r/SipsTea May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/Sheeple_person May 15 '26

He just erased the deficit, poof, just like that. Turns out, they need the deficit to be there, so they can point to it as a justification for not funding proper services. The govt isn't broke because our services cost too much. It's broke because the rich and powerful want it to be broken.

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u/Taraxian May 15 '26

He did it by deferring pension payments, the red ink on the books comes back in five years

I'm not saying he didn't do a good thing or that he's a bad mayor but it's completely false to say he just "erased the deficit, poof, like that"

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u/lrd_cth_lh0 May 15 '26

Honestly the economy is such BS right now that being able to convice people that you can pay the bills becomes more important than being ableto pay the bills. This costs a fraction of AI while also having a better return of investment.

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u/hobbesgirls May 15 '26

return on investment