Economics Thread
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I am predicting less actual spend than appropriated spend.
You said 'your kids' (congrats if you had your second!) - Just an amusing comment.
Especially because you know damn well Trump had nothing to do with school closures unless you want me to get you all of his comments saying schools hsould stay open?
sturg33
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Well i care about two numbers.
The budget, and the deficit.
I predict the budget and the deficit will increase. What do you predict?
Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer
President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or fall.
apnews.com
April 28th - Nice shoutout to Aces guy Polis here:
Later in the call, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said his state’s schools are not reopening fully before summer but hope to open some buildings for special education meetings and for small groups of students in vocational programs.
Yeah, this guy is better than Trump. L's are such clowns.....
sturg33
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It would be much better for your own credibility to simply say "he fucked up on covid and I hoped he learned" rather than this bizarre gaslighting that his hands were clean.
His CDC recommended closures and his pen authorized billions to schools who were closed
You care about a budget figure that is just appropriated spend?
And I expect the aggerate deficit to increase as well but not as much in terms of raw dollars as prior years.
Everyone 'fucked up on Covid' early on.
Who else said otherwise?
I was saying in mid March it was overblown.
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Early on in the Trump presidency thread you promised "massive spending cuts"..
Are we unwinding that now?
No - I believe we will see 'massive' spending cuts. Doesn't mean we won't end the year in the black. This whole system has been corrupted for decades and you expect turnaround in 2 months. Its a joke.
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No he always pushed a CR that continued the Biden spending levels.
He will get to sign a budget for next year with a red congress. I'm expecting it to be bigger than the Biden budgets. What do you think?
If we can't get cuts in October this year, when will we get them?
He pushed a CR to keep the government open so that Deportations can happen / negotiation of trade deals / etc...
You wanted to avoid conversation on the progress based on the March MTD budget deficit decrease and stupidly looked at fiscal YTD because it fits your narrative.
I don't know what the topline number will be. Its much more important what the projected deficit will be and I am expecting a much more responsible steward of our countries finances.
I’m only asking because you’re not usually this sarcastic about MAGA policy: do you understand what this chart is saying and you’re just making fun of Trump, or do you think your framing of this chart is accurate?
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Whats he gonna do when congress threatens another government shutdown in September? Newsflash, they will
I'm not avoiding any conversation, I promise you. I dont know what the march numbers actually mean. Was that expected? If not. Where is the money going? Retiring debt? Sent to tax payers? To Hegseths $1T budget?
If you believe the deficit will be reduced, then you believe either spending will be cut or revenues will be raised. I dont think spending will be out a time. Do you?
zitothebrave
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Trump has been pissing off the American consumer for almost 3 months now.
No, I’m not against any gains to our trade deals man. I don’t believe this will actually meaningfully result in much better trade freedom for America or economic gain, particularly due to the insanely conflicting and half-baked execution thus far, but if more countries open up trade more, I’m not opposed to mutually beneficial deals. We’re all stuck on this ride together, I’d prefer it stay on the road.