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Lonestarblue

(12,499 posts)
8. We will not reach a tipping point until the pain hits a lot more people and businesses.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:33 AM
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When corporations lose markets and significant profits because of tariffs causing consumers to buy fewer products, when people lose Social Severity benefits or the Medicaid benefits that now support millions of seniors in nursing homes, when Obamacare is no longer available or its subsidies end and it becomes unaffordable, when poor people lose access to food assistance and their children are starving, we might see a tipping point. Or when Trump destroys the economy and brings on a recession or depression that causes millions of people to lose their jobs and homes, we might see a tipping point. Or when the USPS is privatized and all rural postal services disappear, we might see a tipping point.

All of the above may be needed to reach a tipping point, and all are in the works. At the end of the day, though, it was the Allies that stopped Hitler, not the German people.

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The ignorance is strong with Maga C_U_L8R Friday #1
Pretty much.............. Lovie777 Friday #2
No mention of the MAGA tipping point. Baitball Blogger Friday #3
Yep... berksdem Friday #14
MAGA's are a third or less of the population SpankMe Friday #15
The question is why are we letting the 1/3 or less assholes rule us? hadEnuf Friday #17
If you've ever been on the board for a non-profit, the dynamic is familiar misanthrope Friday #19
I took it to be akin to the climate tipping point in meaning, in other words Maru Kitteh Monday #37
That's a good interpretation. Baitball Blogger Monday #38
Life does need to go on, as best it can. AmericaUnderSiege Friday #4
Well said and agree. I am very cnscious of what I allow "in" and also try and remove/limit the c-rational Friday #11
This is actually going way better than I feared it might. And I mean that in the sense that Ol Janx Spirit Friday #5
Why expect corporations to do anything other than adapt to financial circumstances? Why assume that they would be moral? xocetaceans Friday #6
Focus on voting, economic and civil rights impacts of Putin's Puppet and MAGA. The rest is going to be hot ... uponit7771 Friday #7
We will not reach a tipping point until the pain hits a lot more people and businesses. Lonestarblue Friday #8
Not yet but they are learning, but, they are very slow learners republianmushroom Friday #9
They tend to not learn until it's too damn late. Crowman2009 Friday #20
Yup, then it is someone else fault because they were not stop sooner. republianmushroom Friday #22
That pissed me off SOOOO much. calimary Monday #35
+1 on the "even then..." sentiment Bristlecone Friday #10
Greed and cowardice abounds. Joinfortmill Friday #12
There must be accountability once law and order is re-established in this country Mysterian Friday #13
I asked this yesterday, whether anyone has personally been affected question everything Friday #16
Oh cool! Except we heard this in 2016, 2017, Alpeduez21 Friday #18
I think a lot of people never liked Civil Rights ... ananda Friday #21
Really perceptive points you make .... ificandream Friday #24
Politically Incorrect BidenRocks Saturday #29
Heed the last sentence of the article: Buns_of_Fire Friday #23
Here in NC it may soon be legal to conceal carry mnhtnbb Saturday #30
Do you need a permit to open carry in NC? Kaleva Saturday #32
No, not if you're 18 mnhtnbb Saturday #34
Excellent article.. TY marmar! Cha Saturday #25
The reality is much worse than Project 2025 dalton99a Saturday #26
They bow to the green. The orange gibbon is messing with that. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #31
What keeps the protective personnel showing up for work? Frasier Balzov Saturday #27
When will we all get the narrative Hornedfrog2000 Saturday #28
This insanity started... Escape Saturday #33
"...confluence of atrocities..." Mike 03 Monday #36
The magats that I'm aware of are doubling and tripling down ecstatic Monday #39
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