Liberals on this site are saying everything is going bad in this country (except to themselves personally of course).

[seafoam1 3,315]

They are currently saying all Americans are  suffering. But none can give personal experiences. 

Please come forward if you have lost your healthcare, can't afford to eat, and have lost your retirement funds. What violence happened to you under Trump that wasn't happening before? 

Oh, and who's fighting in a foreign war that was started by Trump? 

 

[seafoam1 3,315]

Here's an example of one person who has lost everything. 

14 minutes ago, Fnord said:

No. You think the election is tomorrow? These folks have 3 more years to wreck shlt and enrich themselves. It's balls-out time. Americans are going to vote AGAINST the party that gave them sky high inflation, dismantled their healthcare and safety net, tanked a good economy, and quite possibly got us into a foreign war or 2. Not to mention the shredding of the constitution. God help us if there's some kind of national catastrophe or emergency. We've been crazy fortunate this year with hurricanes. 

I hope I'm wrong. I'll eat ALL the crow happily. But by 2028 those of you still backing Trump will be comfortable in your authoritarian leanings, if you aren't already. If he's still POTUS by then, anyway.

 

[MDC 7,696]

Inflation has wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

2 minutes ago, MDC said:

Inflation has wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair. 

Ok. So your life savings is wiped out.

We have #1 folks. Thanks for coming forward and admitting it. 

[MDC 7,696]

Just now, seafoam1 said:

Ok. So your life savings are wiped out.

We have #1 folks. Thanks for coming and admitting it. 

That quote was from Trump’s acceptance speech last year, when costs were lower than they are today.

D’oh! Too easy.  

[seafoam1 3,315]

5 minutes ago, MDC said:

That quote was from Trump’s acceptance speech last year, when costs were lower than they are today.

D’oh! Too easy.  

Costs are not high. Glad you admitted you are broke though.  

And I'm only responding to all of the liberals comments of late.

I'll find your comments and post them here as well as other's. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

 So we have one fear mongerer who has experienced the catastrophe.  

[seafoam1 3,315]

11 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

This is way off. 
 

The Democrats have a very easy message to win in both 2026 and 2028: 

1. The tariffs are causing higher prices and hurting the economy. 

2. The big ugly bill took away your healthcare in order to give tax breaks to billionaires. 

3. Trump is usurping power left and right and acting like a king or dictator. 
 

Thats it. It’s not difficult. They’re incompetent but they’ll figure this out. 

Here's another guy who says he lost everything. Let's see if he owns up to losing it all like mdpee pretends to have lost it all. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

Another guy who is suffering.

On 11/25/2024 at 7:50 PM, The Phantom's Phantom said:

25% Mexico and Canada, 10% China, on everything.

Tried to warn you guys but this is what you wanted.

Retards.

 

[thegeneral 3,449]

This dumbfuk doesn’t remember the previous 4 years of duh worst economy of our lives.

Hey mailboy nothing has changed in past year. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

10 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

This dumbfuk doesn’t remember the previous 4 years of duh worst economy of our lives.

Hey mailboy nothing has changed in past year. 

Yet peeboy whines about losing health insurance and losing his life savings. Cool. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

So far, liberals are denying this all is happening to them? Or what? 

[seafoam1 3,315]

Oh, we have to find out which people on this site have lost their freedom. 

[TimHauck 3,187]

15 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

This dumbfuk doesn’t remember the previous 4 years of duh worst economy of our lives.

Hey mailboy nothing has changed in past year. 

@RLLD said 2024 was the worst economy of the lower classes’s lifetime, then a few months later said it was good.

lol

[thegeneral 3,449]

11 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Yet peeboy whines about losing health insurance and losing his life savings. Cool. 

Quote one post. You cant, dimwit. Personally been crushing it since 2010. I’m very lucky and had been able to invest and save.

[thegeneral 3,449]

4 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

@RLLD said 2024 was the worst economy of the lower classes’s lifetime, then a few months later said it was good.

lol

Yikes

[seafoam1 3,315]

On 9/20/2025 at 8:18 AM, Ron_Artest said:

This is a full-on assault against freedom of speech. You need to recognize this.

