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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGaslighting the people who are going to lose healthcare, pay more for utilities,
Last edited Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)
are terrified of losing their jobs and living all the other bad economic realities.
Thatâs not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T04:02:01.508Z
"We're making a raise":
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T16:34:09.458Z
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Gaslighting the people who are going to lose healthcare, pay more for utilities, (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 24
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dalton99a
(93,530 posts)1. Fucking asshole
OLDMDDEM
(3,137 posts)2. He's full of shit.
markie
(23,981 posts)3. that is how propaganda works!....
average means nothing when you have extreme inequality.... overall means nothing if you care about people....
no, everyone is not going to earn 4.3% more
Lutnick should try living how the lower 50% live
lame54
(39,519 posts)4. Future earnings- as in...
In 2 weeks