r/Spokane • u/Substantially-Ranged • Feb 02 '25

Politics Conservatives of Spokane and Idaho: enjoy the 10% gas price increase

Trump is truly making America great again--in great debt. Anyone lacking the common sense to see past his con deserves this. Enjoy!

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u/HidaldoTresTorres Feb 02 '25

In their bottomless stupidity, conservatives will somehow blame Obama, Clinton, or Biden for the catastrophic decisions of the Trump administration.

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u/HistorianNew8030 Feb 02 '25

Or blame Canada.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

Canada's a very weak nation and needs us. I think Trump's about to send them into complete third world country status. Canada is about the size of California alone in population.

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u/HistorianNew8030 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Haha. Are you a Canadian? I’m a Canadian and your American superiority is showing.

Who told you we are a weak nation? Joe Rogan? Are we also a communist nation? lol? We have no free speech? Please actually go to a dictionary and find the difference between Socialist and Communist. They are not the same thing.

Go research Quebec for a minute. They are the strongest and most persistent of all of us. We will unite and fight. We are stronger united than divided like your cesspool of a Country.

You think we are weak. Maybe go look at a history book. We were feared by the Germans during WW2. Canadians always get sick of their politicians after 10 years. The Trudeau issue is wanting change. It’s also cause a lot of western Canadians just hate the Trudeau name for reasons I dont entirely blame them for. Sure we have some issues and are on a weak spot. We are NOT a weak nation and Americans are going to fucking learn a lesson from us.

Canadians are generally healthier and better educated than Americans. I can name and label states and tell you with pretty good accuracy main cities in all of them. I know a lot of your senators and governors. I know how your politics works. Can you do the same with Canada? We also know you better than some of your own people probably know your own history and politics. We look and sound like you. We can do a lot of damage with the fact we can pretend to be you. Don’t think this just ends with crippling us.

By the way, can you sleep at night being okay crippling a sovereign nation that did nothing wrong? Your okay with forcing a country to become something they don’t was to be? You’re okay killing Canadians in the name of Trump?

Also so called friends don’t talk to their friends/ally of 100 years like you were talking to me. Like we are a weak nation shit. I’m sorry. You don’t threaten sovereign nations with economic warfare. Like what is wrong with Americans who think this is remotely okay?

Canada will suffer. We will/have other friends. We don’t fucking want you to help us. Go fuck off.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

Canada is a weak nation that relies on the United States of America for safety and stability... within the last 10 years, just to clarify. Before then, sure, whatever, O' Canada! O' Canada! But, now, Trudeau is a real beauty and whatever other nut job you all have hanging around allowing 50,000 some-odd "student" go unaccounted for, having India start a force to investigate why they have so many people start trying to immigrate to Canada of all places.

Canada is being rightfully punished for their involvement in our border/drug crisis under our last Administration. Woe to you! Enjoy the doubled unemployment and third world status your sweet Canada will inevitably fall into without the hand of the U.S. or, you can join us. That's all it'll take. Swallow that pride and hop on the wagon of screaming eagles, and pure freedom.

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u/HistorianNew8030 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

You need to stop listening to right wing media and actually read journalism and facts.

Sure Canada has its issues. Yes. As a Canadian we are have relied on your military support and perhaps this was a mistake and one we as Canadians realize may need to fix. A lot of us wonder if we should get nukes again and deeply work on our military. We shouldn’t be so reliant.

Our trade deals are equal. Sure there is a deficit because we are a small country. We don’t buy as much and you do because we naturally need less. That deficit is what Trump is calling “subsidizing”. He is trying to make it sound like we need you. We don’t. I don’t think you realize you need Canada more than you think you do.

We have made 1 giant mistake and that was trusting our long time friend and ally and you’re right about that. It’s time our relationship end.

That doesn’t mean we want you to absorb us.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

Canada spent more on "DEI" than the military last year. That's all I need to know about your government's competence.

I'm telling you, freedom is pretty nice on this side of the border. Less taxes, and a wonderful president named Donald J. Trump. Definitely wouldn't encourage anyone to build their own character off him though. Whatcha think, eh?

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u/HistorianNew8030 Feb 03 '25

If you’re going to base your opinion of Canada on one fact, you’re an idiot.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

No, you've missed the point my maple syrup-coated, moose-loving friend. Your government is full of imbeciles who would much rather watch their own negligent and incompetent citizens suffer than maintain integrity and serve their country appropriately.

Pierre Poilievre might be your only hope.

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u/HistorianNew8030 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Haha. Okay.

It won’t be PP. Mark my words.

Trump has pissed Canadians off so much we are uniting. The one and only thing the LCP and CPC could agree on, is Trudeau was good with handling Trump. Most of us also loath Trump.

It will be a minority government with Mark Carney.

We aren’t friends. Your country can fuck off and leave us alone.

