The Trump administration frequently emphasized the idea that sacrifices made, particularly in terms of economic policies and military actions, were justified for the greater good of the country. Trump and his supporters often framed their actions as necessary sacrifices for national interests, suggesting that the benefits outweighed the costs. (BBC)
Scott Bessent has expressed optimism about the U.S. economy, suggesting that the current financial challenges are temporary and will lead to significant economic growth and job gains in the future. He believes that the stock market's performance indicates that Main Street will benefit from the recovery ahead. (BBC)
I am not, nor ever have been, that great in understanding the nuances and narratives as they relate to economics. I majored in Social Work and Communal Services in college, and, thankfully for me, those majors placed less emphasis on Economics, Business, and even Math. But as I grew older, and as an adult faced the realities of life, and the cost of living that life, aside from the emotional and psychological aspects, I had to learn an awful lot about money, how to maintain it, how to grow it and how to balance living on some money sometimes, less money other times, and I wish I had more money often times.
So when I hear Sec Treasury Scottie Bessant, the billionaire, and his puppet master, Trump, lecture the average American (not the billionaire donors who own and operate the Republican Party) that it might be rough now, but just wait because magically it will get better, and we will be so GRATEFUL for that, I want to puke. And suddenly, I became a MAVEN in the fields of economics and finance.
Secretary Bessant, if an American has only so much money to pay for mortgage, or rent, health care, groceries, and gasoline, and that American NOW, must use that total sum of money just to make it through the day, and that day turns into the next day, and the next day ad nauseum, and said American actually runs out of all of the money they have, how the fuck will they be able to make it through to that PROMISED DAY, you and Trump swear will be coming? When you have some, and each day that sum of the some diminishes, and finally you have none, please explain to me using your best Economic and Financial Billionaire facts and figures, does an American even survive, waiting for the promised day of “it’s over, and we won!”
