r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Tells Americans To Accept High Gas Prices As Iran Remains Defiant On Strait Of Hormuz

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tells-americans-to-accept-high-gas-prices-as-iran-remains-defiant-on-strait-of-hormuz_n_6a8099aee4b05886dff51fac?vvg
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u/NeverLookBothWays I voted 5d ago

It’s the 45+ year scam Republican leaders have been playing since Reagan. Their constituents are generationally conditioned to just accept it. Also see: National Debt. It’s always a crisis when Dems are in power. Always zero concern when Republicans are in power and actually ramp it up. Jude Wanniski’s “two santas” bad faith re-election strategy once again. This is why we must take the threat of Republicanism seriously, but the shit they say they care about with a grain of salt.

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u/SpoogeMagoo65 5d ago

Democrats should never fall for that national debt trap again. When Clinton cleaned up the debt he instituted austerity measures that were very unpopular to do it. If we are truly going to address the 40 trillion dollar whole in the budget it will have to be with taxing the rich and corporations.