What would right wing media be saying about the Biden admin if.............

[struth]

The point is there's no legitimate reason for a tariff on Brazil. We have a trade surplus with that country, idiot.

Christ, are you cultists that craven?

I get you don’t think their leftist tyrantical regime, that censors speech, and targets leftist opposition is bad, but free people do

 

[Lesh]

I get you don’t think their leftist tyrantical regime, that censors speech, and targets leftist opposition is bad, but free people do

Since when do we get involved in stuff like that?

 

[g5000]

Lowering rates below the neutral rate is expansive/inflationary, the current 4.5% rate Is restrictive.

Yet inflation is rising. The economy is not ready for your "neutral rate".

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"The neutral rate for the Federal Reserve, which is the interest rate that neither stimulates nor restricts economic growth, is currently estimated to be around 2.5% to 3.5%. This rate can change based on economic conditions and is used as a guide for setting monetary policy."

There you go. The rate can change based on economic conditions.

Exactly.

Inflation is rising. That is a condition which warrants not lowering interest rates.

Trump wants inflation. He really does. It's obvious.

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There is justification to start lowering rates.

No. You've been infected with Trump's magical thinking.

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[g5000]

I get you don’t think their leftist tyrantical regime, that censors speech, and targets leftist opposition is bad, but free people do

Censors speech, eh?

Like masked government Gestapo agents grabbing a college kid off the street for voicing her opinion in a school newspaper?

A school newspaper. What kind of fascistic regime monitors school newspapers and kidnaps kids off the street for saying things the regime does not like?

 

[berg80]

Censors speech, eh?

Like masked government Gestapo agents grabbing a college kid off the street for voicing her opinion in a school newspaper?

A school newspaper. What kind of fascistic regime monitors school newspapers and kidnaps kids off the street for saying things the regime does not like?

That story has already been shoved down the collective memory hole along with all the other authoritarian actions taken by the regime.

 

[g5000]

I get you don’t think their leftist tyrantical regime, that censors speech, and targets leftist opposition is bad, but free people do

Targets opposition, eh?

How about all those lawyers Trump tried to ban from working for the government because they participated in investigating his crimes?

How about all those colleges and universities Trump has targeted for allowing free speech on their campuses?

Oh, and here's something right out of the Stalinist playbook.

Trump has made the Smithsonian remove him from their museum's impeachment exhibit.

Johnson is still there. Clinton is still there. But the guy who attempted a coup and tried to blackmail a foreign president into a creating false smear against his political opponent?

No longer there.


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Now you see him...

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Now you don't.

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[struth]

Targets opposition, eh?

How about all those lawyers Trump tried to ban from working for the government because they participated in investigating his crimes?

How about all those colleges and universities Trump has targeted for allowing free speech on their campuses?

Oh, and here's something right out of the Stalinist playbook.

Trump has made the Smithsonian remove him from their museum's impeachment exhibit.

Johnson is still there. Clinton is still there. But the guy who attempted a coup and tried to blackmail a foreign president into a creating false smear against his political opponent?

No longer there.


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Now you see him...

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Now you don't.

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He didn’t ban them, why do you lie?

He took there funds for violating the civil rights act. Free speech has consequences. They are free to be bigots but they don’t get federal funding

Why do they need to always have an impeachment exhidit? They often change their exhibits

 

[g5000]

"Targets opposition..."

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’​

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Nice museum you have here, comrade. It would be a shame if anything happened to its funding.


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And now this:

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum


Mentioning Trump's TWO impeachments in a history exhibit about impeachments is "improper ideology", dontcha know...


In addition to describing Trump’s two impeachments, the temporary label — which read “Case under redesign (history happens)” — also offered information about the impeachments of presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, as well as Richard M. Nixon, who would have faced impeachment had he not resigned. The Post viewed a photograph of the temporary signage.

Now that display has returned to the way it appeared in 2008


Dayum! President Stalin has had 12 years of history ERASED!

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[kyzr]

If you use backwards looking data, perhaps. The Fed's job is to be concerned about what is going to happen with inflation as Dotard's tariffs impact the economy.

