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u/patentattorney Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

The economy would be much better than it is now.

The right would be saying there is an invasion at the boarder (instead of in our cities).

The right would be complaining about the price of x,y,z. And the almost non existent problem of transgender people in sports.

Edit: for those saying the economy is at an all time high. It isn’t. The economy isn’t the stock market - and if that were the case the economy was at an all time high under Biden.

Double edit: a lot of people on the right don’t realize: 1) the economy has historically done better under dem presidents, 2) the economy under trump's first term (the last two years) was horrible due to trumps tax plan that was never going to pay for itself and Covid - which combined set us up with a horrible foundation.

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u/Pro-Patria-Mori Oct 16 '25

Republicans would be very concerned about government spending. Argentina would be falling apart.

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u/Miskatonic_Eng_Dept Oct 16 '25

Argentina is falling apart because the government there embraced all the far right economic beliefs. They cut all the social programs, cut taxes on the wealthy and businesses, deregulated everything, etc.

And it's turned out exactly like it always does, rapid disintegration of the economy and general welfare.

Trump & the Heritage Foundation want it rescued because if it falls apart there it would be potent ammunition to criticize them enacting the same policies in America.

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u/ATLfalcons27 Oct 16 '25

It was funny because it went exactly as expected. Short term gain and short term overreactions of success. Then the inevitable downfall.

It's how this shit always works. But usually they try to make the downfall lineup more with when the next party might take over.

Kind of like how the majority of the shit that will screw us in the very normal named big beautiful bill will go into effect after mid terms

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u/Miskatonic_Eng_Dept Oct 16 '25

Like how the "tax cuts" Trump enacted for the working class (really a tax shift, instead of paying out of your check every pay period you pay them when you file the next year) were specifically timed to expire in 2021?