resipsaloquitur @ resipsaloquitur @lemmy.world

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.

-DJT

Making the subtext text.

That’s not how money works in a fiat currency.

Sorry, they lied to you in econ 101. Loanable funds theory hasn’t been a thing in decades.

I mean, it’s not harder to be smarter than the average economist. They’re willfully ignorant apologists for millionaires.

Public debt is the economy. Public spending is private savings. It’s tautological.

Stunning how little “economists” know.

But, as you’re so wise, please connect the dots for me. How does cutting public spending solve homelessness?

Where did I say they did? The fretting itself is a tell.

If he isn’t kosher does that mean he eats pork?

The constant fretting about debt.

We are always days away from some unspecified horror because the debt-to-GDP ratio is slightly higher than some other countries, yet data doesn’t support it. But we have to slash social spending. To prevent the thing from happening. Whatever it is.

But there’s always money for military and tax cuts for millionaires.

Hint: it’s racism. Or, perhaps, classism.

ETA: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22223190

Oh look, a paper that “proves” national debt leads to disaster, frequently cited to justify extreme austerity (cuts to social services). Except, it doesn’t. The data they use shows that high debt leads to economic growth. They were too stupid, sloppy, and motivated by their conclusion to actually show the evidence that supported it. They half-assed some excel formula, it showed what they wanted it to show, and they hit “publish.” Now people are poorer, sicker, or plain dead because of them.

🙄

Racist dog whistle.

I’d appreciate your input.

Someone heard about IBM providing punch card machines for Auschwitz and thought that was insufficiently banal.

Hey!

Don’t forget Nixon.

Aww, but they’re the real America.

Brave men use their mighty thrusters to dock their sturdy, smooth vessels in the inky darkness where no one has before.

This will certainly put those allegations to bed.

“Low-hanging fruit” — those are innocent people, fuck-face.

Try doing something useful like going after actual criminals.

You’ve never heard of NASCAR. We are good at turning left for hours on end.

His neck needs vaginoplasty.

Look what NATO made us do.