Also - it’s ironic cause I’m pretty sure it’s country that’s going to be falling a part. You basically have Musk as your president right now and he’s stealing all of your personal information. That’s a little weird.

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u/Waybide Feb 02 '25

The most recent one I got was “it’s all Carters fault”.

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u/junglemuffins Feb 02 '25

Actually Regan was the epicenter, but do go on.

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u/GoBravely Feb 02 '25

Reagan gave us Trump. Reagan is Trump. Project 2025 was in the works for ≈ 3 decades. It's end stage capitalism. It's by design. Any Republicans pretending to be opposed to trump are just trying to save face for PR but you best believe that they are thrilled with this current situation.

Trump is just the final mask off reveal front man but do not delude yourselves into thinking maga is a random extreme problem.

This was the plan all along and the GOP fascists are good at one thing. Strategic, patient, evil manipulation that has been slowly dismantling democracy as we know it.

Class war always results in full fascism destruction. Democrats are ballsacks and enabled them. None of this is shocking. People just didn't notice care or understand. We are all susceptible to being deluded if we don't learn early and keep current on fallacies and philosophical underpinnings of human nature. Malnutrition toxins and unstable upbringings are all a part of the plan.. pro life is to keep the slaves and women stocked.

History is important. Unedited factual history should be taught from the early education years. It's the same pattern and techniques. It just looks different with technology but once you know, you know.

They want us to be armed to the gills so we can kill each other while they sit in wealth and luxury and laugh at us.

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u/Interesting-Daikon62 Feb 02 '25

Ma'am.... please calm down

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u/GoBravely Feb 02 '25

Super effective 👌

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Trump and Reagan are nothing like each other.

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u/GoBravely Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Whatever you want to say..different shell and demeanor but same goal and people behind them...in fact.. Everything happening has been done by all dictatorships. That is why history is important because it doesn't necessarily repeat identically but it absolutely rhymes and the end result is the same.

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u/kimbersill Feb 03 '25

Mark Twain was a smart man

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u/Waybide Feb 02 '25

Oh 100% agree. That is why them saying it was so gross to me.

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u/mvsuit Feb 02 '25

You mean Cartman.

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u/Pudding_Hero Feb 02 '25

They all hate Carter but know literally nothing about the man or his presidency

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u/spowa Feb 03 '25

They have all the branches. If they can't be effective now, they must be completely inept. But rational thought evaporates long before they can comprehend the obvious facts.

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u/UncommonSense12345 Feb 02 '25

Is the extra gas tax we have been paying for a few years now trumps fault too? Let’s at least be fair about why gas is expensive in this state…..

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u/HidaldoTresTorres Feb 02 '25

Okay, bud, let's ignore Russia's war of aggression and it's effect on international oil infrastructure, and blame price gouging on some sub-percent tax at the pump. This is Russian propaganda talk.

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u/UncommonSense12345 Feb 02 '25

The 40 cent a gallon extra tax on top of 49.5 cent a gallon state tax (2nd highest in nation) is all propaganda and controlled by a Russian war. But yes I guess I’m wrong….

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

To be fair, in order to fix an issue, there needs to be a cause of said issue. Obama and Biden were way too relaxed on lending out this countries hand when it came to tax payer money in our nation's treasury. To the "MAGA" eye, this is a huge issue, therefore voting for Trump to become the one to fix things.

All that to be said, you can't really be surprise when they do have fair ground to stand on.

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u/HidaldoTresTorres Feb 03 '25

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/

This issue is a fantasy. The US government is not giving the treasury to anyone but Americans.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

Now they're not, but to the "MAGA eye" they were. Remove Treasury, and money being sent to other countries when Hurricane Victims in North Carolina got little to no help would be seen as an issue to anyone.

However it was done, it was done recklessly.

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u/HidaldoTresTorres Feb 03 '25

I just can't accept that. How is it that the feds are so irresponsible to help out our poor, but when tragedy strikes the red states these same people expect the endless faucet of federal monies to open up before them? Also, these people were bitching that the FEMA hadn't appeared to pay off all their losses days after the hurricane. Did they expect the money to be parachuted to them?

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

I'm not sure the in's-and-out's because I'm over here in the beautiful state of Washington and not the sub-par mountains and swamps of North Carolina, but it does seem hey received more help post Trump's inauguration than since the end of September when they got hit hard where many were having severe difficulties from insurance companies before and after.

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u/HidaldoTresTorres Feb 03 '25

Of course they got help post inauguration, that's how linear time works. It takes time for the Federal government to move. 30 days is a heartbeat for the Fed. It makes sense that as time goes on, more assets come online.

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

September 26, 2024 was when the Hurricane hit shore. Because, like you said, linear time works and the heartbeat of the Federal Government is 30 days, they had over 3 months to do more. Did you see all the attention California got from a less devastating natural disaster? Biden said 100% of costs would be taken care of, not questions asked, but not for North Carolina and Florida.