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BlueTsunami2018

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16. I don't want the economy to crater though.

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:19 PM

Nov 14

I want to keep my house and I want it to increase in value. I want my retirement funds to keep growing. I want to be able to enjoy the fruits of the labor that I’ve spent thirty plus years building.

Look, I hate these people with the fire of a thousand suns and if they enact these insane policies they’re probably going to fuck the economy hard but I don’t wish for that to happen. There’s going to be enough misery to go around without me to trying to create more of it.

I’m not old but I’m not young enough to have a “burn it all down and we’ll fix it ten or twenty years later” mentality. I’m not interested in eeking out an existence to prove a point.

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If you want to make the next 4 years tolerable. [View all] Joe Nation Nov 14 OP

Here's my suggestion. Get the f*** out while you still can. Native Nov 14 #1

1. I got no money to leave Blue_Tires Nov 14 #14

Right. Woodwizard Nov 14 #47

I was just thinking we don't have to leave TexLaProgressive Nov 15 #84

Are you leaving? live love laugh Nov 14 #42

if it gets bad, yes. Native Nov 14 #60

Well that doesn't work in the aggregate Envirogal Nov 15 #96

I am also a citizen of Ireland. It is my home too. Native Nov 15 #98

A lot can't. Those who depend on Medicare and social security can't, those JohnSJ Nov 14 #53

Blue states for sure Native Nov 14 #59

I'm hoping being in Chicago will help. But, honestly, those monsters will probably cut off all mucifer Nov 15 #102

I guess it will depend on things like whether or not you're planning to get pregnant or you think you may be deported. Native Nov 15 #103

Our Governor literally had to buy PPE from China because trump wouldn't send it to IL mucifer Nov 15 #104

Oh yeah, i remember that! I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around everything that is to come. Native Nov 15 #105

It cracks me up Traildogbob Nov 15 #77

and if you look at the profile who suggested this, he has dual citizenship so it is easy for him to say goodbye and JohnSJ Nov 15 #83

Some think they Traildogbob Nov 15 #86

I'm not a dude. As a woman, I've been a second class citizen my whole life. Black men had the vote before women did. Native Nov 15 #106

First of all your profile didn't indicate your gender, and I was talking generically. Second, your profile states you JohnSJ Nov 15 #107

Perhaps you are the one that doesn't understand Native Nov 15 #108

As a woman who is passed child-bearing years... Trueblue Texan Nov 15 #93

We cant all leave. MadameButterfly Nov 15 #109

Oh, I plan to do what I can, but I'm not going down with a sinking ship. And let me ask how this is any different Native Nov 15 #111

I'm not tryng to make you feel guilty MadameButterfly Nov 15 #112

I argued with a right-wing friend the other day Emile Nov 14 #2

He's not your friend.... lastlib Nov 14 #4

I hear you, but we have been friends since Emile Nov 14 #11

Awe, he's your friend Tickle Nov 14 #57

Agreed; the last thing we need snot Nov 15 #76

Easy to rebut Cirsium Nov 14 #31

But Tristan da Cunha is beautiful Jilly_in_VA Nov 14 #38

I will remember that! Emile Nov 14 #39

They winner would be Tickle Nov 14 #58

ha ha ha Cirsium Nov 15 #71

If it is the rich who create the jobs, markodochartaigh Nov 14 #32

😂😂😂😂 NT Tickle Nov 15 #72

Here are the job creaters Nigrum Cattus Nov 14 #34

Small business owner is capitalizing on demand. Emile Nov 14 #40

What's the link to? Blind links are a hazard. Provide some information about it. live love laugh Nov 14 #45

Bls is the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Dept of Lsbor. Nt spooky3 Nov 14 #52

Bureau of Labor Statistics Nigrum Cattus Nov 14 #70

"The consumer creates jobs." Exactly. No smart business person is going to invest into a Exp Nov 14 #51

Who do rich people hire? wryter2000 Nov 15 #85

Without demand from customers who would they hire? Emile Nov 15 #87

Exactly eom wryter2000 Nov 15 #88

Eom? ShazzieB Nov 15 #101

End of message wryter2000 Nov 15 #110

Go for years without spending money? Farmer-Rick Nov 14 #3

By keeping it to a bare minimum Joe Nation Nov 14 #23

Quiet consumption Trexmaster Nov 15 #113

"We all doing what we can" Evolve Dammit Nov 14 #27

I believe the thinking is.... What do you really ALBliberal Nov 14 #28

Especially replacing old, still-working products. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 15 #73

