r/PoursTea • • 22h ago

Tea Break! ☕️ A lot can happen in two years

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u/MaximumEffort433 22h ago

Two years ago Joe Biden was forgiving student loan debt and giving temporary protective status to at risk migrants, trans Americans could serve in the military and LGBTQ+ students had title IX protections.

The list of ways America was better is pretty fucking long.

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u/Copper_Nanotubes 18h ago

Two years ago this country was a dumpster fire and Reddit was mad about some other stuff

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u/Rated-E-For-Erik 5h ago

I would very much rather have the dumpster fire of two years ago versus now.

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u/Copper_Nanotubes 20m ago

I dunno man its all been downhill since Harambe died

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u/T12435 16h ago

That's why Democrats lost. He concentrated on issues that only a small portion of the population cares about. People wanted lower inflation, cheap grocery ,and affordable housing

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u/Significant_Ad7605 16h ago

And where we at with those things?

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u/T12435 16h ago

Democrats will probably win the midterms and then do absolutely nothing to help anyone. Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin

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u/Significant_Ad7605 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1J9znYNISr0aEmze
And I bet you’re just smarter than everyone, right

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u/T12435 16h ago

I bet you think if the Democrats win this country will actualy change. Change didn't happen after Obama won in '08 and won't ever happen

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u/zeecan 16h ago

You've completely surrendered yourself to nihilism based on your comments, comparing trump to biden and obama is just hilariously delusional

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u/T12435 16h ago

so what exactly has changed?

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u/No_Communication2959 10h ago

The problem is, we never see what Democrat tax policies look like. At least not since Obama.

Biden was still on Trump's tax policies.

Just like with the BBB, taxes are lowered for 2 years and then there is a small increase on the middle and lower classes for 2 years and then a sharper increase for 2 more years. Leaning the high tax rates under Biden were mostly from the Trump administration.

We will see a scheduled increase again in 2027 and 2029. In 2027 and 2029 we will also see a decrease in the Medicare and Medicaid budget, as well as the VA. In 2029 we see the return of overtime tax rates.

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u/4thXsTheCharm 22h ago

Don't forget the Rose garden was actually a Rose garden and not a patio

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u/Cautious-Number2318 22h ago

Not a Helipad...

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u/SaltySelkie217 19h ago

Still curious about where these remnants are being sold, and to whom.

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u/desertguy1961 21h ago

The Republicunts will still vote in favor of destroying our country.

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u/Difficult-Garbage861 21h ago

Gotta own the libs even if my meds are $300/mo instead of $15.00 I work with a few that should have retired but can't afford to quit. I tell them to vote better but they won't hear it. Just regurgitate Fox new crap.

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u/nihilistiq 15h ago

Give them negative feedback, however you can.

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u/ytdaddy4fun 21h ago

I mean republicans wanted to destroy America and they have succeeded. It will take decades of very hard work and very high taxes to correct what Trump has done.

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u/guster75 21h ago

Tax the billionaires. A lot.

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u/edebt 21h ago

Take all the money that was grifted by this administration to pay for it. Why did I get a warning message for that sentence?

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u/falardeau187 21h ago

Great idea.
Great question. That’s some BS

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u/GtheEnchanter 17h ago

I reposted it.

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u/According-Ad-5946 20h ago

Billionaires at 40% Trump at 90%.

Since he's trying to make it so he won't have to pay taxes at all.

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u/mindguru88 3h ago

Start with seizing all assets of the Trump crime family, all the way down.

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u/NerdizardGo 21h ago

I feel your post is a bit disingenuous. I honestly believe the average American, regardless of political affiliation, does not want to "destroy America"

I do however believe the average Republican voter has been convinced that the Democrats want to destroy America, and that the average Democrat voter has been convinced that Republicans want to destroy America. This is by design. Make the average American hate half of their own country and they won't notice what's really happening.

The only people who actually want to destroy America are the oligarchs who will enrich themselves from the destruction of our economy, and the foreign countries with interests in sowing discord in the United States of America.

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u/Beneficial-Pickle743 14h ago

I’m sorry but I very strongly disagree.

One side votes to make the country a better place, The other side votes to make everyone suffer including themselves just to “own” the other side.

