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Pre-scripted talking point "The CBO is wrong!" Typical cult stuff (Original Post) underpants May 2025 OP
They don't believe in arithmetic. C_U_L8R May 2025 #1
I bet they did snowybirdie May 2025 #4
45 years later boonecreek May 2025 #2
The bill will be "jet fuel" for the economy like those planes were jet fuel for the twin towers on 9/11 unblock May 2025 #3

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3. The bill will be "jet fuel" for the economy like those planes were jet fuel for the twin towers on 9/11
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:19 AM
May 2025

Poor people spend marginal income domestically far more than rich people, who use their marginal income much more for investments, often overseas.

So I bill that massively resistributes wealth from the poor to the rich markedly dampens consumer spending, with a multiplier effect, which means lower gdp.

Theoretically, increasing the deficit stimulates the economy, except how you're spending the money matters. In this case, they're mostly stimulating overseas investment, especially when combined with the random tariff policies and random kidnapping of workers, which makes America a hostile place to do business.

They are torching the consumer, the engine of our economy.

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