To be clear: this isn’t the “we stopped paying promised grant money” but is literally the federal government yanking money out of an NYC bank account.

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    That is disingenuous bullshit. The tax cut is for corporations and the wealthy. No one in the middle class or lower will see a drop of tax savings.

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            Yeah, that’s not how it’s worked out in the past. That’s what the elites tell you will happen, then they pocket all the money. It doesn’t “trickle down” like Regan (who increased taxes over his term) lied to you. That is provably not what happens.

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              America’s economic outperformance is a marvel to behold

              "In 1990 America accounted for 40% of the nominal GDP of the G7, a group of the world’s seven biggest advanced economies, including Japan and Germany. Today it accounts for 58%.

              America’s outperformance has translated into wealth for its people. he ultra rich have indeed done ultra well. But most other Americans have done pretty well, too. Median wages have grown almost as much as mean wages. A trucker in Oklahoma can earn more than a doctor in Portugal. The consumption gap is even starker. Britons, some of Europe’s best-off inhabitants, spent 80% as much as Americans in 1990. By 2021 that was down to 69%."

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            You are either a troll or willfully detached from the human experience.

            Good luck finding happiness.

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                What majority? The majority that voted against Trump? The super-majority that at minimum didn’t vote for Trump? I don’t think you have a firm understanding of the facts as they stand…

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                  Trump won the election. EC landslide, trifecta. You need to get over that. Trump + RKJ received the majority of the vote. RKJ made it clear he dropped out of the race and endorsed a Trump. He is now in Trump’s cabinet.

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                    EC, not the majority of votes. Stop changing what you said.

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        You’re not fucking entitled to disagree with objective facts! Now quit spreading misinformation.