• SoupBrick@pawb.social
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      5 hours ago

      Trump said there will be pain before America is “great again”. So, expect any news like this to be ignored by the party of “fiscal responsiblility”.

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    No shit. GDP includes government programs and employment. Even if there weren’t any knock-on effects (which there are) GDP would still drop.