Nov 2024
11:29am, 6 Nov 2024
9,968 posts
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simbil
I guess its going to be a nasty shock when Trump slaps import tariffs on Chinese goods and inflation climbs then.
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Nov 2024
11:32am, 6 Nov 2024
23,005 posts
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DeeGee
jda wrote: "say" That figure sounds completely absurd to me, doesn't have any plausibility that almost half the population is actually poorer than they were 4 years ago. But "feelings" of course. Obviously I can't speak for America, but the same month I had a modest payrise, my broadband went up from £49-£71 and the price cap rose on energy. Giving me less money left at the end of the month than the month before. And something like a third of my payrise was taken by the government before I even saw it. So even the amount I paid in tax went up. So if someone came along offering to reduce government spending on stuff I don't care about - which might just give me a few extra quid in my pocket, then its already a tempting argument. Wrap that up in a flag and point out that the money's going to things/people that aren't even from my country - when I'm having to cut back on my needs merely to get by - and you can see why they find the orange one's rhetoric so moreish. |
Nov 2024
11:34am, 6 Nov 2024
6,886 posts
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paulcook
Bingo.
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Nov 2024
12:00pm, 6 Nov 2024
46,640 posts
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SPR
How Trump pulled off an incredible comeback bbc.co.uk Includes some of the points we've discussed on the last few pages. Also talks about how this administration could be different as it won't have the "veteran political advisers and staff who showed him the ropes and constrained his actions". Also "he doesn’t seem that interested in playing by the rules of the game". |
Nov 2024
12:11pm, 6 Nov 2024
89,174 posts
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Diogenes
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Nov 2024
12:16pm, 6 Nov 2024
6,887 posts
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paulcook
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Nov 2024
12:25pm, 6 Nov 2024
29,977 posts
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richmac
This is it, what are they going to do when he can't deliver the grocery/fuel price decrease, unflation decrease & wage rises he promised ?
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Nov 2024
12:32pm, 6 Nov 2024
9,969 posts
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simbil
Unfortunately I think the answer will largely be to blame the whole system and not vote again, at least until the next unicorn salesperson swings by and says they'll fix it.
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Nov 2024
12:44pm, 6 Nov 2024
26,020 posts
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larkim
We need an Obama, Kennedy etc to rise for the Dems to calmly unpick and counter Trump over the next 4 years. Or even someone to rise from the GOP as a centrist candidate that will look to cleanse US politics. Where is that future leader today? |
Nov 2024
12:51pm, 6 Nov 2024
18,071 posts
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jda
No, they just need to find a fraudulent demagogue, preferably a rapist, to shout abuse at people.
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