So while yes it is designed for us to hate each other, It’s extremely clear to see that republicans deliberately voted for someone to fuck the country, TWICE.

Republicans DELIBERATELY voted to fuck every over aka destroy the country.

Saying that you don’t think one side wants to fuck the country over is sticking your head in the sand and completely ignoring everything that’s happened in the past 10 years

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u/Sad-Cantaloupe-5494 20h ago

This is the correct answer. Despite our differences, we're all people who are suffering from the same problems at the hands of the same people. We need another revolution, and that's going to take courageous folks from both sides of the aisle

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u/Live-Tank-2998 18h ago

one side of the aisle is currently throwing families into camps and trying to run forced detransition experiments in federal prisons. Any courage from that side that could exist is immediatelt invalidated by the fact that an ounce of courage would mean you arent on that side in the first place. You bothsiders are always so disconnected from the amount of damage that one side is doing, if you wouldnt be singing the tone you are. I suspect youre largely embarassed republicans who dont want to admit it.

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u/Dirk_Kailis 17h ago

Pendulums swing

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u/guster75 21h ago

Vote Blue like your country depends on it!

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u/No-Wealth-1555 15h ago

Which it does

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 21h ago

Its insane when you actually look at the timescale. It feels like it would take five years plus to hit this level of fractured dystopia.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 21h ago

The whole premise of Project 2025 (you know, that plan Donald Trump claimed he had never heard of) was to hit the ground running the moment Trump was inaugurated and just flood the zone with so many things that it would be impossible to stop them all.

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 21h ago

When we could be living in a utopia.

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u/RaccoonCityTacos 21h ago

With billionaires' money behind secretive technology, anything is possible.

That's why I no longer trust American elections. But I will still vote.

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 21h ago

Its all rigged. Rigged against us.

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u/Advanced-Version3523 20h ago

Anyone who didn’t vote Kamala in 2024 is responsible for Trump right now. Don’t be retarded, go vote for whoever is blue and on the ballot.

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u/West-Wash6081 20h ago

And a 34 time convicted felon was awaiting sentencing.

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u/GtheEnchanter 17h ago

Take all the money that was grifted by this administration to pay for it.

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u/time2sow 21h ago

Yeah put some loony tunes aislop on this nostalgia right here jk not really

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u/LokiIcepelt 19h ago

Just look at the American southeast, the former confederate states, if you want to see exactly what multigenerational de facto one party republican rule looks like. Literal third world standards of mortality, quality of life, crime, education, etc. Just like with Project 2025 this is an open book test. You can see EXACTLY what republican policies will produce. Do you want to live like that?

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u/theamathamhour 18h ago

I still am not sure if it's sheer incompetence,

or part of a big plan.

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u/ssdsssssss4dr 17h ago

Yes, because one election will fix this shitshow, and Trump will have a completely sensible response if he loses. /s

We are only in the middle of the 1st Act...

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u/mbush525 21h ago

Americans deserve better!

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 21h ago

Americans deserve what they get.

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u/Lieutelant 17h ago

Sadly there are good Americans and bad Americans, and we both are getting what the bad ones deserve...and honestly some of the bads ones are actually NOT getting what they deserve(billionaires)

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 16h ago

Yeah rich people and republicans can go to hell

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u/LibertyCash 21h ago

Besides gas, those are the wrong talking points for the folks we need to show up and/or vote differently.

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u/According-Ad-5946 20h ago

USAID being shut down is one of the many ways Trump has screwed over the Farmers.

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u/WebInformal9558 18h ago

Fixing things is going to take a LOT longer than destroying them did.

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u/mattehohoh 17h ago

Cool story, what are you doing about it?, love Canada

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 14h ago

Food was affordable and I had a job. The reasons myself and my coworkers were laid off are attributable to Trump’s policies. 

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u/iamthe0ther0ne 10h ago

IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS? It feels like a fucking lifetime. This is exhausting.

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u/MoonsterGoopter 20h ago

to be fair: most people don't really care about the reflecting pool, the east wing, the Kennedy Center; some care about USAID. Gas being affordable is relatable to nearly everyone and shouldn't be buried with the rest of that.

