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I Can't Believe Democrats Did This...

2025-11-13 News & Politics
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Ben Shapiro
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Analyzing Political Tactics and Failed Economic Interventions After Government Reopening

Understand why recent Democratic political maneuvers failed to stop the government shutdown and analyze the severe economic pitfalls of proposed solutions like portability and rebates.

Short Summary

  • Democrats failed to leverage the US government shutdown over healthcare demands, ending after 43 days without achieving key policy goals.
  • Economic affordability efforts—including tariff rebates, Fed rate cuts, 50-year mortgages, and portable mortgages—are assessed as inflationary policies that increase market uncertainty.
  • True affordability requires increasing supply and reducing regulatory interference, contrary to typical political intervention strategies.

The discussion centers on the political fallout from resolving the record US shutdown and transitions into a critique of proposed economic strategies aimed at lowering consumer costs. These interventions, often driven by political expediency, are argued to fundamentally misunderstand basic supply/demand principles, leading instead to greater inflation and systemic risk.

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Top Comments (10)

@generalshrooms 2025-11-13

complaining about high prices is antisemitic

336 12 replies
@sleepyloffi381 2025-11-14

Ben if isreal can't afford to live in the middle east without American aid, maybe they shouldn't live there just because that's where they grew up?

281 28 replies
@ward5150 2025-11-14

America first , America for Americans. Pick a side.

263 39 replies
@SaintJimmmy 2025-11-14

Ben’s feelings don’t care about the facts.

241 22 replies
@abigailcaruana 2025-11-14

Just here for the comments, Ben is going to get himself cancelled

229 22 replies
@derekwest4245 2025-11-14

50 year mortgage is an evil idea! Most won’t live to pay it off and then instead of passing it on to ur kids the bank would get it. Stuck in the rat race!!!

137 22 replies
@ItsAMatterOfSpam 2025-11-13

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -Thomas Sowell

121 8 replies
@Greatmindsthinkalike99 2025-11-13

Iceberg lettuce used to be 70/ cents ahead now they want $2.89

39 10 replies
@jamielouise4091 2025-11-14

America first!! Christ is King!!

11 2 replies
@maryspears7602 2025-11-14

Praying for America 🙏🇺🇸

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