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61 sats \ 6 replies \ @Aardvark 20 Feb \ on: Will the bond market rein in Donald Trump? econ

I have serious doubts that spending will be cut in a meaningful way long term.

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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 20 Feb

"Nothing stops this train," I've heard some eloquent macro personality say

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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 20 Feb

I actually have a fool proof way to stop the train.

Everyone loves kittens, so we just have to put 1000's of kittens on the train track.

Worst case, kitten blood is pretty slippery, maybe the train will get derailed if it doesn't stop.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 20 Feb

That's sick

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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Feb

It might be cut in a meaningful way in the medium term, though. Some of what they're doing will take time to undo: selling off federal office space, for instance, means bloating back up will require a lengthy procurement process.

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 20 Feb

Yea, I'm hopeful thst we can increase productivity at least while the spending is lowered.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Feb

I'm expecting productivity increases. A bunch of distortions are being yanked out of the economy, by cutting all of these political subsidies, plus about a hundred thousand former federal workers are entering the labor force.

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