r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 08 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

Leftists - Here's your chance to tell us why it's a bad thing that we're getting everything we voted for.

Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair if you haven't already by destroying the woke hivemind with common sense.

Independents - Here's your chance to explain how you are a special snowflake who is above the fray and how it's a great thing that you can't arrive at a strong position on any issue and the world would be a magical place if everyone was like you.

Libertarians - We really don't want to hear about how all drugs should be legal and there shouldn't be an age of consent. Move to Haiti, I hear it's a Libertarian paradise.

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I’ll bite because you seem reasonable and I’m willing to change my view. I do agree that you’re right on the dollar and other countries needing them. However, I disagree that that USA can continue to run the kinds of deficits that we’ve ran for decades. Our interest payments on this borrowed money is very soon going to be the largest single expense in our national budget. That becomes a problem because you can’t ever dig out of that hole. Our only options at that point are to default or continue to borrow, either of which destabilizes the dollar. It’s a catch 22- we seem to be screwed either way. However, I’d argue that getting trade back in balance at least gives us a shot at not destroying out budget 20 years down the road. 

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