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Miles Archer

(24,616 posts)
Sun May 31, 2026, 11:41 AM 19 hrs ago

WHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future"

Aaron Rupar

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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
Going into debt is pessimism. no_hypocrisy 19 hrs ago #1
People are spending more on everything because everything costs more, you moron. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #2
Most of these guys are Bettie 19 hrs ago #3
What an idiot. hermetic 18 hrs ago #4
Of all the idiots in this administration this guy's right up there Ritabert 17 hrs ago #5
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

hermetic

(9,295 posts)
4. What an idiot.
Sun May 31, 2026, 12:07 PM
18 hrs ago

He also said that the economic harm inflicted on American consumers from the Iran war was “the last of our concerns right now."

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.
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:50 PM
17 hrs ago
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