Imaginary inflation vs current rate too high based on an actual neutral rate.

The Fed are political hacks, not politically neutral economists.

 

[g5000]

Imaginary inflation vs current rate too high based on an actual neutral rate.

The Fed are political hacks, not politically neutral economists.

Inflation.

Has.

Been.

Rising.

Since.

April.

Trump has political reasons for wanting to make it worse.

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[struth]

"Targets opposition..."

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’​

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Nice museum you have here, comrade. It would be a shame if anything happened to its funding.


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And now this:

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum


Mentioning Trump's TWO impeachments in a history exhibit about impeachments is "improper ideology", dontcha know...


In addition to describing Trump’s two impeachments, the temporary label — which read “Case under redesign (history happens)” — also offered information about the impeachments of presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, as well as Richard M. Nixon, who would have faced impeachment had he not resigned. The Post viewed a photograph of the temporary signage.

Now that display has returned to the way it appeared in 2008


Dayum! President Stalin has had 12 years of history ERASED!

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Why do you have a problem with govt museums simply showing objective facts? Shoukd the history museum not simply display facts?

Fascist regimes like the National Socialist and xiden’s used to distort facts

 

[Slade3200]

True. Trump ran on lowering energy costs, which should lower most costs.
If the "Law of Supply and Demand" works, by deporting millions of illegals, who got free food under Biden, should lower demand and grocery bills. Here is a link that shows how the costs of food items are tracking:

CBS News price tracker shows how much food, gas, utility and housing costs are rising

These charts track prices consumers pay for groceries and other goods now compared to five years ago.

www.cbsnews.com

Your chart shows years of decline trends and nothing but a rise since Trump took over. That’s my point. He ran on grocery prices. Not just energy. His policies of tarriffs and lowering rates will only increase prices and inflation.

 

[kyzr]

Yet inflation is rising. The economy is not ready for your "neutral rate".

Inflation is projected to drop. Too high a rate is restrictive for no reason with the neutral rate at 2.5%

FOMC Summary of Economic Projections, June 2025 | FRED Blog

fredblog.stlouisfed.org

There you go. The rate can change based on economic conditions. Exactly.
Inflation is rising. That is a condition which warrants not lowering interest rates. Trump wants inflation. He really does. It's obvious.

The rate in the EU is 2%. That the US rate of 4.5% is 2% higher than the neutral rate of 2.5%, as the inflation rate is approaching 2% is ridiculous. Economic conditions say lower the ******* rate, there is no inflation, and the 4.5% rate is too high.

 

[kyzr]

Inflation.Has.Been.Rising.Since.April.

Its been falling since January. Its nearing 2%, and the unemployment rate is rising. The Fed is ls late cutting rates.

Trump has political reasons for wanting to make it worse.

what reasons?

 

[struth]

Your chart shows years of decline trends and nothing but a rise since Trump took over. That’s my point. He ran on grocery prices. Not just energy. His policies of tarriffs and lowering rates will only increase prices and inflation.

Trump was not president in 2022

He was when this happened

Grocery prices experience biggest drop in almost 5 years

Food at-home costs fell 0.4% in April

www.supermarketnews.com

 

[kyzr]

Your chart shows years of decline trends and nothing but a rise since Trump took over. That’s my point. He ran on grocery prices. Not just energy. His policies of tariffs and lowering rates will only increase prices and inflation.

If that's true 2026 and 2028 will be blue waves.....we'll see.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I thought the goal was to fight inflation? Cutting rates does the opposite of that, right?

No. Where did you get that silly idea? The DNC? The liberal media?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You're obviously more well versed in economics than Jerome Powell.

Powell is a politician and not an economist. Nice try!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It is hard to win an argument with intelligent people.
It is impossible to win an argument with stupid people

Is that why it is impossible to win an argument with you?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I can handle ignorance and I can handle arrogance. Hell, we ALL have our moments.

But arrogant ignorance? No thanks. I'm done trying to communicate with that here.

So, you don't know and don't care?