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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future"
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."
Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-31T15:24:18.844Z
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WHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
19 hrs ago
OP
People are spending more on everything because everything costs more, you moron.
Ocelot II
19 hrs ago
#2
I don't know if Hassett is an actual idiot, but for sure, that's what he thinks of the Fox audience.
Intractable
17 hrs ago
#6
no_hypocrisy
(55,513 posts)1. Going into debt is pessimism.
Ocelot II
(131,453 posts)2. People are spending more on everything because everything costs more, you moron.
Bettie
(19,926 posts)3. Most of these guys are
devoid of common sense and basic reasoning.
hermetic
(9,295 posts)4. What an idiot.
He also said that the economic harm inflicted on American consumers from the Iran war was the last of our concerns right now."
Ritabert
(2,672 posts)5. Of all the idiots in this administration this guy's right up there
Intractable
(2,434 posts)6. I don't know if Hassett is an actual idiot, but for sure, that's what he thinks of the Fox audience.