Another one who lost his freedom. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

12 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

@RLLD said 2024 was the worst economy of the lower classes’s lifetime, then a few months later said it was good.

lol

That's not the topic. You all cry you lost everything including your freedom. 

I'm glad things are as bad for you as you say they are.

[seafoam1 3,315]

8 months now liberals have been whining about all the bad Trump has done, yet no one here will tell us their own horror story that is happening to them because of Trump. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

I wonder if this guy will come out and tell us his personal horror stories? 

On 4/9/2025 at 11:23 AM, squistion said:

With Trump appearing to send the US economy over a cliff with his tariffs, it seems not a question of if, but when there will be a recession.

 

 

[seafoam1 3,315]

I guess Tim lost his healthcare and his life savings too. Liberals do say the same thing a lot lately. 

On 9/25/2025 at 12:09 PM, The Real timschochet said:

I certainly don’t buy into @supermike80’s claim that they don’t mean anything. There are outliers, sometimes they get stuff wrong, but for the most part they reflect opinion fairly well. 

That being said they don’t matter right now too much. They will matter a year from now as we approach the midterms. By then it seems unlikely that the public will be focused on any of the issues they are focused on now with two exceptions: the economy and healthcare (the latter because of the Big Ugly Bill.) Those two, IMO, are the constants. Specifically if prices don’t come down Republicans will be in huge trouble. 

 

[seafoam1 3,315]

What violence happened to you? Let me guess, nothing. AmIright?

33 minutes ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

“Trump’s not responsible for the divisiveness and violence though!!” 

Wake up

 

[weepaws 3,266]

Marco Rubio tells visa holders praising Charlie Kirks murder, you’re not welcome.  Amen. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

Libtards complain 24x7;about all the terrible things happening to Americans, but these things are not happening to any of them for some reason. 

[Maximum Overkill 2,312]

6 hours ago, MDC said:

Inflation has wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair. 

Is that where you're at?? 

 "wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair". 

You're broke?? You have a phone or iPad apparently 

[Frozenbeernuts 2,302]

6 hours ago, MDC said:

Inflation has wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair. 

This has been going on for many presidents. The currency system is focked. Has been for forever. Focusing on what Trump is doing now is focusing on the symptom. Not the root cause that the government or the fed can just print money.

[The Real timschochet 7,203]

One of the many many flaws in this thread is that the guy who started it apparently can’t conceive of the idea that some of us might care about other people. For example, the Big Ugly Bill is going to hurt a lot of folks on the poorer side who will no longer have access to health benefits. It won’t affect me, I can afford my own health insurance. Others can’t. And I am concerned about them. 
 

To @seafoam1 and all too many other Trump supporters, empathy for other people is a foreign concept. They just don’t get it. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

1 hour ago, The Real timschochet said:

One of the many many flaws in this thread is that the guy who started it apparently can’t conceive of the idea that some of us might care about other people. For example, the Big Ugly Bill is going to hurt a lot of folks on the poorer side who will no longer have access to health benefits. It won’t affect me, I can afford my own health insurance. Others can’t. And I am concerned about them. 
 

To @seafoam1 and all too many other Trump supporters, empathy for other people is a foreign concept. They just don’t get it. 

So authoritarianism in this Nazi run government doesn't affect you in the least? Only the poor?  It sure seems like you have been really scared for years now. Given all your fear mongering. 

You are so full of shlt with this "selfless love" BS. It's been all about you and your liberal collective since the beginning. 

[MDC 7,696]

1 hour ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Is that where you're at?? 

 "wiped out the life savings of our citizens, and forced the middle class into a state of depression and despair". 

You're broke?? You have a phone or iPad apparently 

That was a Trump quote dummy. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

Just now, MDC said:

That was a Trump quote dummy. 

We are talking about what you idiot liberals have been saying for the past 8 months peeboy. You refuse to own up to it. 

[Maximum Overkill 2,312]

1 minute ago, MDC said:

That was a Trump quote dummy. 

