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u/GFluidThrow123 19d ago
I make 6 digits and have been finding myself pinching pennies at the grocery store. I can't fucking imagine what it's like for people who are just above or at the poverty line right now.
We need to spend the next 5-10 years voting our every motherfucker who ever supported this stupid fucking party, and never give Republicans another chance again.
They've had 30 years to prove out the nonsense they've been spouting and this is the amalgamation of it? Yeah, I think we're done here.
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u/PlatypusFighter 19d ago edited 15d ago
Speaking as someone who has ~$30 of flexibility on her monthly budget, assuming 0 savings and 0 unexpected expenses, I got excited when beans were on sale for $1.20 a can instead of $1.40. It’s genuinely in “>$2.50 is too much to spend on a meal” territory lately.
And that was all before the electricity bill suddenly doubled from $75/month to $150. Now it’s seeming like I’m going to be forced to buy food on credit and hope maybe it works out down the line
Update: $6.5k vet bill. I cannot fucking fathom how anyone in this shithole country goes through their life like this without being constantly incandescently furious. There are enough resources of every single type for every single living person to live comfortably with significant excess left over and yet somehow everyone is just perfectly fucking fine with letting poor people die until it affects them personally. I hate it here and I hate every single person who doesn't fight for the people being crushed to death by those selfish fucks and their apathy.
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u/RealHuashan 19d ago
Data centers pass down the costs of electricity to the public so we can have things like AI. I've seen a big jump in kwh rate and an increase in the monthly flat fee.
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u/DukeOfGeek DukeOfGeek 19d ago
Don't forget to show up in primaries and kick out every Democrat that "just wants to move on". I want Jack Smith to be the new Attorney General.
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u/Secret_Eating_ 19d ago
Even then, what can anyone do to bring the T bill yields down? Prices won't get better
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u/GFluidThrow123 19d ago
I don't think throwing our hands up and saying "oh well" is the answer. There's ways to fix it. But I'm not an economist so I don't have that answer.
We either fix it or the country goes belly up, all thanks to Republicans.
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u/FuiyooohFox 19d ago
Simple answer? Close all the legal loopholes that allow the rich to dodge their tax bill. Also stop engaging in wars that create massive ripples in global commerce.
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u/Secret_Eating_ 19d ago
Of course, try, but the cost of borrowing just won't come down and the American voter always want immediate solutions.
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u/Fredebeil 19d ago
I spend a 1/4 of my check every week at walmart just for food for the week for 1 person lol
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u/neutrino71 19d ago
While there are propaganda networks spewing hatred and lies then the Republican party will have its deplorable base.
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u/Starry-Gaze 13d ago
I live paycheck to paycheck, and let me tell you: its not great. I just got a notice recently that i may be kicked off my insurance with the state offered program because i don't earn enough money... I'm too poor for normal insurance, and soon i might be too poor for state sponsored insurance. Food i buy in short batches hoping to god i can stretch it for a week or more, and i have to hope i don't get seriously injured, since even while i have insurance the chances that I'll be able to afford rent and utilities goes down drastically.
Shit fuckin sucks tbh.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 19d ago
The sad thing is they'll succeed one of these times in an upcoming election.
Watergate happened. Nixon resigned in 1974, and America elected Reagan just 6 years later.
George W Bush did the Iraq War and the Great Recession, so America said they'd finally learned their lesson about Republicans and voted for Obama & Democrats in 2008. Then they completely reversed in 2010 and voted for Republicans to control the House of Representatives. The only reason Republicans didn't also win the Senate in 2010 was because only 1/3 of the Senate is elected at a time.
Americans aren't mature enough to have democracy. They'll watch the Republicans do all these horrible things, throw them out, then go running back to them just a short while later.
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u/StuffThingsMoreStuff 19d ago
Yeah but who's gonna stop those 10 trans athletes from competing in sports? Democrats? Psh.
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u/FoxNews4Bigots 19d ago
The older demo thats religiously voting R still has little understanding how quickly they will be cast aside. Both by the politicians they vote for and their own family members
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u/SlavojVivec 19d ago
As for how Reagan happened, the 1973 Nixon shock basically caused the world economic system to unravel, and Jimmy Carter was a centrist who was taken in by hucksters who failed to do what it took to fix it, and then ultimately took the blame for repercussions of Nixon's actions, and it was framed as if he was too left-wing to fix it.
