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BlueTsunami2018

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4. Driving the economy into the ground hurts everyone.

Reply to OrlandoDem2 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:23 AM

Jun 12

I don’t want people to lose their jobs and I don’t want people to lose their retirement funds. I don’t want more people starving and I don’t want people losing their homes.

We depend on an expanding economy for millions to stay afloat. There just isn’t any way this country is going to move to a more sane economic system any time soon, if ever.

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US Producer Prices Increased Less Than Forecast in May [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 12 OP

Prices are higher and still rising................. Lovie777 Jun 12 #1

TACO Walleye Jun 12 #2

Dissent is not allowed. Anti-Trump data is not allowed. Anyone who believes this shit is a goddamn fool! OrlandoDem2 Jun 12 #3

Driving the economy into the ground hurts everyone. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 12 #4

I'm sorry but the only way to cut the MAGA populism BS is for pain to descend upon America. OrlandoDem2 Jun 12 #5

The pain you are talking about purple_haze Jun 12 #6

Thom Hartmann mentioned that the wealthy like downturns as an opportunity to buy stocks on sale, while the working progree Jun 12 #7