Elon vs Trump my two cents

Both Dems and Reps I am sure are concerned with the ballooning national debt (in the range of 35 trillion dollars), but neither party are keen on cutting federal spending. This right here is the crux of the matter.

While the Dems are up to their dirty tricks gaslighting their blind supporters (and the bandwagonist wanna bee's on the MB) by falsely claiming that Trump wants to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This is absolutely untrue, especially regarding the first two. Medicaid however is being refined over a period of 10 years through stricter eligibility, in order to cut out the many who fraudulently benefit from handout.

The malady of welfare:

Initially well intentioned and in some instances meeting the original objectives, welfarism we know breeds fatalism, poverty and deviants when the undeserving partake. In my view welfare should be temporary, unless for the disabled and seniors. To delve deeper, is to go beyond the main issue at hand



Keynesian economics?

Elon is alarmed by the size of the national debt and is hell bent on seeing its reduction. Hence the vehement opposition toTrump's Big Beautiful Bill (BBB). He - Elon is a private citizen with personal interests whereas Trump has to care the the country as a whole. BBB has more than one objective as it stands. It needs be able to pass through congress and the senate firstly. Hence it was so designed (bearing in mind we said earlier that neither party wants to reduce government spending despite how necessary to reducethe national debt.

The bill contains massive border security spending, expenditure to modernize the ailing air traffic control system(which has become dire because of growing aviation disasters that seem to be growing more and more). Also therein is a proposed 1.5 trillion dollars reduction in government spending.


It has tax cuts on tips, overtime, tax relief for seniors and permanent extension of 2017 tax cuts.

Trump has been constantly cajoling chairman of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates..

In light of all these I see Keynesian Economics at play. This economic theory posits that Aggregate Demand drives economic growth. Increase economic activity is followed by increase tax revenue. What then becomes of the national debt? Inevitable increase or the opportunity to service payments and hereby reduce? The in simple terms is the premise of this economic thought.

So this is done through government spending,lowering taxes (fiscal policy) and lowering interest rates (money policy).

This government spending as far as Trump is concerned is well worth it, to address the neglect by previous administrations and social decay brought about by the Dems.

Apparently Musk doesn't think government should throw money that they issues for the saking of mounting federal debt.

This is my attempt to explain intense disagreement between the two.

In reply to InHindsight

People were looking for you but you were nowhere to be found.

I suspect they moved on.

You will have to create a new handle.

In reply to nick2020

I have come to know well that there are many on here who suffer from derangement. I was proven right in the end. So I quietly went on sabbatical, while the doodoo marinated on their faces.

Musk himself claims to be suffering from Asperger's Syndrome.

This may well explain his fixation and outburst

In reply to InHindsight



In return for your proclamation that there are only two genders - male and female - you got someone who imposed tariffs on the American people using made up math.

He is a painful joke.

In reply to InHindsight

The only thing you were 'right' about is how much the racism is entrenched in America to elect a proven lying, cheating, racist a second time.

You are also an example of how much colored people have shot themselves in the foot historically and today.

In reply to InHindsight

I could not care less about the reasons why Trump and Musk are battling each other. But I hope they destroy each other

In reply to Walco

Very appropriate response very sweet.

In reply to granite

Do you realized how many innocent human beings those two have killed since January 20 or how many lives they have destroyed? And I'm not even talking about deaths or lives in Gaza.

Cruel and Senseless Killings

Perhaps you think those deaths are very sweet also.

In reply to nick2020




Hmmmm this struck a chord with you. You'll get over it.

In reply to Walco

Can't you see who has destroyed themselves with 19% approval ratings? I am sure you licking your lips for Republican scandal

In reply to Cheeks

Life has started to improve significantly in America while Dems approval are in the dumps forcall their scandals and you still up with this stupid narrative.

Smh

In reply to InHindsight

You are not worth the effort.

In reply to InHindsight

I will probably regret asking, but by what measure has life improved in America? Who are the people whose lives have improved since January 20?

In reply to Walco

See my.post above.

This guy is even more like Stephen from Django than I imagined.

In reply to InHindsight



What!!? Can you back that up with facts?

In reply to googley

InHindsight was doing so good on this thread before posting that piece.

In reply to Cheeks

I almost responded to him by referencing your post that he is not worth the effort.

United States GDP is down since January 20, and the stock market is down. Many Americans have lost their livelihoods, and the destruction of USAID has resulted in hundred of thousands of deaths worldwide. Yet InHindBlindness somehow concluded that life is improving. He would have been better off if he had followed bravos' lead and remain in hiding.

In reply to Walco

He is shamelessly dishonest. But much like his hero...his claim to fame is the he was 'right' about the elections I guess.

The hypocrisy of today's wannabe conservatives is doing so much harm to Christianity.

In reply to Walco



Just got out of a meeting where American hesitation to travel is having repercussions on both inbound and outbound travel, largely because of two main things:

1. Americans are holding on to cash because they afraid.
2. People do not want to travel TO America because they are afraid.

A colleague of mine also just returned from a trip to Canada and was saying how shocked he was at the number of shops in Toronto who no longer accept USD cash payments.

I dunno if Blindsight lives in St Lucia or The US but if he lives in Lucia and is boasting about American lives improving (which is demonstrably false) at the obvious expense of poorer tourism dependent nations then you understand that sad reality of how grown ass men allowed themselves to be radicalized against their own interests by spending too much time in Right Wing social media hotspots.

He eh the only one. This has been the most disappointing thing I've witnessed in my adult life.

In reply to Cheeks

Many Canadians are also selling vacation properties and winter homes that they own in the United States. I was on a flight from Kingston to Fort Lauderdale last week and there were maybe 25 passengers on a 737 jet that can carry at least 150 passengers. Trump is screwing up the United States and the rest of the world is collateral damage.

In reply to Walco

Careful you not accused of only speaking in an echo chamber, after all that's not an independent observation or thought. A somebody tell you a so it go, or you are seeing it on other like minded media echo chamber, written by other like minded journalist.

In reply to carl0002

Antman has become a card-carrying member of our beloved echo chamber lately, It's a sight to behold