Winston
Platinum Member
Yes, he knows exactly what he is doing. Well, maybe he doesn't, put those that are pulling his strings, they know exactly what they are doing.He knows what he's doing obviously
I mean there is a lot to unpack with this Trump administration. The "Smithsonian" EO Trump signed a stunning example. Inflation--he don't give a shit. Never did. He just used it as a campaign slogan making fake promises he knew he had no intention of keeping. Hell, in the first week he was in office he started backing away.
I mean this is a man that thinks "groceries" is an old word that is hardly used by anyone. He sure as hell doesn't have to buy them, and hasn't, probably in decades, if ever. And I am here to tell you, prices of "groceries" are just beginning to price in these tariffs.
But let's look at what has happened. First, massive layoffs of federal employees. Illegal, yes, illegal, elimination of funding for programs already approved by Congress. Farmers pay the price, those on Medicare and Medicaid pay the price, even going on Social Security has become more burdensome, for a damn reason. To keep the money out of people's pockets.
Look, we have all been getting fucked for forty fucking years. Unless you are worth at least a unit, and that is 200 million dollars. MTG made some major market investments right before the tariffs went into effect, she mostly bought Treasuries. And look at the financial statements of almost all Congressional representative, no matter the party, Treasuries dominate. The CBO has TRIPLED, did you get that, TRIPLED their estimate of interest cost on Treasuries over the next decade. I am telling you, short the damn things, pull a Paulson. But who gets those interest payments?
See, the wealthy and the powerful figured out long ago that it is better to loan the government money, AT INTEREST, than pay the government money in the form of taxes. This second Trump administration has taken that to the extreme.