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reenorapyesterday at 4:05 PM3 repliesview on HN

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lesuoracyesterday at 6:49 PM

Who are these "experts" and what did they actually say? I feel like whenever I see these arguments its somebody making a straw man.

Although I mean trivially a non-rebated tax will cause inflation because it increases prices ... and recessions are called by NBER after you leave one so a year is way to little time.

Planes have actually been falling out of the sky. I'm not sure its from Social Security cuts but I mean if your stance is "planes falling out of sky = issue with social security cuts" then uh your evidence is in [1].

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/ups-louisville-plane-crash-ntsb-e...

righthandyesterday at 4:22 PM

It doesn’t happen in 1 years time. If you break your leg today will you die tomorrow or limp for the rest of your life?

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FrustratedMonkyyesterday at 5:01 PM

Inflation has gone up.

Just go shopping.

If you start quoting government statistics to defend a point, remember that the people that reported any numbers that contradicted the regime, were fired. So those are no longer trusted.

You're living in a bubble.

90% of Trump’s tariffs are paid for by American consumers and companies

https://fortune.com/2026/02/13/new-york-fed-economists-confi...