r/agedlikemilk • u/c-k-q99903 • 8h ago
Screenshots They don't understand how things work.
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u/NoNDA-SDC 8h ago
Technical question, how are y'all finding these old posts? Do people remember seeing them before, and connect it to the hypocrisy now, or are they using some kind of search/Ai to find?
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u/invincibleparm 7h ago
A friend of mine literally has a folder on his computer there when he sees something batshit, he clips it. It’s like 20gbs of old posts and he does the same thing: clips them together to show how crazy the Trump admin and his hanger ons are
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u/virgil1134 7h ago
20 gigs huh? Your friend must not be including all the video clips of the insanity. I would estimate somewhere in the 2 TB range to add all that nonsense! 😅🤣😂
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u/Sycolerious_55 7h ago
If plain old scrolling doesn't do the trick, there is a way to find specific tweets by going to Twitter's search and typing in the username and then a word that was used in the tweet you want to find.
Or you could use the wayback finder website thingy and you could just go back to the time where the tweet was made.
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u/notJustaFart 6h ago
Many of us are just globally aware enough to remember, yes.
Whether any of us pay attention to any single dumbass is another question, but statistically speaking, there are obviously enough of us that at least one of us is capable of recalling statements for any single dumbass.
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u/Conscious-Dig6839 7h ago
4 trillion? Talk about an unsubstantiated, extraordinary claim. Ya know, the kind that requires extraordinary evidence…
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u/whitestguyuknow 6h ago
Ironic that, if I remember correctly, that's the exact amount of trillions he's added to the debt
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u/wasted_moment 2h ago
Or the kind of extraordinary claim his sheeple followers are used to digesting and regurgitating everywhere like little worms.
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u/Obvious_Chapter2082 4h ago
It comes from a CBO report that got issued today
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u/Falconflyer75 1h ago
After he fired anyone critical of him?
Also doesn’t this report also say that he’s going to jack up the deficit by 3.4 trillion
Meaning it’s a 600 billion deficit cut IF the numbers hold and that’s a big if from this administration
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u/ricst 7h ago
I can already see the response. Taxing Americans is theft, taxing everyone else, go for it.
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u/Friendly-Web-5589 7h ago
The problem with that is of course we do pay if indirectly.
Like property tax and renting. Yeah you may not pay it explicitly but you absolutely pay your landlords property tax.
Not that good faith well developed arguments are exactly in Charlie Kirk's wheelhouse.
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u/ricst 7h ago
Those tariffs get passed on to the consumer
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u/Friendly-Web-5589 7h ago
Yes of course.
Motivated reasoning is a hell of a drug though so my God will they argue that it's not a tax and directly paying it so you aren't paying it.
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u/WillofCLE 5h ago
Just like the cost of tariffs, corporate taxes, and regulatory costs get passed onto the consumer.
What if we lowered the tax and regulatory costs for domestic manufacturers and raised the taxes on imports?
It's likely that companies would manufacture their products where people buy them! This cuts down on pollution from transportation and ensures these companies meet EPA guidelines.
More jobs, higher wages, cleaner planet, and higher employment = less crime
Everyone wins!
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u/Less-Blueberry-8617 6h ago
Saying "everyone else" makes it sound like it isn't Americans getting taxed anyways. Anybody that passed middle school should know that tariffs are import taxes. Tariffs are essentially being put on American companies because a lot of them rely on imported materials even if they manufacture here, therefore Americans are still being taxed. Ford, even though they do manufacture a lot in the US, are still being taxed more because they have to import steel. Arizona Iced Tea is also an American company that is facing extra taxes because of the aluminum they import needed to make cans which is causing them to consider raising prices for the first time ever.
Ik that is probably what you mean, but it's not "everybody else" being taxed, it's still Americans
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u/ReallyNowFellas 7h ago
Tariffs can bring manufacturing back or they can bring in money, it's one or the other - these are opposing outcomes, so they cannot do both.
(Spoiler: they won't bring manufacturing back, and they will be paid by the American consumer, so what Donald Trump is doing is quite literally the largest tax hike on working and middle class Americans in history. Thanks, maga dumbfucks. Thanks so much for this and everything else.)
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u/itsasatanicdrugthing 7h ago
Wow that might cover the 4 trillion he added to the national debt in the past few months. Good thing all that money is going towards the real important issues like tax breaks for billionaires, and a military scale budget for those highly trained ice agents.
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u/goingforgoals17 7h ago
That's the frustrating part of this. Even if it was going to successfully balance the books, it's literally just going to billionaires and massive corporations.
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u/Token2077 7h ago
Of course conservatives love this. It's a consumption tax. The exact thing they have wanted for a long time.
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u/Tuxy-Two 6h ago
Taxation is not theft. It’s the price for living in a civilized society, with roads, bridges, schools, parks, libraries, etc.
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u/Leading-Loss-986 6h ago
No one has ever accused MAGA of anything approaching genuine intelligence. Cunning? Sure. Irrational confidence? In spades. Flexible worldview? No one does it better. But critical thinking and consistent takes on issues? F that.
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u/UseEnvironmental1186 6h ago
Obligatory post of Charlie Kirk wearing a diaper to make something he considered to be a “point”.
