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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

Am I reading AZ Agenda or Pravda? The attacks on Trump's actions show the editors progressive bias, very distinctly. All of the things you listed are indeed attacking the institutions that have led this country to a near fiscal meltdown, a worse health care system, mayhem in the inner city streets, multiple wars and 9 million unvetted illegals waltzing across the border. Trump was elected to shake the boundaries and he is doing it. The Left seems to think we can go on with our current policies and everything will work just dandy. Clueless.

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Patt's avatar

Fiscal meltdown? We had the best post-Covid economy in the world, and trump trashed it in less than 100 days.

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

We pay $1 Trillion annually for just for debt service interest on $37 Trillion in debt. Every empire (we ARE an Empire) has begun its decline when debt coverage was greater than the spending on military.

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Patt's avatar

So this is a bad idea?

Trump Proposes $1 Trillion Defense Budget for 2026

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-proposes-1-trillion-defense-budget-2026/

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

A complex question, for certain. The Constitution calls out providing for the common defense-it does not mention social welfare programs anywhere. Defense has fallen from 50% of the budget in the 70's to about 15% today (more butter, less guns) so Trump putting the free-loading Europeans on notice that they need to spend more should help. But, overall we are faced with a fiscal situation where cutting the 65% of the budget that benefits the baby-boomers (who vote) seems untenable. We are at the zugzwang moment.

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

We did not have the best economy-we have the illusion that juicing the private sector with borrowed money made it look that way. A Potemkin village.

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Patt's avatar

My guess is you don't accept the findings of the Brookings Institute, but here goes.

"In broad terms, policymakers faced two options during the pandemic with respect to fiscal stimulus. One route was to invoke aggressive fiscal stimulus to avoid persistent economic scarring and sluggish growth but accept elevated inflation in the face of highly atypical supply chain pressures. The second option was to offer more muted fiscal support, and to allow for the emergence of output gaps and slow growth in consumption, which might help offset extra inflation. The U.S. chose the former, while most of the rest of the G10 opted for the latter. As a result, the U.S. has seen substantially more economic growth and more investment, but with slightly higher price levels in the initial years of the recovery."

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-recovery-from-covid-19-in-international-comparison/

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

Hindsight is always 20/20-nobody knew what the outcome would be from COVID, so they panicked and spent like crazy. I would argue that inflation, which is a tax on everyone, is much worse than a mild recession. Trump won mainly on high prices for staples.

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Patt's avatar
May 5Edited

Yes, he won on that promise, but his policies do not support that promise. As a matter of fact, just a couple of weeks ago, I was paying 49 cents for avocados. Now they're 89 cents.

Trump's misleading claim that the price of groceries came down since he took office

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/

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Carolyn's avatar

You’re just wrong. Again Doug, I enjoy your input but be honest for one second. Do you believe, after watching Trump on Meet the Press, has he read our Constitution? There is no evidence he has or that he intends to follow it. He has no idea that due process belongs to anyone but him. Watch all the Newsmax you want and stop fighting with Patt. Isn’t a good look.

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

Trump trolls you all and you react as he expects-as fools. I started with conservatism with William F. Buckley in 1978, your advice is not relevant to my thinking. Adios

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Carolyn's avatar

You started with a great mind in Buckley but you’ve strayed. You’re right people jump at Trumps bs and people believe him because he is the fuckin President of the US. We’re suppose to believe him. Adios amigo.

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Marilyn's avatar

Wait. If you feel you are reading the disinformation Pravda you should love it as your dear leader loves Putin and everything he does. Get with the demented-in-chiefs program if you are a true Righty.

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Douglas J. Wolf's avatar

Adios Marilyn. TDS is curable, seek medical help.

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Marilyn's avatar

HAHAHA. Heard this before from the cult.

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Patt's avatar

Karrin Taylor Robson is running ads where she says she's running for governor. First, of course, she must beat Andy Biggs in a primary. To do that Robson is tying herself to trump's endorsement of her. (trump also endorsed Biggs.)

I hope the Democratic Party gets screen shots of her ad, where she posts trump's endorsement with pictures of them next to each other. I'm also hoping that by November 2026, Arizona voters have had it with 47 and want no one who aligns with him.

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Marilyn's avatar

Great rundown of the awfulness of the WH.

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Carolyn's avatar

Did anybody watch the Meet the Press interview with Donald Trump? Part of it is included in the Agenda. Trump looks like King George or Donald the III. The Mad King. He’s definitely gone around the bend. So much to unpack in that interview but my basic point is this; here is a man in his 5th year as POTUS and he has never ever ever read the Constitution of the United States of America. If that doesn’t scare the shit out of you nothing will.

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