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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmericans feel worse off financially than at any point in 25 years, Gallup finds
The share of Americans who say their financial situation is getting worse is higher now than at any point in the past 25 years, per new Gallup data out Tuesday morning.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/28/trump-economy-gallup-finances
RockRaven
(19,673 posts)Things are only going to get worse. Much, much worse.
pat_k
(13,758 posts)They are in such deep, deep denial. I think the creatures have actually convinced themselves the criminal war on Iran will come to some sort of magic end and things will just snap back to some tolerable trumpian business as usual.
NOT HAPPENING.
There is NO WAY Out of Iran with the felon in the White House.
He is incapable of negotiating.
He only makes demands.
His DEMANDS will never be met.
The only "out" is surrender and reparations -- and the attendant epic humiliation, which he will not allow.
The magnitude of the damage to this nation and the world done by his Iran insanity is going to escalate every single week in the run up to the election in Nov.
And as long as he is in the WH, there is NO WAY OUT.
He IS the crisis.
The only way to end the crisis is if he leaves.
If enough of them wake up and see this reality we'll see an effort to push him out. A push to resign for "health reasons" or some face saving bullshit.
Resignation is not outside the realm of possibility.
If that does come to pass, they'll find they left it too long. It's too late. Many Republican careers are over. The party can't "live down" this level of chaos and destruction. And they only have themselves to blame.
Justice matters.
(9,994 posts)Hope not, but... since 2015 (and before, like in 2000).
Doing the same mistakes over and over, then expecting different results...
The federal minimum wage is frozen since a long time while the 1% now owns more than half of the total wealth...
AZ8theist
(7,553 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,214 posts)President George W. Bush championed tax rebates and cuts in 2001, 2003, and 2008, often stating, "its your money," to boost a slowing economy. The 2001 and 2003 legislation ($1.7 trillion in total tax relief) included $600$1,200 rebates, lower tax rates, and a $1,000 child tax credit to increase consumer spending and business investment.
We had a balanced budget with Bill Clinton. Shrub saw it as the Government having too much money and simply handed out money. And the Deficit ballooned.