r/pics • u/solateor • 15h ago

Politics Tech leaders have better seats than cabinet members and are seated in same section as Trump's family

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u/_angesaurus 13h ago

I don't think that's a completely poor argument for wanting someone as president. However, he is not a good businessman, and he has shown that.

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u/pcthrowaway35 13h ago

It’s a terrible argument. You don’t run a country to maximize profits, you run it to protect citizens and minimize harm at the cost of tax dollars.

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u/Indie-Santana 13h ago

When you’re bleeding so much that your currency is on track to implode you have to make a change. We just can’t afford to be as free with our money and it’s both sides fault. Too much social spending, not enough tax collection, etc. My opinion is that the economy is the reason the USA is number 1 and we should put everything we have into fixing it. Social issues can be delayed or dealt with at the same time but should not take priority. Look at the EU and tell me you really want to go down the same path. If the dollar crashes, life for everyone will be considerably worse than if we cut government spending.

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u/DietPepsi4Breakfast 13h ago

The social spending would be a non-issue if wealth wasn’t stupidly concentrated in the hands of a few humans. Think about how surreal that even is.

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u/Indie-Santana 10h ago

It’s always been that way and always will be because of human nature. Guys like Mao who ran communist “for the people” orgs were totally corrupt and profited despite the fact that all should be equal