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What’s everyone’s take on the current economy?
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:38 am
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:38 am
I’m home for the holidays, and my FIL can’t stop talking about how bad Trump is and how the economy is still trash.
Him: “Bread is up 40%!”
Me: “That’s $2.”
Him: “That’s still 40%, right? That’s a lot.”
He’s always been a money/numbers guy. I mean, I get it, no body likes spending $4-6 for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. Gas isn’t as high as it used to be, but it’s still high.
I personally think he’s looking at it from a 30,000 foot high view of everything, but that’s my opinion. He has acknowledged that his immigration reform policies are good, but he can’t also get over the fact that he’s a felon. A felon that he voted for.
Him: “Bread is up 40%!”
Me: “That’s $2.”
Him: “That’s still 40%, right? That’s a lot.”
He’s always been a money/numbers guy. I mean, I get it, no body likes spending $4-6 for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. Gas isn’t as high as it used to be, but it’s still high.
I personally think he’s looking at it from a 30,000 foot high view of everything, but that’s my opinion. He has acknowledged that his immigration reform policies are good, but he can’t also get over the fact that he’s a felon. A felon that he voted for.
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:39 am to finchmeister08
We're kicking the can down the road.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:40 am to finchmeister08
The rate of inflation is down but that doesn't mean that Biden's prices will go into reverse.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:43 am to finchmeister08
The economy is still arse.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:44 am to finchmeister08
It’s mixed. Gas & eggs are down, but I’m seeing obvious collusion in some other areas that are impossible to explain otherwise. Soda & chips are comically high, and for no valid reasons. Sure, junk food *tax and all that, but there should be an investigation into the cutting of SNAP payments for junk foods and their prices going up.
And the tariff claims are laughable.
* Clarification - not a government placed tax, but a windfall for the companies who just jack up prices because they can. As a business model, not a necessity.
And the tariff claims are laughable.
* Clarification - not a government placed tax, but a windfall for the companies who just jack up prices because they can. As a business model, not a necessity.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 10:47 am
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:45 am to finchmeister08
Better than when they took over but not anywhere close to how this administration acts like it is.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:45 am to finchmeister08
I'm making more money than I ever have and spending more money than I ever have on groceries, kids, etc. Extremely frustrated. Still better than if the Dems were in office though.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:46 am to finchmeister08
He doesn’t have any thoughts on the billions in fraud in blue states that have helped to wreck our healthcare system?
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:49 am to finchmeister08
Economy is doing great for those that work for a living and don’t sit on their arse.
Trump has brought back the blue collared workers and the middle class.
Trump has brought back the blue collared workers and the middle class.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:51 am to finchmeister08
Better learn to produce something rather than mange workflows or push paper around.
The economy is shifting under your feet and it has little to do with Trump or tariffs etc.
The economy is shifting under your feet and it has little to do with Trump or tariffs etc.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:51 am to finchmeister08
Inflation is bad, government is corrupt, and people are living outside of what they can afford. It has all been normalized so I don’t expect it to get better.
I am just trying to still save, take care of the family, enjoy life, and just wait to see where things fall.
I am just trying to still save, take care of the family, enjoy life, and just wait to see where things fall.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:52 am to finchmeister08
I think the economy feels fine if you live in the real world and buy real things.
Prices went up. Everyone sees it. No shite. Acting shocked that a two-dollar increase exists feels dramatic.
Gas is lower. Jobs are still there despite people complaining they can't find anything. Wages have moved some. Yes, it is uneven but it is far from collapse.
A lot of people want a crisis because they already decided they hate Trump. Everything gets filtered through that. No fricking surprise there.
The felon talk feels like a coping mechanism. If the economy was actually falling apart, nobody would need to reach for it.
Prices went up. Everyone sees it. No shite. Acting shocked that a two-dollar increase exists feels dramatic.
Gas is lower. Jobs are still there despite people complaining they can't find anything. Wages have moved some. Yes, it is uneven but it is far from collapse.
A lot of people want a crisis because they already decided they hate Trump. Everything gets filtered through that. No fricking surprise there.
The felon talk feels like a coping mechanism. If the economy was actually falling apart, nobody would need to reach for it.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:53 am to finchmeister08
There is very little the executive branch can do to impact the economy so it’s the same as it ever was. A can’t grow economy overrun by multinationals.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:54 am to finchmeister08
Our Congressmen and women are too scared to actually tackle the problem. Trump's spending isn't helping either.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:56 am to theballguy
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I think the economy feels fine if you live in the real world and buy real things.
Todays economy is dependent on how much credit you have. The only two things that can reset it are a collapse or new paradigm that grows economy with less labor and more tech.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:56 am to finchmeister08
If you’re poor, the things you have no choice but to buy are the things that have increased most in price: basic food staples, rent, health insurance, car insurance, fast food, etc. I don't care that flat screen tvs are cheap. I'm still using the same tv I bought 15 years ago. Gas is cheap now, which is great, but gas is always volatile.
The job market is atrocious right now. White collar is shedding jobs left and right and almost no one is hiring. Even the engineers aren't finding jobs. Blue collar isn't much better right now, tbh, and wages are preposterously low.
Prices are high even if the rate of increase has slowed down and wages are not increasing anywhere near the same rate to catch up, assuming one is getting paid at all.
I see signs of positive growth to be optimistic about the future, but times are very tough right now.
The job market is atrocious right now. White collar is shedding jobs left and right and almost no one is hiring. Even the engineers aren't finding jobs. Blue collar isn't much better right now, tbh, and wages are preposterously low.
Prices are high even if the rate of increase has slowed down and wages are not increasing anywhere near the same rate to catch up, assuming one is getting paid at all.
I see signs of positive growth to be optimistic about the future, but times are very tough right now.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:56 am to finchmeister08
The dollar (as a currency) is being purposely and totally devalued and demolished by the City of London-Swiss banking cartel.
This bodes ill for a US economy strength based on a stable currency no matter who is President or Emperor.
This bodes ill for a US economy strength based on a stable currency no matter who is President or Emperor.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 11:01 am to finchmeister08
Republican states are starting to take off (not quite there yet but heading in the right direction)
Democrat states are a disaster (as expected) - when every blue governor in the country focuses all of their energy and resources on stealing from Americans and Trump Trump Trump this is the outcome of their stupid shitty policies that are designed to destroy middle class Americans.
Democrat states are a disaster (as expected) - when every blue governor in the country focuses all of their energy and resources on stealing from Americans and Trump Trump Trump this is the outcome of their stupid shitty policies that are designed to destroy middle class Americans.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 11:12 am to finchmeister08
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He’s always been a money/numbers guy. I mean, I get it, no body likes spending $4-6 for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. Gas isn’t as high as it used to be, but it’s still high.
where is he buying bread that cost 4-6 dollars and a gallon of milk is $2.50 paid $2.15 for gas yesterday. my personal economy is great, and i honestly don't give a schit about how you and your crappy father in laws economy is doing.
lou holtz used to speak at my high school sports banquet every year when he was at arkansas, he used to say, "men when ever anybody ask you how your day is going, don't answer them, half of them don't care and the other half hope you're having a bad day"
i'm in the latter half.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 11:16 am to finchmeister08
Quality of goods are down while the prices are up but, that’s not on Trump.
GREED
GREED
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