that is a situation that is likely, and that you can survive.
Most people will not make it, if we wind up in a situation where you are dependent on what you plant, and goods you stock up on. That stuff is just prolonging the inevitable. Total independence is just not a thing most people are prepared for mentally, or have the skills to pull off. So, prepare for a future where luxuries are limited, material goods are in short supply, and you have to figure out how to make do with what you have.
For example, I have solar on my house.
I was looking at the same. Some naysayer I know was saying it would never pay back before the panels "failed".
Of course, he was assuming that the panels would fail with 100% certainty at a certain period of time. He was also assuming that electricity costs are going to stay stagnant. If I have a battery backup installed, that obviously rejiggers things, and I'm assuming they not last very long, either at least when it comes to the timelines one talks about in regards to things like houses.
I am definitely not going to assume that, LOL. That hasn't even been true in the past year alone, nevermind what some of the more negative predictions have for how costs will be impacted by things like data centers.
Yep, the 'payoff time' on mine is long, but I am betting they last much longer than that, and that energy prices won't scale normally. I really want sodium ion batteries to work out, but they are sounding less promising.
We have a big natural gas shortage looming here, and most homes are heated with it. Such an obvious thing to be trying to prepare for, sure heat pumps won't heat all winter here, but... If I can generate heat using my free electricity 2 or 3 of the months needing heat a year, that is a permanent discount, that only gets better as costs go crazy. People around me don't really seem to be thinking this way.
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I am looking into additions to solar
a lot of places have little windmills here, if that works for you. they're relatively inexpensive and easy to maintain. the biggest concern is where the shadow goes (the pulsing shadow of the blades is not fun that hour it's on you) but more modern blade designs have helped eliminate that
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He's balancing the budget. Fake news. And that ten million, he deserves it. And those children he had sex with, he only did it to get Epstein arrested. We know the snowflakes don't like it when we get upset at them not speaking the way we want. They need a safe space from us trying turn America into a place that is secure for white christian people to never be disagreed with or competed with. The bluehairs can't handle us wasting our gasoline we complained costs too much when we roll coal on them. Lol haha sorry libturds you can't call us names anymore.
So fElon's illegal and fake "doge" didn't dismantle CBO? Seems like an oversight.
Yeah, he lies all the time. You idiots can't seem to figure out what to do about it.
But think about all the bribes and money he was able to personally slurp up. Sure, we'll have to shoulder the burden as American citizens, but won't it be worth it if he can afford another golden toilet?
That is the right american mindset right there! USA is a great economy, as long as the 1% gets even more rich. When they get richer, the 99% gets more crumbs. As it should be.
Of course the GOP will insist the solution is more cutbacks to benefits and mass deportations.
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That's not his problem!
They're planning on snapping the neck of the global financial system and forcing the world to use crypto.
I actually get the feeling that the US stock market is being turned into a pump-and-dump scheme, not piecemeal but entire.
It's weird, because I'm watching and reading about how many investors seem to be "quietly" shifting into more international funds.
If you even look at ETFs like VTI (closely matches S&P 500) vs. VXUS (International):
VTI went up 11.3% in the past year. Hey, that's beating inflation and not terrible.
But: meanwhile, VXUS went up 30.8%.
In the past, it was usually the other way around. ETFs that track things like the S&P tend to outperform ones that track the rest of the rest of the market.
I wonder what is different about the past year?
Also, I keep seeing articles like this. https://harveylawcorporation.com/why-more-americans-are-leaving-the-us/
I mean, I've been doing that.
Youre right- the general logic was sp500 and if anything, a bit in international to diversify. With the way the us is being run it's way more savvy to hedge your bets with vtiawx/vxus, especially when you know the ai bubble is propping up the American side.
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There is a lot of things I blame neo hitler for but “ the US on an unsustainable fiscal path” is something that has been true for decades, and is more a global consequence of capitalism itself.
Trump: Wanna see some magic?
MAGA: Sure.
Trump: Look over there it's an immigrant!
MAGA looks
Trump pickpockets
MAGA: Hey, where's my wallet?
Trump: Oh look, it vanished and it's now in my pocket! What a magic!
MAGA: You're so great!
I've given up people not being able to see evidence right in front of their faces or ignoring it just because it doesn't agree with their sense of reality it's just so enraging exhausting I'm so tired I just can't anymore if Republicans want to just burn everything to the ground fucking whatever. Even if dems gain control they're not going to do anything to reverse any of the damage he's done
So what they’re saying is really this is Bidens and Obamas fault? Diaper Donnie had nothing to do with this surely. lol
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