Goldman Sachs is taking the heat for its call that heavier tariff-induced consumer inflation is ahead, but it's far from alone in that view.
  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    33·
    22 days ago

    Sorry Americans, I was kinda hoping it would be a lot worse than this.

    Back in April I was saying that the only thing that could unseat Trump was republicans starting to lose lots of money.

    Sadly it seems that Trump has managed to make everyone just fucked enough to harvest everyone’s wealth, but not fucked enough to do anything about it.

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
    21·
    22 days ago

    Honestly, it’s some of my family I’m most disappointed in.

    In prior years they started vegetable gardens because they supposedly couldn’t afford to buy fresh produce from the store due to “Bidenflation”, but suddenly this year, they didn’t bother even though prices on produce and so many other essentials are higher than ever.

    I had written a long comment, honestly way too long, and then realized that one anecdote perfectly demonstrates how ridiculous it is. These are folks that spent years blaming Biden for post-covid, worldwide inflation and every single time some random thing got expensive like when eggs spiked last year. Then, late January 2025 rolls around and suddenly not a peep since. Any attempt to discuss the topic, or draw attention to the fact that this time around the spike in food prices and general inflation are largely and directly a result of Trump and his administration, the story changes to “the president doesn’t control grocery prices.”

    And I know they’re feeling it, that the reality of the situation is affecting them. But I guess I had held out hope that they were better than this.

      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        181·
        22 days ago

        Listen, dude. Whatever you got going on is not that serious. Nothing is that serious. Life is easy if you let it be.

        Just last month, my friend called me during the workday. I thought it was a bit odd. He could barely talk. He finally worked up the vocal momentum to tell me that he was at our other friend’s house cleaning up his brains off the garage siding because he didn’t want our friend’s kids (who were inside) to see their father’s brains on the wall. During the funeral, a friend was giving a eulogy. One of his kids, probably 2, interrupted while a slide show was playing on a projector. He saw a picture of our friend and said, “There’s Daddy!”

        I’ve known him since I was 12. There were hundreds of people in that room that day. Every single one of them has to carry our friend now. I’ll miss him. I’m mad at him. I feel bad for his wife who has to raise those kids alone now. I feel bad for his brother and sister, who will blame themselves for years to come.

        Shit might get tough. And as someone who has suffered from depression, I get it. However, that option fucking hurts other people. Sorry, for ranting. Maybe I’m not even talking to you. Maybe I’m talking to him.

        You’ll get by, brother.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
    7·
    21 days ago

    Any economist who doesn’t say that should be stripped of their economist regalia and drummed out for being a liar and a shill.