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u/Rocket-kun 11h ago

Not to mention groceries were reasonably affordable and properly inspected

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u/ScienceAlien 10h ago

A wrecking ball can demolish a building overnight that took decades to build.

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u/Just-Upstairs4397 7h ago

I just don’t understand how people can be so dumb to still be MAGA, like these people are genuinely cooked.

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u/herbertcluas 2h ago

We actually are sick of USA being sent to All Nations, no more tax dollars overseas, let's start by cutting funding to Israel

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u/bilcher 1h ago

And hundreds of elected leaders were sitting on their hands...

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u/rubyspicer 16h ago

Libs were too busy wanting to punish Kamala for Gaza and a bunch of other people didn't want a female president, or she was a cop, or not different enough from Biden.

I'd love to ask these people whether it was worth it, sticking it to Kamala.

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u/Top_Meaning6195 18h ago

As someone not in America: I no longer want Democrats to vote.

It will only lead to a much better world.

Every possible outcome is better for humanity.

Let conservatives continue to fuck up the country.

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u/Terrible_Bee_6876 19h ago

Probably lead with the gas stuff, compare the percentage of voters who are inconvenienced by the inaccessibility of the East Wing to the percentage of voters who are inconvenienced by having to choose between food and fuel every day. People outside of extremely online political echo chambers and wealthy residents of Washington DC do not care about these niche DC venue stories.

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u/justaheatattack 19h ago

don't nominate a woman, and they will.

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u/Boring_Drama_4947 21h ago

Get usaid tf outta here. I love the vibe of the rest but why do we pay taxes if we aren’t helping the people at home? I couldn’t give less of a fuck if afghan kids can read, let their government figure that out. Why do Americans want our money to help other countries sooooo badly. Go walk outside your nearest town center and throw homeless people cheeseburgers if you wanna feel warm and fuzzy.

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u/Equivalent_Net_8983 21h ago

Is that what you do?

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u/Boring_Drama_4947 20h ago

Yeah I like doing cheeseburger and water runs or during better times for myself I keep a box of mres in the trunk for more long term sustenance

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u/Rated-E-For-Erik 18h ago

Well from a moral standpoint some of us actually want good for everyone.

From a world standpoint a more stable world means a more stable US. Case in point this American made turmoil in the Middle East is causing instability back in the US.

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u/Boring_Drama_4947 6h ago

Yes but it’s American made turmoil and it has been since the 90s. The destabilization of the Middle East is entirely our fault and we keep doing shit at home that will only make it worse. I deployed in 2019 and was expected to do war with months of no ammo resupply and shoddy food replenishment. The politicians we put in power make wild decisions that affect the rest of us and then forget about conclusion as soon as it becomes unpopular or inconvenient. USAID would be great if it all went to help people abroad, but it has to grease palms and pockets before it actually gets to the people it’s meant to help. Our country is a joke now and it’s a joke under democrats. Everyone downvoting me and wanting to suckle from the teat of democrats are delusional if they think a party change is going to unfuck our country.

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u/Glittering_Ocelot_67 12h ago

Some of us still want to be able to travel and show our faces in other countries respectably proud of our home country that’s so rich and touted as the “best” for some reasons.

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 21h ago

There are people that recieve that money. They want it to keep coming.

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u/Boring_Drama_4947 20h ago

If an American is getting usaid money I’m all for it but let’s affix our own oxygen masks before we try to help others. America could be such a force for good but instead we’re… this
https://giphy.com/gifs/oaXRLIMnkGBnuQOBzE

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 20h ago

Thats the 1000 yrd stare.

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u/CryptographerLow6360 20h ago

you did voted, and you voted for this

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u/The_Cristovao 18h ago

You lost me at USAID. This is just baseless slop from a 5 month old bot account.

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u/T12435 16h ago

2 years ago everything was unaffordable

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u/TheOneFreeEngineer 6h ago

And it was still more affordable than it is now

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u/vozzov 21h ago

People weren’t happy with the economy two years ago…

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u/DimensioT 21h ago

As contrasted with now, where the economy has never been better.

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u/T12435 16h ago

Trump printed 3 trillion dollars and then Biden won the election and printed another printed 3 trillion dollars. We can't vote our way out of this

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u/nihilistiq 14h ago

Then go do something about it.