But that how it was under Biden. Things are great now. You're complaining, not me. 

[MDC 7,696]

Just now, Maximum Overkill said:

But that how it was under Biden. Things are great now. You're complaining, not me. 

Costs are higher now than they were a year ago. Hth

[seafoam1 3,315]

6 minutes ago, MDC said:

Costs are higher now than they were a year ago. Hth

Some are some are not. Oh boy, that seems like what happens every year. 

And this is you huge gripe. That's why you whine constantly 24x7 about Trump? 

[MDC 7,696]

MAGA 2024: These costs are out of control!

MAGA 2025: These higher costs are great! Thanks Daddy!  

[BrahmaBulls 879]

7 hours ago, thegeneral said:

This dumbfuk doesn’t remember the previous 4 years of duh worst economy of our lives.

Hey mailboy nothing has changed in past year. 

You seem triggered, thegenital

[seafoam1 3,315]

I'm loving everything that is going on with what Trump is doing. And seeing the liberals crying, makes me know he is on the right track for this country. 

[seafoam1 3,315]

3 minutes ago, MDC said:

MAGA 2024: These costs are out of control!

MAGA 2025: These higher costs are great! Thanks Daddy!  

What high costs. Eggs again? I bought a dozen eggs for $2.79 a week ago. 

Focking liar. Or, you are just getting ripped off, which I can see a dope like you doing. 

[MDC 7,696]

CPI rose at a rate of 2.9% in August as U.S. inflation ticked higher

By Aimee Picchi

Updated on: September 11, 2025 / 9:17 AM EDT

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, matching economists' forecasts that prices would pick up slightly as President Trump's tariffs filtered through the economy.

By the numbers

The CPI was expected to rise 2.9% last month, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. 

The CPI, a basket of goods and services typically bought by consumers, tracks the change in prices on everyday items such as food and apparel over time. So far this year, inflation has stayed at 3% or lower, with July's CPI reading at 2.7%. 

Despite that, inflation has been creeping higher in recent months, edging away from the Federal Reserve's 2% annual target. That's causing some Americans to feel more sour about the economy, with a recent CBS News poll finding that two-thirds of consumers said prices in the past few weeks have continued to rise. 

 

What economists say

Some economists point to the Trump administration's wide-ranging tariffs as pushing prices higher. That's because U.S. businesses pay the import duties to the federal government and then pass on some of those costs to consumers in the form of costlier goods.

So far in 2025, the Federal Reserve has held off on cutting rates due to the potential for tariffs to reignite inflation. Because rate reductions make it cheaper to borrow, they can spur businesses and consumers to open their wallets, adding to inflationary pressures. 

Yet with the labor market showing signs of strain, Fed Chair Jerome Powell last month signaled that the door may be open for a rate cut at the central bank's Sept. 17 meeting. Cutting rates can spur hiring by making it cheaper for businesses to borrow, and therefore easier to expand and add employees.

Under the Fed's so-called "dual mandate," the central bank is required to promote full employment while keeping inflation in check. 

Despite the rise in inflation, the Fed is likely still on track for a rate cut next week, said Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management, noting that the weaker jobs data will likely outweigh concerns about higher prices.

"While the CPI report is a tad hotter than expected, it will not give the Fed a moment of hesitation when they announce a rate cut next week," she said in an email. 

 

What's getting pricier

Some items getting more expensive are products that are largely imported, such as coffee, which soared 21.7% from a year ago, and furniture, which rose 4.7%. Imports are subject to U.S. tariffs based on country of origin, with the Trump administration adding new duties that start at 10% and scale higher. 

"There were once again some signs of tariff effects putting upward pressure on goods prices," noted Capital Economics in a research note, pointing to higher costs for appliances and other home products.

Day-to-day costs also increased at a faster pace, with food prices rising by 3.2% from a year ago, largely driven by higher restaurant prices, the data showed. 

Those pressures are being felt by many consumers, with some telling CBS News that their expenses have only increased in the past year. Some say that they're cutting back on discretionary spending to cope with a rise in household costs.

