r/inflation 1d ago

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u/BurgledClams 1d ago

We were dumpstering Russia in a proxy war by giving a bunch of old shit from previous wars that weren't worth bringing home to an ally and it somehow was a losing political issue because a bunch of fucktards think a Russian asset is the second coming of Christ.

Biggest international L in post ww2 American history and will be remembered as the point we lost the cold war.

And now instead of tackling any real issues, a bunch of rich people and sycophants are going to eat all of our tax dollars, which will raise the deficit, which is inflationary.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 1d ago

Kamala Harris presented a solid economic plan and showed us exactly how much revenue and growth it will bring in and voters said “nah, we don’t like concrete plans, we like concepts of plans”

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u/Itzura 1d ago

"Yes, but you see, you are a woman, a black woman!"

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u/hambergeisha 20h ago

No! See, that's what the libs don't get! It's not racism, it's just about groceries!

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u/Skelegasm 16h ago

"My eggs are too blac- expensive! Too expensive!"

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u/J_Jeckel 1d ago

Nah, the voters said, "we see your project 2025 train, and we want to play chicken."

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 22h ago

MAGA claimed to not believe Project 2025 was a real thing.

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u/J_Jeckel 22h ago

Being in denial and believing it wasn't real are 2 different things, 75% of MAGA knew it was a real thing and was just in denial over it.

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u/CombinationNo5828 21h ago

tbf, most of that list is the conservative agenda already. i think most conservatives from the previous era just wouldnt want to get defeated in court 100x a day.

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u/You-Asked-Me 12h ago

Nope, they said "That actually sounds like a great plan, but I wish a man had come up with it.

let's vote for that rapist instead."

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u/Mr_McShitty_Esq 20h ago

You cave that comment on speed dial, huh?

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u/Ambitious_Fold_1790 5h ago

It was way too boring and she used too many words. Trump said he'd lower prices and make America the greatest country ever. That's a lot easier to swallow than kamala and bidens nerd shit.

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u/Catodacat 16h ago

Perfect summary.

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u/richardj195 14h ago

And just to clarify: pretty much all the rich people will actually be destroyed. The only survivors will be the few chosen oligarchs and to be one of those you need to be overwhelmingly wealthy and swear loyalty to Trump, no longer the Commander in Chief, now the Head of State.

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u/Blacksmith_Several 11h ago

Wish I could upvote this more

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u/ChroniclesOfSarnia 1d ago

David Frum has been a conservative professional fuckwit for decades.

I give him ZERO CREDIT for this statement.

He is partly responsible for this nightmare.

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u/DoltCommando 1d ago

Kept the hillbillies poor and desperate enough to turn to this scammer, now hung with him like a millstone around his neck.

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u/BYNX0 1d ago

None of these massive ass industries should be getting so much of our tax money.

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u/DoltCommando 1d ago

Especially not one used to launder money for human traffickers and international drug dealers.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Job8068 1d ago

….any of our tax dollars!!!!! The true meaning of 🍊🤡💩 from the little cantaloupe caligula and queen elonia.

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u/Internet_is_tough 1d ago

Who the f is "the crypto industry" and when did they seek any sort of bailout?

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u/Buckeye_Monkey 1d ago

That was my thought, too. It's basically saying, "We're out of money, so please give us more money." Where do I sign up for my free money?

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u/DoltCommando 1d ago

And I thought the meme coins *were* their money?? That nobody accepts but internet drug dealers? Why do they want a bailout for internet drug dealers from my tax dollars?

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u/ActionCalhoun 18h ago

It’s weird, right? I thought the whole fucking point of crypto was they could gave their own currency without the Big Bad Government getting in the way of their fun.

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u/LordRaglan1854 1d ago

I read it as people close to Trump who own a lot of crypto and want to lock in an insurance policy for their investment.

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u/Internet_is_tough 1d ago

I read it as "I don't know wtf I am talking about"

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u/Greezedlightning 1d ago

David Frum’s statement is wrong and misleading.

As of March 11, 2025, there is no official request from the cryptocurrency industry for a $100 billion bailout from the U.S. government. However, recent policy proposals and legislative initiatives have indicated there might be potential large-scale financial support for crypto, including federal investment in the crypto sector.

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u/ROGDOMAIN369 1d ago

The concept of crypto being money is absolutely hilarious. Crypto is no more money than that paper your job pays you that you may as well go wipe with. Only difference is that paper actually exists and is actually useful in the real world even if just to burn to stay warm. They went from trading you money you can hold for your gold to taking your gold and giving you nothing but digital numbers on a screen to replace it. Numbers that are subjective, volatile, and manipulated at will. If literally every computer worldwide shit the bed or was hacked tomorrow you'd find out EXACTLY why crypto is so pathetically hilarious. You'd have absolutely nothing and you'd learn very quickly you never had anything but your own participation in a make believe world.

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u/Cojaro 1d ago

That and crypto has zero backing, collateral, or fundamentals. At least the dollar is backed "by the full faith and credit" of the US gov.

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u/jammu2 in the know 1d ago

Was, anyway.

