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re: Matt Walsh on affordability
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:29 am to Bunk Moreland
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:29 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:
Trump lit the fire with COVID money, Biden poured gas on it.
Yup, the CARES Act kicked off inflation.
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:33 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
Matt is right
He is right ! BUT
Covid and the consequences of the intentional money printing during that time is the cause of this. People have no concept of the amount of printed money that was pumped into the economy while NO ONE EARNED A SINGLE DIME OF IT. All done to intentionally destroy the country.
There is literally no way out of this manufactured disaster except to grow the economy as fast as possible and let the inflation (which can not be stopped) slowly, over decades, reduce the Government debt.
There is nothing else Trump can do but people dont want to hear it.
And so they will, ultimatly believe the lies of the left and send us further down the road to an even worse disaster.
But Matt is correct if he means that Trump should do a better job of addressing the concerns of the poor and appear to be doing things to help.
Again he is already doing the only thing that can be done. (growing the economy) but appearances matter and people are stupid so....it is what it is.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:34 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:
Trump lit the fire with COVID money, Biden poured gas on it.
If Trump “lit a fire” it was probably a very appropriate one. You can argue the wisdom of the covid lockdowns all you want (I was against them) but they were happening regardless of the president. And Trump was fairly good on lockdowns. He blundered in the beginning but then got it right.
Given the lockdowns, monetary expansion and covid checks were an absolute necessity; no respected economist believes otherwise. The question was, “How much?” Trump probably got it about right. We might have had some brief inflation, but that’s what you want to aim for - err on the side of too much because the alternative is very ugly, as Obama found out with his very slow recovery.
Our big problem came when Biden took over and wanted to cash in on the covid gravy train. He aimed for a $3 trillion stimulus bill, which fortunately was defeated when Sinema and Manchin balked. They eventually agreed to $1 trillion. That $1 trillion was on top of what was probably a prudent monetary policy by The Fed/Trump.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:35 am to Guntoter1
Launching an attack on Iran isn’t helping him.
His administration is unfocused. Again.
His administration is unfocused. Again.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:43 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Let’s talk about the affordability of food.
You have the Ukraine war. Since 2022, fertilizer has skyrocketed and is sourced from that area. US farmers can’t eat that expense so it gets passed on to the consumer. Then you have the higher price of fuel because of the Iran war. Fuel and fertilizer are the highest inputs in farming.
Add those into the already inflated prices due to COVID and printing money and it’s a recipe for disaster. Charlie Kirk preached that the GOP needed to understand the young people’s concern or they will turn toward Mamdanism. We are unfortunately seeing that played out in real time.
You have the Ukraine war. Since 2022, fertilizer has skyrocketed and is sourced from that area. US farmers can’t eat that expense so it gets passed on to the consumer. Then you have the higher price of fuel because of the Iran war. Fuel and fertilizer are the highest inputs in farming.
Add those into the already inflated prices due to COVID and printing money and it’s a recipe for disaster. Charlie Kirk preached that the GOP needed to understand the young people’s concern or they will turn toward Mamdanism. We are unfortunately seeing that played out in real time.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:48 am to GreatLakesTiger24
80% of us former MAGAts will agree Trump fricked up bigly his second term.
Affordability, who knew would come into play. I don't blame GOP fence riders for voting for someone else as our Congress is extremely worthless.
Thank god that they are tackling the important issues like NCAA eligibility though. That will certainly help put food on the table.
GOP needs to die and now.
Affordability, who knew would come into play. I don't blame GOP fence riders for voting for someone else as our Congress is extremely worthless.
Thank god that they are tackling the important issues like NCAA eligibility though. That will certainly help put food on the table.
GOP needs to die and now.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:51 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Insurance and property taxes are the major arse-rapes for me. Supposedly State Harm is going to be issuing dividend checks. Great. I can buy an extra rotisserie chicken or two. Not expecting any relief from property taxes. For some reason, RINOcucks have a stranglehold on assessor elections.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:29 am to dgnx6
Both can be true that inflation is down and prices are too high.
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