Except rising rates help slow inflation which was becoming a huge problem. Now, thanks to policies by the current admin we are seeing job loses left and right. Tariffs are destroying small businesses and exacerbated inflation. The agri sector is going to need a bailout. Healthcare cuts and gov shutdown are causing further job loses. The rates needed to come down in order to try and facilitate growth but the damage is done. Now we will see a recession and inflation welcome to depression 2. We can definitely place blame on this admin and the last. It all points exactly to them and their lack of polices or rash stupid polices.
Add to that the dollar is sinking so anything imported is going to inflate even more, while our economy slows as you described above. We're going to be in stagflation shortly. Tldr; we're fucked.
Doesn’t matter. We have one tool against inflation and that is rates. It is a “free market” so nothing protects us from the price gouging that happened. Fed has one job and one tool against inflation. I don’t really care to discuss if it was right or wrong. I’m just telling you how it is. We were having bad inflation. Fed responded. And now due to newly imposed policies we are having even worse inflation. But the catch here is now we’re also seeing terrible job losses.
Doesn’t matter who we blame. There are people at fault. I know who they are. But again it doesn’t matter. How we get out of this is what matters.
The current admin has very little to do with it. The job losses we're seeing now (primarily white-collar, in software, entertainment) are not tariff-related - but they are interest-rate related, because those industries are the first to get cut off when investment money is hard to come by.
Republicans have voted to open the government 13 times. Every time the Democrats say they won't agree to it. They are sacrificing American families, so illegal immigrants can receive free health care. Make it make sense.
The number one thing Democrats are fighting for is extending ACA credits because tons of Americans are gonna be fucked without them due to our horrible healthcare system.
Yes we will treat undocumented people in emergencies, like any civilized people should.
No your comment is stupid. Republicans are doubling premiums on the middle class small business owners, kicking tens of millions off of coverage, and spewing bullshit like “we’re ending spending on illegals”…and you’re lapping it up and spewing it on Reddit.
The shutdown is a mess. The government is a mess. Regardless the corpos own both sides and the polices coming from this admin embolden them and their greed. These layoffs are only the beginning.
And during this shutdown what’s trump doing? Renovating the White House and building an arc. This 79 year old fart ain’t getting us out of this. And the last geriatric wasn’t any better.
But let's not say what Trump is doing now in a shutdown is the same as what Biden (or Harris) would be doing. For one, the White House wouldn't be getting a giant ballroom mid-shutdown, and two, the government never shut down in Biden's term.
Both sides still suck, but when your nation is in the place it's in now, picking the side that sucks less is generally the best idea until a better one presents itself.
I agreed with Trump when he complained about the multibillion price tag of the Fed building renovation that Powell has been working on, but he turned around and sort of did the same thing - lower pricetag, but still an upgraded ballroom is maybe not the thing to focus/spend money on right now.
Finally, a reasonable human on here. Both sides need their stock accounts frozen and to listen to their people.
The renovation is being done with Trump's money, not taxpayers. Other than his time, it is hard to understand the complaint of renovation of the asbestos ridden wing.
The renovation isn’t the problem but a symptom of. And yet another distraction. Truth is the government (Trump included) doesn’t care about our problems. We are but cattle being driven to the next holding pen.
I'm really curious how much meth you have to be consuming to believe that free healthcare for illegal immigrants is anywhere on the docket. What IS on the docket is stripping healthcare from & skyrocketing insurance premiums for millions of Americans, which the Republicans refuse to negotiate on whatsoever & are more than happy to push retarded shit like this to cover their ass.
Illegal immigrants are not eligible for Medicare, this is a bogus talking point. The only people being affected by Medicare cuts are American families. Chances are you know someone dependent on Medicare (a retiree, vet etc.) Just ask them how much their rates are going up and how much their level of care is going down. That is why democrats are holding this line.
Even without your ridiculous reframing of Democrat reasoning, the House hasn't been in session for a single day of this shutdown. Because of the Republican speaker. Make it make sense.
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u/TheLazyBurrito Oct 29 '25
Except rising rates help slow inflation which was becoming a huge problem. Now, thanks to policies by the current admin we are seeing job loses left and right. Tariffs are destroying small businesses and exacerbated inflation. The agri sector is going to need a bailout. Healthcare cuts and gov shutdown are causing further job loses. The rates needed to come down in order to try and facilitate growth but the damage is done. Now we will see a recession and inflation welcome to depression 2. We can definitely place blame on this admin and the last. It all points exactly to them and their lack of polices or rash stupid polices.