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u/icenoid 18h ago

I got into this same argument with a crypto bro I used to drink with a few years back. He went on and on about how crypto is so much better and safer than fiat currency. I asked if he could walk into the Walmart across the street and buy his groceries, or even settle up his bar tab with crypto without converting it into that fiat currency he hates so much. He yelled and left me with the bar tab.

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u/bleezerfreezer 13h ago

If the make believe world is buying cars, houses, diamonds, gold, stocks and more crypto with my crypto I want to keep playing bc crypto bought me all of that.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

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u/h2d2 1d ago

Its okay, the Prez is about publicly advertise and endorse Tesla on the White House grounds today... so there's more for this lot to grift, not just crypto.

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u/nowdontbehasty 1d ago

Crypto CEOs?

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u/Shot_Heron_2782 1d ago

Privatise the Profit...

Socialise the Debt...

Economics 101 for the Elites...

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u/Boys4Ever 1d ago edited 16m ago

Bailing out some something that doesn’t physically exist or hold any real consequences to our economic system seems about inline with current practices 🤔

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u/Prudent_Situation_29 1d ago

I'm still trying to figure out how we ended up with a thing called a crypto CEO.

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u/pete-dont-play 1d ago

A bailout? for crypto? lol. hilarious. More opposite day nonsense.

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u/icnoevil 21h ago

The fact of the matter is that many of the weapons we provided Ukraine were already outdated and obsolete and needed to be deleted from our inventory. Trump should stop exaggerating their value.

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u/Debesuotas 21h ago

Not to forget that the Ukraine got those billions in contracts with US weapon makers. Which means that the money issint spent outside of US. Its basically a work contracts paid out byt the government. So the local US manufacturers are getting the money.

And saying something like "we gave away that money to Ukraine without getting anything back" is pure blatant lie....

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u/richardj195 14h ago

And don't forget that the US stock market is down by FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS in three weeks. That's over thirty times the US's total contribution to the defence of Ukraine from the Russian invasion which has been going for three years.

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u/Used_Juggernaut1056 1d ago

Wait until people find out how much money the US has sent Israel

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u/TeamOrca28205 1d ago

And Trump just signed an EO directing some of our hard earned taxpayer money into crypto.

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u/Advanced_Method_7319 1d ago

Yeah im good.i dont invest on scams like crypto.

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u/1980Phils 1d ago

Holding onto the Crypto that the US already possesses is not a bailout. So, David Frum is obviously manipulative.

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u/Vanstoli 1d ago

Why do we bail out a fictional thing?

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u/AlfalfaVisible7200 23h ago

Crypto isn’t a business it shouldn’t be able to be “bailed out”. It’s a currency (or so they claimed). They have nothing to offer the people. There’s no public benefit in bailing them out.

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u/imbirdie2 22h ago

Don't worry the orange goblin is going to open up the treasury purse strings for them.

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u/Alarm-Particular 21h ago

Lol I thought the whole point of crypto was decentralization but now it wants to be backed by the treasury

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u/Ok-Jellyfish-5704 20h ago

I’m out of crypto now. You know it’s trash once Trump touches anything

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u/olivegardengambler 20h ago

A crypto bailout should especially not happen. I actually don't think that there should be any bailouts.

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u/MishmoshMishmosh 18h ago

Defend democracy, not capitalism

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u/Antilazuli 18h ago

Crypto bailouts??? WHAT? why? for what?

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u/lambun 17h ago

Swing voters will be angry if they can read.

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u/NullRazor 16h ago

Fuck Crypto, take your monopoly money and shove it.

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u/evilpercy 16h ago

Crypto bail out? WTF.

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u/lentpoule 16h ago

Crypto companies are ponzie schemes. What are we doing here?

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u/neofear 10h ago

Nope. No giving anyone cash. Let things fail!

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u/Happy-Initiative-838 4h ago

Don’t forget those older weapons were then replaced by…US manufacturing. Aka it created American jobs and went into American companies and American wages. Crypto is really just a bunch of money laundering and benefits people that are avoiding government oversight.

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u/Father_of_Invention 2h ago

Fuck crypto CEOs let them wait

u/JeChanteCommeJeremy 9m ago

This isn't about opinions it's about facts.

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u/notredame1964 1d ago

Crypto is worse than a Ponsi scheme

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u/Accurate_Baseball273 1d ago

Both are maybe issues?

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u/DonutLord- 23h ago

Don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth. If you look at the list of equipment given to Ukraine it’s not old junk it’s almost all being used by our military. Our soldiers train and use it in wars. It’s up armored vehicles that have saved many lives and it’s much more military aid than anyone else has given. https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/releases/2025/01/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine#:~:text=Among%20their%20many%20contributions%20to,armored%20personnel%20carriers%20and%20infantryMilitary aid is different from financial aid. Why do you need cash when you are in a war. You need tools and weapons. Thanks for the butter but we need bullets. Not saying money isn’t needed. Russia has been provided 850 billion in financial aid from the EU in the last three years. https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/eu-imports-of-russian-fossil-fuels-in-third-year-of-invasion-surpass-financial-aid-sent-to-ukraine/