Inflation / devaluation is the plan, they're just never going to tell you or me.

The only politically feasible path to getting out from under this debt load is to systematically devalue past labor by allowing future labor to buy those assets (and pay for benefits) at elevated prices so boomers and others don't have to suffer paper losses and the government doesn't have to "default."

The family has a 400,000 mortgage. Our combined income is 50K, but we're spending 60K. Also, we have 12K/yr in credit card interest we owe and which is accelerating, and we just decided to start paying the mortgage with the credit card too. How we doin?

Even if we wanted one, there's no way traditional way out. Raising taxes doesn't close the gap. You could confiscate 100% of the wealth of the top 10 gazillionaires in this country and it would fund social security for about a year and a half.

No political will to trim spending + no ability to close the gap with taxes makes all this inevitable. The only thing that could stop it (IMO) is large scale "additions" to the national treasury. Stuff like Venezuelan oil reserves.

😂

On 8/29/2026 at 9:24 PM, Pooter said:

Classic wOkE LeFt move taking a trump post seriously. Bro when are you gonna learn this is just the way he rolls! The sitting president posting AI slop completely divorced from reality that he also contradicts less than 24 hours later is just him being his big boisterous self. This is normal and it's not a problem. I mean.. I don't love it, but like.. don't we have bigger problems to worry about?! Getting worked up about stuff like this is such a leftist snowflake move.

Now lets get back to a serious conversation and examine my unfalsifiable counterfactual that Kamala would have been worse

If Kamala tweeted the same shit at Trump, you'd be bald, blind, and exhausted from all the raging. And why do people keep thinking I'm left. No man, no. Conservatives can, and should, criticize Trump for his bullshit. Try it out vs giving it a pass. Meme that shit.

7 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said:

😂

Just announced, 3 data centers at Mar a Largo, one for Musk, Gates, and Bezos.

Edited Monday at 05:15 PM1 day by disgruntledemployee
Theads gone sideways

Some good news

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-dangerous-us-mission-cleared-irans-mines-hormuz-shipping-lanes

I would not recommend taking a cruise ship thru there but it seems like an improvement, not cheerleading for the war, special military operation, police action or however you wanna refer to it

11 hours ago, ViperMan said:

The only thing that could stop it (IMO) is large scale "additions" to the national treasury. Stuff like Venezuelan oil reserves.

Well played! 😂

On 8/30/2026 at 12:53 PM, Negat0ry said:

Hope not. I wouldn’t vote for AOC - and you guys think I’m a super libtard - unless you people run Trump jr. or Vance again. Would probably vote for Rubio over her. Please for the love of god stop making us choose between communists and whatever you guys want to call this. We need a reset.

Concur. Rubio has impressed me in his current roles...all of them and is certainly a more reasonable choice than AOC. If AOC wins...that is likely the tipping point and we are toast.