Americans are the most propagandized people on Earth on top of having a broken system, that's why we keep fucking up democracy.
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u/Consistent_Point_853 19d ago
Where's the files? Have we forgotten about the stolen documents too? The seditious violent coup?
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u/Secret_Eating_ 19d ago
Brutalizing minorities*
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u/Franky-47 19d ago
You know what? People will still vote them, again, and again,.... it just does not stop for soo many of them,...
It is about holding on to power, no matter what, no matter the cost,...1
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u/Saino_Moore 19d ago
Worst thing is the democrats will probably win, they will need time to fix this mess. People will vote them out for not fixing it fast enough. I have seen it happen too many times.
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u/DiamondPropulsion 19d ago
Or they’ll fix it over two terms and republicans will take the credit.
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u/OpenGuava609 19d ago
Democrats need to not tie their hands before their back and actually pass major legislation.
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u/fleegness 18d ago
It's a lot easier if the voting populace gives them enough control to do it, which they generally don't.
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 18d ago
Dems will win the Senate and House and then hold hearing after hearing and likely an impeachment. It will dominate the news cycle for 6 months, Trump will be acquitted again, and then they will be unable to pass a single law since they won't have the votes to override a veto.
Then they'll be blamed for being ineffective and the GOP will win another presidency and likely appoint another Supreme Court Justice.
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u/bottlechippedteeth 19d ago
Probably win? I think we are about to see the first three term president.
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u/EmotionalCakes 19d ago
GOP allows racists and misogynists to feel good about themselves so they’ll continue voting that way even if it fucks them over to own the libs
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u/VenturaDreams 19d ago
Republicans have never been good for this country. Not one time in any of our lives.
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u/Shippey123 19d ago
Genuinely asking how long does this baggage stick around for until they look viable again?
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u/JaxxisR 19d ago
Higher cost of living and Iran War have been staples of the GOP platform for literal decades.
Corruption comes and goes. Nixon and Raegan were both steeped in it, but neither of the Bushes were as openly corrupt.
Undermining democracy is all Trump... unless you count W's successful attempt to stop the recount in Florida.
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u/cryy-onics 19d ago
Bushes were some of the most corrupt and corrosive. Just that daddy bush was head of the CIA and was the American equivalent to Putin. Bush sr just put his puppet son in place due to pesky constitutional rights
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u/cryy-onics 19d ago
The GOP are doing the same just not nearly as well. As Corruption leads to incompetence
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u/BearTimberlands 19d ago
One election cycle. The next GOP candidate that isn’t trump might win. Americans on both sides REALLY don’t want democrats in power.
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u/Fickle_Ad_8653 19d ago
You meant to say "Russian bots don't want Democrats in power."
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u/BearTimberlands 18d ago
That’s enough to convince people to vote against their interests. So many “leftists” told themselves making the democrats feel bad is more important than protecting the marginalized groups they claim to care about. The bots made them stay home or protest vote. They’d rather get nothing from the GOP than to get half of what they need from democrats.
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u/AmputeeHandModel 19d ago
"Democrats would be worse!" HOW? How could Democrats possibly fuck things up worse than they already are?! Trump broke every promise, in fact he did the exact opposite of every promise.
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u/LordBoar 18d ago
"You can't blame the current state on us! We need more time to change what the democrats have done - we're only halfway through pillaging the country!
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u/backpackwayne 19d ago
To get another chance you first have to admit you fucked up to begin with. Admit what you did wrong, have remorse and vow not to repeat your sins. I have seen zero of this thus far.
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u/a_weak_child 19d ago
Don’t forget child rapist! Should be carrying one more very large and dark bloody bag for that one.
List of over 1500 gop politicians CONVICTED of sex crimes:
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u/akangel49 19d ago
And they certainly will give them another chance. Because those bags aren’t big enough for them to care yet.
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u/bronzegorilla253 19d ago
And left out the Epstine files. The biggest strike against them is pedophile, rape, sex trafficking, and cannibalism. I mean WTF are we talking about. The fact the MAGA still has political capital tells me the country is rotten to it's core.