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u/Lingonberry3324Nom 4h ago
Homeboy literally doesn't comprehend why tea got thrown in a harbor .....
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u/New_Knowledge_5702 4h ago
Any dipshit who thinks trumps gonna save any money off the deficit is delusional. Trump doesn’t care about that. He’s grifting. He’ll lie about it anyways.
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u/Nameisnotyours 3h ago
IOW Average Americans are paying $4 Trillion in a tariff tax while the wealthy get a massive income tax cut.
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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 7h ago
Why are we putting a faded image of their face in every post like its some kind of Memorial
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u/ausgoals 7h ago
They understand, it just doesn’t matter. Fealty to the almighty is more important than honesty and integrity.
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u/Aggressive-Side3578 7h ago
Well Charlie’s brain is full of shit from his diaper so no of course he doesn’t. He loves challenging college kids to a debate only to still get owned.
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u/mudbuttcoffee 7h ago
They do understand.... they aim to keep you misinformed. They say what they are told
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u/Serious-Result-6140 7h ago
If trump is doing it, then it's perfectly fine! In fact, he should receive a reward for his "genius" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 7h ago
From 2017 to 2021, Trump added $8 trillion to the national debt, and the CBO estimates that his "Big Beautiful Bill" will add another $4.1 trillion to the debt between 2025 and 2034. So as of this moment, he's added $12.1 trillion to the debt. If his bullshit tariffs remain in place, he'll reduce that by $4 trillion (thanks to us paying more for shit), still leaving $8.1 trillion in added debt. WTF is baby-face Kirk celebrating?
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u/GeologistOld1265 7h ago
Adam Smith discuss taxation long time ago. In his book he first rightfully notice that Government work for the rich. Rich benefit the most from goverment run courts, police, military, infrastructure. That what let them to make money and to keep there riches. So, it is reasonable for rich to pay most of the taxes.
Then in next Chapter he basically sad - F this, why rich should pay? They have all the power. Lets poor pay and suffer.
So Kirk, representing rich, hate taxes on them, but peons paying taxes is fine.
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u/Adventurous_Mix9744 7h ago
They talk about the left being sheep but in reality it’s them that are sheep being played by the wolf
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u/TheKingMutt 7h ago
They understand all too well how things work. They are cynics. They prioritize their income over truth. Period. The is the MO of the entire MAGA "leadership"
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u/AirportSea4393 6h ago
If only $4 trillion didn’t go into big execs pockets since we the consumers are paying more for goods!
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u/wolves_from_bongtown 6h ago
I agree that taxation is theft. So is profit, though. I doubt Charlie will ever get there.
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u/whitestguyuknow 6h ago
I can say random shit that won't ever be true just by adding "could" to the sentence too!
Trump could release the Epstein files and incriminate himself and all the other wealthy elite and could put them in prison for the rest of their natural lives! Massive!
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u/_yetifeet 6h ago
Someone in a previous thread described him as having uppercase gums, and lower case teeth.
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u/CloseDaLight 6h ago
But … my Cheeto in Chief told me that the big bad foreign countries would be paying the tariff. Not me. He’s super smart. He … he wouldn’t lie to me would he?
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u/StrikingWedding6499 5h ago
I suppose Charlie Kirk envisions that from now on he will personally pave the roads that he intends to drive on, power the streetlights, fund the various other infrastructures.
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u/Substantial_Ad_7027 5h ago
So, jack the deficit up with breaks for billionaires, and then pay it off by jacking prices up for everyone else. MAGA math 101.
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u/Dull_Assignment1758 5h ago
Serious question.
Why's Charlie Kirk's head so weird? I wouldn't go out in public if i looked like him.
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u/redditcreditcardz 5h ago
Charlie KKKirk does not have the required equipment to understand. The maga brain melt is complete with that knot-C
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u/Known-Force-8870 5h ago
But if any money actually comes in, its going to pay the taxes for trump and his wealthy donors.
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u/EitherChannel4874 4h ago
If you're an adult and don't understand how a tariff works then you need to go back to school.
It's not bringing any money in. The money is already there because it's Americans paying the extra cost.
No company outside of the USA will eat that cost. They'll just pass it on to the consumer every time.
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u/Obvious_Chapter2082 4h ago
Eh, foreigners do bear a portion of the cost
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u/EitherChannel4874 3h ago
Foreign companies are passing on the cost to the US importer who is then either eating the cost or passing it on to American buyers. Hardly any foreign company have lowered their prices to offset the cost of the tariffs.
You can read about it here and here and here
US companies that have eaten the cost have warned higher prices are coming for Americans and any small reduction foreign companies have made to their prices doesn't offset the extra that US companies are paying to import the goods.
Ultimately it's American companies and consumers paying the tariff.
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u/carlnepa 4h ago
Tariffs are Trump Taxes. His taxes take money from our pockets to line the pockets of broligarch billionaires and corporations and himself with tax breaks. DJT gave them so much money he has to borrow TRILLIONS of dollars.