"Everything overall is more expensive — my groceries for example — and I hope for things that are on sale. I plan everything we're going to have for the week," said Kali Daugherty, 40, an executive director of a nonprofit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

 

She said she's spending about $275 to $300 every two weeks on groceries for her family, up from about $175 to $200 a year ago. "There's no wiggle room anymore," she added.
 

Is it Day 1 yet?  

[seafoam1 3,315]

10 minutes ago, MDC said:

CPI rose at a rate of 2.9% in August as U.S. inflation ticked higher

By Aimee Picchi

Updated on: September 11, 2025 / 9:17 AM EDT

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, matching economists' forecasts that prices would pick up slightly as President Trump's tariffs filtered through the economy.

By the numbers

The CPI was expected to rise 2.9% last month, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. 

The CPI, a basket of goods and services typically bought by consumers, tracks the change in prices on everyday items such as food and apparel over time. So far this year, inflation has stayed at 3% or lower, with July's CPI reading at 2.7%. 

Despite that, inflation has been creeping higher in recent months, edging away from the Federal Reserve's 2% annual target. That's causing some Americans to feel more sour about the economy, with a recent CBS News poll finding that two-thirds of consumers said prices in the past few weeks have continued to rise. 

 

What economists say

Some economists point to the Trump administration's wide-ranging tariffs as pushing prices higher. That's because U.S. businesses pay the import duties to the federal government and then pass on some of those costs to consumers in the form of costlier goods.

So far in 2025, the Federal Reserve has held off on cutting rates due to the potential for tariffs to reignite inflation. Because rate reductions make it cheaper to borrow, they can spur businesses and consumers to open their wallets, adding to inflationary pressures. 

Yet with the labor market showing signs of strain, Fed Chair Jerome Powell last month signaled that the door may be open for a rate cut at the central bank's Sept. 17 meeting. Cutting rates can spur hiring by making it cheaper for businesses to borrow, and therefore easier to expand and add employees.

Under the Fed's so-called "dual mandate," the central bank is required to promote full employment while keeping inflation in check. 

Despite the rise in inflation, the Fed is likely still on track for a rate cut next week, said Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management, noting that the weaker jobs data will likely outweigh concerns about higher prices.

"While the CPI report is a tad hotter than expected, it will not give the Fed a moment of hesitation when they announce a rate cut next week," she said in an email. 

 

What's getting pricier

Some items getting more expensive are products that are largely imported, such as coffee, which soared 21.7% from a year ago, and furniture, which rose 4.7%. Imports are subject to U.S. tariffs based on country of origin, with the Trump administration adding new duties that start at 10% and scale higher. 

"There were once again some signs of tariff effects putting upward pressure on goods prices," noted Capital Economics in a research note, pointing to higher costs for appliances and other home products.

Day-to-day costs also increased at a faster pace, with food prices rising by 3.2% from a year ago, largely driven by higher restaurant prices, the data showed. 

Those pressures are being felt by many consumers, with some telling CBS News that their expenses have only increased in the past year. Some say that they're cutting back on discretionary spending to cope with a rise in household costs.

"Everything overall is more expensive — my groceries for example — and I hope for things that are on sale. I plan everything we're going to have for the week," said Kali Daugherty, 40, an executive director of a nonprofit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

 

She said she's spending about $275 to $300 every two weeks on groceries for her family, up from about $175 to $200 a year ago. "There's no wiggle room anymore," she added.
 

Is it Day 1 yet?  

So how does fluctuating inflation that's been going on for quite a long time now affect your well being?

See, this is what I'm wondering, how is this hurting you so bad that you dedicate your  every moment of the day of the year to whine so much? How is all of what Trump doing hurting you this bad? 

You don't even understand the tariffs. You really don't get it..Everything is day to day for you. Not the long term outcome of this country.

Sorry you are suffering so bad.

You are the one lib on this site that admits you are hurting bad. But you won't say how it's screwing up your life. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,826]

9 hours ago, TimHauck said:

@RLLD said 2024 was the worst economy of the lower classes’s lifetime, then a few months later said it was good.

lol

You said football helmets are made of metal. 🪖