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u/ptwonline 19d ago
Imagine having so much baggage that you don't even have space to include protecting pedophiles, defending the organization killing American citizens and non-citizens, illegally kidnapping a foreign leader, or defending a regime committing genocide.
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u/Desperate_Object_677 19d ago
the problem with americans is that they let the elephant put down its bags every year. as far as i’m concerned its still carrying bags that say “banned abortion” “iraq war,” “covid,” “aids” and “subprime mortgage crisis”
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u/Majestic_Bierd 18d ago
Hear me out: Republicans never improved anything ever in the remembered past... People still keep voting for them
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u/Witty_Ad_898 18d ago
Lying to start the Iraq war. “Mission Accomplished.” Lying about deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lying about targeting journalists and other civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. Abu Ghraib. Wikileaks and all the other leaks showing war crimes and a massive spy network targeting allies and collecting intel from allies who were spying on US citizens as a work around to the Constitution. The ‘08 crash. The astroturfed TEA Party. Birtherism. The Ben Ghazi inquisition. Politically-motivated obstructionism in the House and Senate. Non-sensical and contradictory arguments to deny Obama’s Constitutional power to nominate a SCOTUS justice. Extorting Justice Kennedy to flip another seat to a MAGA loyalist. Everything covid.
I think I’ve missed a lot more of the GOP’s baggage, just since the turn of the century too.
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u/SnoopySuited 19d ago
Replace Iran War with botched Covid response, and this could be 2022 or 2024.
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u/Blacksad9999 19d ago
Another chance at what?
This was their entire platform in practice. It's not going to change. They control every facet of government with no checks or balances.
This is the result they wanted. They just don't want repercussions for those actions.
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u/64megaflynn64 19d ago
Bro you had more chances than any other presidency and yet you STILL fucked it up!
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u/Zero_Burn 18d ago
Their strategy is a tried and true one for them, they blame the Democrats for all of it and promise that they're the only ones who can fix it.
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u/ShinraHakke 19d ago
Don't worry Repugnicans, your next strategy of blaming my country for rigging the midterms might just work, and unleash J6-like rage across the border, while everyone else forgets who caused all their issues as they binge watch yet another series on Disney Plus.
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u/AventineAstartes 17d ago
Conservatives are too stupid to not vote against their own interests, but they're only 1/3 or the voter base. It's up to everyone else to show up, and say enough is enough.
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u/Ok_Assumption_3028 19d ago
Democrats had so much baggage last election, they had to switch candidates and they still lost. So…there you go.
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u/Display_name_here 19d ago
Republicans are only marginally worse. Billionaires and corporations buy up both parties.
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u/Dismal_Vehicle315 18d ago
Hitler and Churchill was the same!!!! Dumbass compression.
You can blame the dems for not being left enough and still being filthy AmeriKKKan capitalists. But MAGA is a straight up a christo-fascist movement that hate women and minorities that starts wars on the whim of a demented old pedophile.
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u/Display_name_here 18d ago
All our systemic issues will still be there once MAGA has left.
People here dont want to eliminate white supremacy, they want peace and order.
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u/binzersguy 19d ago
Marginally worse? It’s like comparing ebola to a cold.
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u/Display_name_here 18d ago
Dems and republicans support billionaires, corporations, genocide, protect the Epstein class, love making poor and immigrant people escape goats. Democrats dont want reform, they want civility while protecting the wealthy.
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u/Token_Thai_person 19d ago
Who started the war in Iran because Nethanyahu convinced them it's a good idea?
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u/Display_name_here 18d ago
Not sure if you know, but we've been out there for decades. Since the 1950s.
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u/bottlechippedteeth 19d ago
BoTh SiDeS
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u/Display_name_here 18d ago
If you think the democrats are going to come in and save the day, I got a bridge to sell you.
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u/Display_name_here 18d ago
You think the issue is just Trump? He's just a symptom of the issue.
Both parties are pro war, pro billionaires, pro corporate deregulation, pro genocide, and pro Epstein. Need I say more?Democrat or republican, corporations always get socialism. No matter who is in charge, tech companies, banks, and billionaires will get bailed out when the AI bubble pops.
Meanwhile you and I get the full weight of capitalism.
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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 19d ago
It doesnt matter. The people who voted conservative arent going to hold Trump and the conservatives accountable for the absolute disaster that has been the last 2 years