XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   phoenix wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > Socialism is for losers wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 06:46:13 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The media is not reporting Trump's enormous success in dismantling   
   >>> America.   
   >>   
   >> The GPD is up.   
      
   True. Doesn't help people like us.   
      
   >> The stock market is up.   
      
   A reflection of AI and other things, such as rallies in 2023 and   
   2024 (Biden!) and the Fed cutting rates. There are worries about   
   high valuations and a pullback.   
      
   >> Taxes are down.   
      
   Bullshit. The average rate is down about 0.5%. And that's not   
   counting the significant tariff tax.   
      
   >> Gas prices are down.   
      
   Overall down is about  $0.20 from 1 year ago.   
   Gas prices are a bit volatile, but have been coming down since   
   April of 2024 (Biden!), and are starting to trend back up.   
   Also vary widely between states.   
      
   >> Inflation is down.   
      
   It's slowing, but prices are still rising.   
      
   >> The Border is closed   
      
   Thanks to the Presidential Proclamtion 10773 (Biden!) and   
   the Trump campaign of fear. Just wait for the renewed Venezualan   
   diaspora. By the way, Obama deported far more than Trump.   
   And Trump's deportation record is 10% below Bidens (as of March   
   this year).   
      
   >> Drug deaths are reduced.   
      
   They started trending down in 2021 (Biden!).   
   Now try to find data past 2024.   
      
   >> Human trafficking is reduced.   
      
   Uh, show some data. And wait for the Super Bowl.   
      
   >> Lost trafficked children are being found.   
      
   Show us.   
      
   >> Fraudulent government giveaways are being discovered and stopped.   
      
   Some are. Now show us the extreme fraud of Trump and his family.   
      
   >> The people of Iran are revolting against their dictator.   
      
   Has almost nothing to do with the U.S. president.   
      
   >> Several terrorist groups are weakened.   
      
   You mean like ICE?   
      
   >> The people of Venezuela have now got a chance to get back to the   
   >> Democracy that was taken away from them.   
      
   Uh, we shall see about that. The Maduro regime is still in place.   
      
   > I know. Biden did a real good job setting us up the bomb.   
      
   That stats belie your lies.   
      
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