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AZJonnie

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3. Unless you're successfully buying and selling in the markets and thus making profits you then put in the bank
Sat May 23, 2026, 02:31 PM
Yesterday

Whatever you've 'made' in the stock market is just numbers on paper. For example, yes, your 401K value has gone up a bit, but that doesn't put food on the table NOW, unless you're like 60, you to wait until you're older to take anything out w/o a big penalty. And who the fuck knows what the market will be at when that time actually comes? Same thing goes for the wealth you *think* you have in home equity.

I specifically recall arguments with wingnut relatives prior to 2024 where they were arguing like "so what if the stock market is doing great under Biden, regular people are struggling to find jobs and pay bills and buy groceries, so "the economy" sucks!", according to this person, despite how many indicators were positive (and Biden turned all that around after Trump fucking wrecked the economy in his first term). That only helped "the rich people", they'd say. And, I mean like every magat in my life was parroting the same lines, like it was an "RNC Blast Fax" (a term from the olden days lol).

Now, of course, the stock market being high under Dear Leader has the exact opposite meaning and effect that it did under Biden.

Because these asshole have ZERO intellectual integrity about ANY subject

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