Buy a used dryer. Mr.Bill Nov 15 #75

Good suggestions on cutting back, ALBliberal Felicita Nov 15 #89

No, not spending any money Nigrum Cattus Nov 14 #37

Food and other essentials (like toilet paper). calimary Nov 14 #66

Xanax mr715 Nov 14 #5

There you go. Fill the pockets of Teva Seeking Serenity Nov 14 #8

Can't I just have 5-10 highly addictive vices? mr715 Nov 14 #9

Oh, by all means. I think the point of the OP or some of the responses is to know who our money is going to Seeking Serenity Nov 14 #12

Now I have pharma-guilt mr715 Nov 14 #15

Lol 😆 Seeking Serenity Nov 14 #22

Is Xanax a prescription drug?? a kennedy Nov 14 #48

Yeah mr715 Nov 14 #62

Kinda thought so, myhanks. a kennedy Nov 14 #65

Did someone say Valium. Prairie_Seagull Nov 15 #79

Google "We Need A Little Xanax" a brilliant parody by Sandy and Richard Riccardi niyad Nov 14 #21

That was hilarious, I shared it with my Luciferous Nov 14 #56

I am delighted to share. Sandy and Richard are two of my favourite parodists. niyad Nov 14 #69

Try kava instead Ponietz Nov 14 #44

"Instead" mr715 Nov 14 #54

We do indeed get two votes,... magicarpet Nov 14 #6

You can stop spending extravagantly, but unless you live on Pitcairn, you can't really stop spending. DFW Nov 14 #7

You can stop spending on protest days. Joe Nation Nov 14 #33

"There are other ways, though, and most are considered more effective, even if they involve spending money." Sogo Nov 15 #91

you wont have to do anything Nimble_Idea Nov 14 #10

I fear you may be right Evolve Dammit Nov 14 #29

That problem will twke care of itself once his economic policies overwhelm the economy he is inheriting. BannonsLiver Nov 14 #13

I don't want the economy to crater though. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 14 #16

Change takes commitment Joe Nation Nov 14 #25

Yep Evolve Dammit Nov 14 #30

Watch the new Info Wars now owned by The Onion Sessuch Nov 14 #17

Let's revisit 'Not one damn dime day' Bonx Nov 14 #18

The intention is good, but frankly, the economy is going to crater regardless. Karasu Nov 14 #19

Thank you! Preached the same thru the 1st 4 yr hellscape and doing it again PortTack Nov 14 #20

Already have because TFG is going to try and chop SS bronxiteforever Nov 14 #24

I don't see much value in more hardships when they are going to do all the heavy lifting TheKentuckian Nov 14 #26

It seems want to crash the currency (US dollar)? Evolve Dammit Nov 14 #35

Max out your W-2 deductions Aviation Pro Nov 14 #36

My husband and I own a small business Jilly_in_VA Nov 14 #41

Buying from each other is not going to impact the economy one way or the other Joe Nation Nov 14 #43

Resistance comes in many forms...We Must.Resist!! littlemissmartypants Nov 14 #46

It's not realistic Meowmee Nov 14 #49

Read all the comments Joe Nation Nov 14 #50

And take lots of drugs. RandySF Nov 14 #55

The power of our consume dollar is available 24/7-365, our votes only every 2-4 years. Think about it, Hotler Nov 14 #61

Spend judiciously drmeow Nov 14 #63

I need to get a new car. Staph Nov 14 #64

I'm going to ignore television news and opinion as I have been for the past two decades... hunter Nov 14 #67

I would say the flip side of that is if there is something you need-- tanyev Nov 14 #68

I'm a 73 year old in Florida and living on SS. Can't go anywhere else TommieMommy Nov 15 #74

Try these possibilities! recovering_democrat Nov 15 #78

Thank you 👍 TommieMommy Nov 16 #116

I think that is a good idea ToxMarz Nov 15 #80

If Muskrat gets his Doge Blue Full Moon Nov 15 #81

I'm partially with you on this. lark Nov 15 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 15 #90

problem is Trump may actually WANT to crash the economy, like really bad, with food riots. Then he can enact martial law LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #92

I'm just watching Netflix for foreseeable future. Just watched all the Narco series plus similar shows from Colombia. Pepsidog Nov 15 #94

I next to never shop anywhere, unless it's union or a Bluethroughu Nov 15 #95

I'm thinking targeted boycotts. Trust_Reality Nov 15 #97

Already started. 58Sunliner Nov 15 #99

I am speeding up my spending buying a new refrigerator and a computer for my son as a backup kimbutgar Nov 15 #100

Two years Trexmaster Nov 15 #114

Pretty easy for me DiverDave Nov 15 #115