Something something cost of eggs.

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    The tariffs combined with the gutting of FAA and musks fascist salute might just be enough for the maga cultists to leave the cult.

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      Methinks you give them too much credit to their ability to rationalize and think. THeir frontal lobes are smaller than their amygdala.

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    Wanted to add to this as well: In 20 US states, the minimum wage is 7.25 an hour. If someone is working minimum wage, this represents almost three weeks of work- more, because of income taxes. It would represent the consumption of, like, 20% of your gross income?

    So that’s going to kill people, either directly or by overwork.

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    So the thing about tariffs is the government gets the money. $830 x 131 million US households means Trump is extracting $108 billion from people. And what will he do with it? Obviously pass it to his oligarch friends, there’s a reason Musk is trying to take the treasury.

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      The source for the data is from the Tax Foundation, which is ostensibly non-partisan, but their president and CEO worked as policy staff for three different Republicans, so YMMV.

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      it doesn’t include lost jobs and hatred generated.

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      I thought so too. It probably is being reported kind of tame. It’s probably worse.

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      Depends on if you’re a paycheck away from trouble or not. Many are now…and tariffs and other effects from this admin can push many more to that point.

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    Well today is the day. I’m really hoping it’s been all bluff and bluster but I’m thinking there’s a slim chance of that