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Sessuch

(231 posts)
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 07:34 PM Jul 2025

Want to give nightmares to Trump and his BBB.

STOP SPENDING AND START SAVING.
Consumers control 68-70% of GDP. A 90 billion drop in consumer spending would equal a .5% drop in GDP.
That means that if all the voters who did not vote for Trump, did not spend discretionay money of $1500 - $2000 in the economy but put that money into their savings, the GDP would drop for a second quarter by .5%. That means a recession! Would Powell react? No. Interest rates are rising due to Treasury selling.
Make Trump afraid of you. Quietly send his "rocket ship" economy into an Elon Musk explosion on the launch pad.

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Want to give nightmares to Trump and his BBB. (Original Post) Sessuch Jul 2025 OP
I've been making a list drmeow Jul 2025 #1

drmeow

(5,961 posts)
1. I've been making a list
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jul 2025

of things I want to buy but have not. I've gotten a few from the local buy nothing group. There is an estate sale where I might buy some others - which I know is still spending money but at least it isn't supporting the manufacture/import of new goods.

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