I’m surrounded by them here in the south and i have zero sympathy for them. Many of their business’s are starting to slow or fail and i can only laugh at them.
In the south people choose their political party at birth and treat it like a sports team that they REFUSE to ever give up on. Self destruction is one of their favorite past times.
My cousins live in the south. They chose that area because, in their words, it’s “expensive” where I live.
Last week, they vented about the housing prices and groceries. Their house market is now the same price as the housing in my “expensive” area. But their area also has federal min wage at $7.25 an hour. Where my city is double.
Did they vote for Trump?
This is their main issue. They always complained about paying property taxes in New York or some other northern state, but then also complain about the cost of housing, driving distances, car prices, and insurance. You also have to deal with politicians taking away your rights and passing shitty laws constantly that hurt you. So glad i don’t work retail anymore, hated hearing them complain about that crap.
You jumped with a parachute and decided to cut the cords, because who needs a social safety net.
Get Fucked, Americans! LOLOLOL
“This is not what I voted for!” - cue Morgan Freeman: It was, indeed, exactly what they had voted for.
Why is every sentence in this article its own paragraph?
Adblocker user spotted.
It’s because they show an ad every 5 paragraphs
The better question is, why do you not use an adblocker?
I installed a browser without AdBlock especially for the screenshot and for checking if they intentionally wrote dozens of “paragraphs” only to optimize ads distribution
The browser shown in picture is “open browser smart and safe”, by a company called “adpulse” that surely hasn’t designed it for maximize ad revenue.
I have no idea how this specific browser has an average of 4.7 stars over 150k reviews because the first thing it does when open is to show a full screen unstoppable 30 seconds ads for mobile gaming
Ah, that’s what I call dedication.
1.) Marketing itself to an increasingly illiterate consumer base.
2.) Was written by someone very young and/or ai.
Maybe a mixture of both.
Think how much it’ll keep rising when he’s fighting simultaneous wars in Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba and Mexico.
Ah yes more faces for the hungry leopards
Leopards gonna need Ozempic…
leopards might need to invite lions, and hyenas.
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Things have to get much worse before MAGA utopia can be reached where prices and taxes are low, the streets are clean and you only ever see white faces. Like, way worse.
These are some of the worst people you will ever come across. I hope it gets worse for them.
and only them. Unfortunately, we all have to be brought down by their hateful stupidity.
The people around here are so stupid. I talk about moving to MA or another North Eastern state and they’re like “The cost of living is so high there!” Yeah, it might be, but MA has some of the most progressive social safety nets and policies in the USA. The only thing I take grievances with are their restrictive gun laws. Other than that, no, MA looks far better than a shit stain red state I live in.
Yeah, it might be, but MA has some of the most progressive social safety nets and policies in the USA.
Like, not to knock MA, but your mileage really varies based on which neighborhood you’re in. The closer you come to NH, the worse things get. And Boston varies heavily by zip code, based on the prevailing income bracket.
Is the state better than West Virginia or Idaho or South Dakota? Sure. But its not some kind of paradise. You’re still in a heavily privatized and financialized capitalist hell-hole. You just live closer to the money, and that’s where we put all our nice things.
Yeah, know there’s variation even with where I live. Fair enough though, just that it’d be nice to have better job access than I do now. As well as generally better social safety nets. Had a friend be let go from a position in the area and while it took a while, his unemployment was like 80-90% of his income. Here, 40% is the best you get. The states I live in or nearby rely on a revolution of unemployment and employment for many people.
Do Harris Voters in Urban America think their cost of living isn’t also rising?
Of course, everyone does. It’s the result of Trump’s nonsensical economic policies.
Surely the Blue States with Dem governors and legislatures are suffering less, though, right?
Why would they? Trump’s economic policies affect prices all over the country. If people in a blue state are hurt by the tariffs, it’s still Trump’s fault.
Why would they?
California’s the 7th largest economy in the world. You can’t tell me that their domestic policies have no impact on their cost of living.
If people in a blue state are hurt by the tariffs, it’s still Trump’s fault.
Tariffs aren’t the only public policy on the table. Plenty of our inflation has come from chronically poor real estate policies, droughts brought in by climate change, energy shortages from data center consumption, and a contraction in the labor market caused by Boomer retirements.
States, blue and red, have experienced inflation going back to COVID and before it.
Liberals only seem to notice when it’s conservatives complaining under a Republican president. And their panacea - just vote Dem to fix it - never seems to deliver the promised relief.
California’s the 7th largest economy in the world.
You can’t possibly think that means they can supply everything they currently have themselves. That makes no sense.
You’re blaming very recent economic trends that are the result of Trump’s idiotic tariff policy on policies that have been in place for decades? Economic trends affected everywhere, not just blue states.
Can you explain why Democrat policies are the cause of the recent trend in RED STATES?
And what, JUST NOW, those policies stared having this effect and the tariffs are irrelevant?
No, Americans everywhere are suffering because Trump is an incompetent clown.
All the other things you’ve mentioned existed before the rising price hikes and Trump’s stupid policy. Amazingly, they didn’t cause these price rises UNTIL Trump’s policies came into effect. What a coincidence.
Inflation always happens, yes, but this is not run of the mill inflation. This is the price of commodities rising directly due to the tariff policy. Covid caused huge inflation because the world shut down and needed time to start back up. It dropped precipitously under Biden. Things have only gotten worse since Trump took over.
You’re desperately to downplay the effects of Trump’s policies and it’s absolutely ridiculous. Can you not take responsibility for anything?
So us not having a “panacea” discredits us entirely? Where’s your panacea? The economy has been stronger under Democrats recently. Trump raises the debt more, he gives breaks to billionaires and we’re LOSING jobs under him (Biden had twice the job growth than Trump in his first term). Cost of living is undeniably rising and maybe you’re worried you won’t be able to just blame it on Democrats like you do to mask all of your other failures.
Democrats aren’t perfect but Republicans are deluded maniacs that openly support a convicted felon child rapists as the president.
Is she president?
They’re getting everything they voted for. I’m happy for hem! Congratulations you did it. Great job!
Upvoted for Lupin.
