Hey, I am not trying to be mean. I am just trying to keep it real.
I am referring to a recent post I saw on Facebook following the very real realization that our 47th president would be Donald J. Trump. The post simply read, "We are fucked," followed by "the economy is about to be messed up."
First of all, what economy are you referring to? The one where median income has been whittled down to nothing due to 40-year high inflation? That economy? The economy littered with myriad retail and fast-food jobs because someone decided we didn't need good manufacturing ones, or oil and pipeline jobs that pay at minimum $70,000-$120,000 a year? The economy where housing is practically unaffordable at any income level and people have racked up credit card debt in record trillions of dollars just to pay bills and buy groceries?
Look, the reality is that there are two people who have not really been touched all that much in this economy. The rich who have the money to deal with it, and the poor who are given the money to deal with it.
And that's not to disparage the rich or the poor. It's simply to make a point. Some people won't feel the economy in the way that say, the blue-collar middle-class working families will, who bear the full brunt of everything.
If you are living on rental assistance and food stamps, not only are you less impacted by the economy, but you are also insulated from it as well because, of course, it's not your money.
The post had other comments of course, as well, citing a wide range of things. But come on, how it is a bad thing that we will once again have a secure border? What's so bad about declaring energy independence and using our natural resources as a source for fueling a better economy that we can all benefit from?
We can't kill inflation. It already happened. But we can stall it dramatically if we can bring the cost of things down by bringing down the cost of energy which is baked into higher prices in a very big way. Trump's going to do that. Harris had no interest in it. They wanted more solar and more windmills, while at the same time denying adding to grids to produce all the power we need to fuel the electric everything technology they want to curb fake climate change initiatives.
Look, I could comment all day on all the benefits of a Trump administration. But I know my audience. I'd just be preaching to the choir. We know what they are. All I will say is that people who think we would have been better off with Kamala Harris in office clearly have their heads buried deeply in the sand and either are beneficiaries of government subsidy in one form or another, or like I alluded to before, are simply stupid.
Open borders. High crime and looting. Appointment of soft on crime prosecutors and judges. 40-year high inflation. Gas and energy prices straddling hardworking Americans. Poverty at all-time highs. Men competing in women's sports. Boys in girl's locker rooms, bathrooms and showers. Median income decimated. Businesses struggling to survive due to ridiculous minimum wage laws.
I could go on and on.
That is what we voted against. That's why Harris lost. Because nobody wants any of those things. We are not fucked. That already happened over the past four years. If Harris had won is when we'd have really been fucked.
As for people now wanting to say they want to move to Canada, I say pack your bags and go. Canada is already there when it comes to liberal policy. They are way ahead of us. If that's what you wanted, they have already done it. If you need an Amazon link for some nice luggage, let me know. I'd be happy to provide it.
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