3 hours ago, G_Money said:

 Yes, look.

Sleep well.

ok

 

You are ignoring the reality that many of the election wins were by razor thin margins.These are the regions likely to return to the Democrats in  the midterm  elections when incumbent governments typically get shellacked at the polls.

7 hours ago, mogandave said:

Please look closely at the actual results in the blue states and urban areas.

 

 The vote swings from 2020 are pretty phenomenal. 

 

People don’t expect miracles. If he gets the border cleared up, Biden’s Title IV changes reversed, and the tips & SS tax cuts done, Israel resolved (easy) and Ukraine (more difficult) we’ll be good. 

 

 

The electorate was not voting for your shopping list. They were voting against the status quo. Many  perceive themselves as hurting and want fast results. Yes SS deductions will be reduced, but so too will SS payouts. Someone has to pay for social security and the 40-65 year olds are going to be in for a shock if the changes are made. Tax cuts mean less revenues and much of the  budget (73%)  is consumed by mandatory spending payments for social services and really cannot be touched. Almost 5% is on debt service, and if Trump runs up the budget deficit, which is what Republicans do, there won't be much that can be "cut".  Of the remaining 22% of discretionary spending, more than half is  spent on defense and veterans benefits. 

2 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

if Trump runs up the budget deficit, which is what Republicans

 

AND DEMOCRATS

 

2 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

do, there won't be much that can be "cut".  Of the remaining 22% of discretionary spending, more than half is  spent on defense and veterans benefits. 

 

This is why the dollar won't be king for much longer.

 

But why do you imply  only 1 political party run deficits? 

Your favoured candidate was going to give $25,000 to homebuyers after all

- where would that money would have come from? 

 

Either way, Weimar incoming.

 

Tick Tock

On 11/9/2024 at 1:50 AM, pattayasan said:

Meantime, the USD yields look like they will invert again and the dollar is rising like a Musk rocket. Hello unaffordable loans and incoming depression, probably fueled by expectation of debt blowout due to incoming tax reductions and massive spending. PLus the depression in GDP caused by the expulsion of millions of migrants. It might make MAGA feel good but migrants are the single reason the US outperformed Europe these past few years.

You can only hope.

21 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I am Canadian. I came out of Regina. It works every time. Stops the political dialogue.

 

Right now that political dialogue is extremely tiresome because it's either my conservative friends gloating about the victory, and telling me how what a noble human being Trump is, or it's my Democrat friends refusing to admit that the party and the candidate was directly responsible for the defeat.

 

Either way it's very tiresome and the Canadian thing just shuts up strangers. 

Would you please post a link to someone telling you what a noble human being Trump is? A little honesty would go a long way. 

 

I thought you grew up in New York and worked in commercial real estate. 

13 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

You are ignoring the reality that many of the election wins were by razor thin margins.These are the regions likely to return to the Democrats in  the midterm  elections when incumbent governments typically get shellacked at the polls.

While the midterms are a concern, I think Trump is in much better shape to address a number of popular issues before then. And as long as it looks like he’s doing what he said he would do, I think we’ll be fine. 

 

I think you are wrong about razor thin margins, many were the strongest in decades.