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B-Z_B-S Apr 2, 2026 +36

And Trump's administration has been deliberately making us poorer since...actually, the whole GOP has been making us poorer since George W. Bush's tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. They enjoy the suffering.

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m0ngoos3 Apr 2, 2026 +18

Reagan, they've been attacking us financially (in earnest) since Reagan, and had made attempts at it since they caused the great depression.

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Zulmoka531 Apr 2, 2026 +8

He said his plans for 2027 earlier today and most of it involves scrapping social programs and instead funding “defense”.

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CT_Phipps-Author Apr 2, 2026 +23

We could have paid for healthcare with the war costs so far.

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Colonel-Mooseknuckle Apr 2, 2026 +10

That sounds like a woke socialist hellscape!

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Creative-Package6213 Apr 2, 2026 +11

It's not just the war that is making you poorer, it's decades and decades of Republican policy that is making you poorer.

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justhereforbookstuff Apr 2, 2026 +13

Even me and I live in f****** New Zealand. Dear Americans: You’re doing incalculable damage to the world and your reputation. Please sort your shit out for fucks sake.

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tetsuo_7w Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dear New Zealanders: As an American, A) I am deeply embarrassed and regretful, B) some of us are trying, C) we are fighting against a corporate and oligarch controlled media that has brainwashed our people for decades, and D) we have one political party that wants to destroy education so that C) is ever more effective. It's infuriating, and I'm not optimistic.

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HangryHuHu Apr 2, 2026 +6

Let's be crystal clear: trump doesn't give a flying *bleep* about anybody except for himself.

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iamsotiredofthiscrap Apr 3, 2026 +1

You can say f*** on the internet

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lol_ohwow Apr 2, 2026 +4

Naturally those who have been invested in crude and bullion disagree.

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dominiond66 Apr 2, 2026 +4

**■** It's been estimated that American oil companies will benefit from the Iran war …. between **$ 60 billion and $100 billion windfall!** Which in essence means American consumers are spending the same amount in higher gas prices. Why should the oil industry profit from war whereas working class Americans pay a dear price risking their lives as soldiers AND giving oil companies HUGE sums of money for a horrific choice of Republicans to go to war! **■** Oil companies have already benefited immensely via the HUGE tax cuts Republicans gave them. Now Republicans are giving them another gift -- a war that spikes oil prices harming American consumers. **■** Enough is enough. Institute a **“Windfall profit tax”** on oil companies and rebate the revenue to working class families. Clearly the working class can’t afford Republican policies. It's like Republicans have declared an economic war on the working class!

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Snoo61755 Apr 2, 2026 +4

This just in, wars cost money and produce nothing. You can’t eat a missile, and a tank can’t raise children. Attacking another nation is a very bad financial investment unless you are stealing something from someone, or you’re the one selling the weapons.

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dakotanorth8 Apr 2, 2026 +3

The plan is to wipe out the middle class, increase the obscene wealth of the ruling class, and everyone (except billionaires and their chosen few disciples) will be too poor and working non stop to survive. The amount of homeless workers will skyrocket.

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QQXV Apr 2, 2026 +5

Arrrgh, no, this isn't how budgets work. For nearly all intents and purposes, the US government has access to unlimited money. Conservatives are wrong when they think that money spent on science or welfare is "less" money for "taxpayers", and the liberal equivalent view is also wrong. The Iran war is mass murder, and if you see someone applying a hammer to, say, pets or children, I'll look at you funny if you complain about the financial cost of their purchasing the hammer, or of cleaning up the blood.

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TheLoveYouWant25 Apr 2, 2026 +5

WE KNOW. I sure wish all these journalists would actually do some journalism instead of stating the obvious.

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StevenMC19 Apr 2, 2026

Out of curiosity, what is "journalism" to you besides them stating the obvious?

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TheLoveYouWant25 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Writing about things that are actually newsworthy that aren't just stating what we all already know. Journalists for large publications have access to things that most people don't, like detention centers, arrest records, shady data center contracts, etc. It is not a news story that the trump spending billions on a war makes shit expensive for everyone. We all already know that because we have eyeballs and wallets.

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Northern_Ice_2501 Apr 2, 2026 +4

I get your point. What we're missing is true "investigative" journalists. Where they ask questions again and again, interview multiple sources, follow up on stories. Write articles that are more than two paragraphs. I miss that.

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StevenMC19 Apr 2, 2026

What you know and what someone else knows aren't the same thing. And what someone else doesn't know can help them shape an idea of what's going on. Get out of the main character syndrome.

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wilderlings Apr 2, 2026 +2

Marvin Gaye and James Nyx, Jr. made this point in 1971, when they wrote "Inner City Blues (Make me Wanna Holler)" It was Nixon and Vietnam then: "Rockets, moon shots, spend it on the have nots. Money, we make it, fore we see it, you take it. Oh, make me wanna holler - the way they do my life. Make me wanna holler - the way they do my life. This ain't livin', this ain't livin'.

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Ndtphoto Apr 3, 2026 +1

Not just poorer in money, also poorer in safety. This shit just helps cause the next wave of anti-West violence, but it's probably an investment in the minds of the war profiteers.

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iamsotiredofthiscrap Apr 3, 2026 +1

I’ve already lost thousands from my retirement accounts. I just started paying into them as well. Feels like shit when my money that is supposed to be for old age disappearing because of some syphilitic pedophile and his motley crew of degens.

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offlinebound Apr 2, 2026 +1

gas now 4.19 here

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cloudedknife Apr 2, 2026 +1

I paid just under 5 for premium earlier this week here in the Phoenix Metro Area.

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DeterminedErmine Apr 2, 2026 +1

Lmao I just paid $6/gallon in your freedom units in Australia

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whater39 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Israel's war, which they refuse to do ground troops for it. Because they know it will be a failure.

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SpatulaWholesale Apr 2, 2026 +1

Don't check your 401(k), silly... Retirement age rising to 71? You really think you'll be able to retire?

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CombinationNo4926 Apr 2, 2026 +1

But not u?

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FormerUsenetUser Apr 2, 2026 +1

There's also tariffs and benefits cuts . . .

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DeterminedErmine Apr 2, 2026 +1

I live in remote northern Australia. It’s making me poorer

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Curious-Emu3894 Apr 2, 2026 +1

“Trump makes you poorer.”

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GauchoWink Apr 3, 2026 +1

Yup. The uncertainty has caused my company to freeze raises and promotions. I can’t understand how anyone can’t loathe this orange piece of sh*t.

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Viva_La_Revolucion- Apr 3, 2026 +1

2 words... November's Midterms!

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Mr_Fossey Apr 3, 2026 +1

No shit. Suggestions?

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ChatGPTbeta Apr 2, 2026

Day care? Not my problem mate

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lactose_cow Apr 2, 2026

watch democrats run ads saying "trump pooped his pants" instead of "Let's Be Very Clear: Trump's Iran War Is Making You Poorer"

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