Either he lies all the time or he tells the truth, can’t have both. I’d love to try elimination of the income tax in exchange for tariffs but there’s no way it’s going to happen despite whatever campaign promises were made.

That was the covid spending, the inflation reduction act, the constant wars. Literally the one thing both sides agreed on.

It is an answer. The legitimate things trump does wrong are drowned in the sea of biased reporting. Even now with the tariff talk. These false stories of companies skipping christmas bonuses and crying wolf. What happens when they really do put a tariff on something they shouldn’t. That’s going to be a blip and not be remembered. What if it does spur domestic manufacturing of something, won’t be covered either. You end up in a situation where people just tune in or tune out based on their bias and end up completely uninformed at both ends.

Then we are certainly wired differently. I have no need to keep the “herd” going or to do what others demand beyond the practical. There is probably a collectivist vs individualist argument here too and the voluntary and involuntary aspects of cooperation herein.

Same as how I’m paying into social security I’ll never collect. Same as how inflation punished me for saving and cut the value of the currency almost in half.

No tariffs have been set but we’re going to just assume they’ll be put on items we can’t even make. 100% tariffs on everything, trade isn’t something you strategically do.

This has always been the case though. I’ve seen someone retire and they offer you a choice on how to structure your SS and pension, monthly, lump sum, etc. Generally those pensions are going to be much higher than social security anyways. For the few that still get them. i.e. predominantly public sector employees.

These provisions reduce Social Security benefits in proportion to a beneficiary’s pension amount, which impacts individuals who receive pensions from employment not covered by Social Security.

So you get a pension and your SS is reduced by that amount? Isn’t that the point of the pension? Big nothing burger.

There you go assuming everyone is a progressive again. Reality has a “liberal” bias when you surround yourself in an echo chamber.

Literally what worked and what didn’t. Everything is tainted with putler orange man bad. His coverage is 98% negative. The people dissecting him have an axe to grind and are hard to take seriously.

This is why you lost. The entire media complex bombards me with your messages every day. On all platforms, through most institutions. I can’t throw a rock without hitting an opposing view, one opposing view.

If I disagree or question that view, I get banned. I’m not even the least bit conservative and I’ve had enough of it. Entertainment that “isn’t for me”, news that drowns out the real issues on trump with bleating about him being a rapist felon nazi… the list goes on and on. It’s one huge firehose of propaganda and I’ve simply tuned out.

You own the psyop machine and then cry about how everyone else isn’t living in “reality”. I had thought this would have been a wake up call for self-absorbed leftists but it’s looking more and more like you are going to keep doubling down. You talk about a “cult” and yet many say the same thing about you. No republicans killed themselves over trump losing.

Real NNN. Instead of jerking it, have actual sex because those don’t count.

This is what government does. It finds you breaking some arbitrary rule and makes the worst possible outcome for all parties involved. Then they pretend and act like it’s for your own good.

Squirrels don’t normally carry rabies. There were plenty of other options.

Maybe they should go fight in the wars they start. The sentiment isn’t wrong. Who can even claim this is some kind of violent threat with a straight face.

So don’t sign up. Go without.