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CousinIT

(12,357 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:19 PM Nov 2024

What the idiots voted for:

What the idiots voted for:

Big tax cuts will swell the Federal deficit and suck more money out of Social Security & Medicare, which are already facing shortfalls. Mass deportations will also suck money out of entitlement programs. https://buff.ly/4eBCLp7



What the idiots voted for:

Mass deportations will rattle the job market and increase inflation.



What the idiots voted for:

Tariffs are a tax on consumers:
https://buff.ly/4eBCLp7



What the idiots voted for: https://buff.ly/4eBCLp7



SOURCE: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/frustrated-americans-who-voted-for-trump-await-the-economic-changes-he-promised

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What the idiots voted for: (Original Post) CousinIT Nov 2024 OP
An intentionally crippled economy lame54 Nov 2024 #1
Yes. Ruth BenGhiat says it is intentional, so the billionaires CousinIT Nov 2024 #4
if I did "thoughts and prayers" I'd do some for the trump humpers...but I don't do those nt msongs Nov 2024 #2
I hate to say this oldmanlynn Nov 2024 #3
They voted for TTTWD* to own the libs. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #5

CousinIT

(12,357 posts)
4. Yes. Ruth BenGhiat says it is intentional, so the billionaires
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:29 PM
Nov 2024

and authoritarians can suck up the spoils and leave everyone else to death.

oldmanlynn

(793 posts)
3. I hate to say this
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:27 PM
Nov 2024

But to some degree, we need to sit back and watch Trump and the Republicans burn the damn place down and maybe then maybe they will see the error and mistake in their ways. But that’s if that message gets through because Trump Russia propaganda might tell them the place is fine, even though it’s on fire and they will believe him

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