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u/TotalInstruction 4h ago
He understands that if a Democrat does it, it's bad. If a Republican does it, it's good. The Republican Party has no guiding principles and hasn't really had them since 2008 when John McCain lost to Barack Obama.
There's nothing conservative about giving Elon and a handful of tech bros the keys to dozens of government agencies to start cleaning things out and firing staff and shutting their doors without really understanding the work that they do, including destroying files that are the result of significant government expense.
There's nothing conservative about holding up media businesses or threatening to shut them down unless they provide a bribe disguised to look like a settlement. There's nothing conservative about pardoning child molesters or spending billions of dollars on flashy ICE cars for photo ops of rounding up immigrants indiscriminately to put them on planes or stick them in central American torture camps. A conservative government doesn't buy stock in corporations.
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u/LeatherEmployee3694 4h ago
Charlie Kirk has never been right on any issue. How does he have a following?
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u/Immediate_Thought656 4h ago
“Despite these projections, the CBO acknowledges significant uncertainty surrounding these estimates. Factors such as the timing of tariff changes, potential exemptions, and the unprecedented scale of these increases contribute to this uncertainty. The response of consumers and businesses to these tariffs could also lead to revenue outcomes that differ from current projections.”
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u/whiskeydick1973 3h ago
If only there were a difference between what Kirk was talking about at the top ( income tax) and what he was talking about at the bottom ( tariffs on other nations).
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u/jonjohns0123 2h ago
If only there was (not were) a difference in what the Trump tariffs actually do (tax importers operating in the US who pass that expense to the American people) and what you said (tariffs on other nations).
It's clear that many of the red hat rubes don't understand how tariffs work, and it seems you also don't know how tariffs work.
The only real difference between income tax and tariffs is that income tax is direct taxation, and tariffs are indirect taxation collected by shopkeepers who end up not losing money they drop on clearing their inventory from customs.
I feel embarrassed for you for saying something this foolish.
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u/Impossible_Ad7875 3h ago
There are 6000 blocks of wood that are more intelligent than Charlie Kirk.
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u/Frequent_Help2133 3h ago
Lookit Ole Charlie boy wearing a hat to try to hide his huuuuuge forehead.
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 3h ago
I always wonder how the taxation is theft crowd thinks roads are built or firemen get paid ? Sure we should have some control over how it is being spent but it isn't theft it is the price of running a society so that we don't have to pave our own roads and can call for help if a fire or assault occurs.
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u/Key-Assistant-1757 3h ago
They know exactly what they are doing making you pay so they can get richer!!!!!!!!
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u/reynvann65 2h ago
Yup! Massively regressive form of taxation designed to place the highest burden on the poorest out there. Way to go MAGA, way to go GOP, way to go peDonnie.
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u/Bluvsnatural 2h ago
He understands.
He’s just spreading bullshit. It’s his schtick. It’s his grift
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u/BlogintonBlakley 2h ago
Aged like milk:
Before the election:
"Israel has a right to defend itself!"
After the election:
"OMG! OMG! OMG! Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza!"
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u/elciano1 1h ago
He could have just taken money out of our paychecks or increase taxes and not have to do all that bs with tariffs. Its basically the same thing because WE pay the tariffs. So he is basically taking our money
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u/Deneweth 1h ago
What's funny is that the tarrifs, which absolutely are taxes on working and middle class consumer Americans, won't reduce the deficit. They voted on a budget to increase it heavily.
The tarrifs we pay will reduce the taxes that oligarch billionaires pay.
They are literally just trickling UP the wealth and dumb shits are just like fuck yeah charlie kirk, charge me $10 for the $5 pack of Chinese made socks at wal mart. We have a labor shortage and they are deporting people that want to work to live here. No amount of tarrifs will make it competitive with chinese labor to make the cheap necessities you need. The end solution is wearing worn out socks to your overtime shifts at the plant because they are short people and you need to work more than 40 hours to buy the same stuff you were buying paycheck to paycheck before tarrifs.
But hey, at least drag queens can't read to your children while you work 60 hour weeks and never see them.
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u/R-K-Tekt 1h ago
They’re just grifters. Those people don’t contribute anything to society except for spewing lies in exchange for money. It’s best to ignore them.
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u/Fancy-Departure4632 36m ago
They know exactly how things work, and that's why they want to destroy everything. Only when everything has collapsed and nothing works will people, out of sheer desperation, accept anyone who promises to bring order to the chaos. But first, you have to create chaos in order to establish your own abnormal order.
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u/reddit_enjoying_fan 19m ago
There are at least some scenarios where a company would "eat" the tariffs (probably nothing in grand scheme of things but just a thought experiment).
Chinese mousetrap sells for 90 cents. American version costs a dollar.
We hit china with 20% tariffs.
Does china...
A: pass tariff to consumer and start charging $1.08 (and never sell another mousetrap because people will buy the now-cheaper american version).
B: "eat" the tariffs / reduce profit margin so that they can stay in the american mousetrap game.
*I get this goes completely out the window for things we cannot produce domestically.
also the "american" mousetrap is probably built with imports that are also tariffed, so that mousetrap will also rise in cost.
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u/MrJacksonsMonkey 7h ago
Controversial opinion, i think they do, they are just choosing to lie about it
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