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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: very stable genius ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Day 2 at Trumpapalooze
Date: 09/11/26 5:52 PM
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they're probably correct that voting for Trump was the right choice for them.

Well, maybe not these ones:
"More American farmers are filing for bankruptcy.
Farmers told CNBC they are struggling as costs are higher, the prices for crops have dropped and some foreign buyers have disappeared amid Trump’s trade wars.
U.S. farmers are a reliably Republican group, but Trump’s policies in his second term, including sweeping tariffs and the Iran war, have created very difficult conditions
in the agricultural sector."

Maybe not these ones:
"Nearly 1 million (988,905 crypto wallets) Trump "investors" lost a combined $3.81 billion on the $TRUMP memecoin,
according to blockchain data analyzed by the analytics firm Nansen.
The coin plunged about 98% from its peak price of over $75 down to under $2.
While retail investors suffered heavy losses, Trump and project insiders made hundreds of millions of dollars from licensing fees, royalties, and trading commissions."

And maybe not these ones:
"Investors and retail shareholders have lost billions of dollars as Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT) stock plummeted 80% from its highs.
Everyday retail investors who purchased DJT stock and related Trump ventures have collectively watched billions evaporate, with cumulative losses estimated around 7 billion dollars.
Trump Media reported a net loss of $238 million in the second quarter of 2026 alone, driven heavily by unrealized downturns in crypto."

And maybe not these ones:
"Eight Million Americans Have Lost Healthcare: The Nationwide Impact of Trump-GOP Cuts"

And maybe not these ones:
"Atlanta Fed calculates that as of May, a household would need an income of $124,674 a year to afford a median-priced home, that is 45% more than the median household makes."

And maybe not these ones:
"Since the war in Iran began on February 28, 2026, 18 U.S. service members have been killed and 820 have been wounded, bringing the total official U.S. military casualty count to 838."

And maybe not these ones:
"More than 10,000 military veterans lost their homes to foreclosure after the Trump administration shut down a key safety net within the VA home loan program."

And maybe not these ones:
"Study: Higher Maternal Death Rate in States With Abortion Bans published in the American Journal of Public Health estimated a 9.2% increase in pregnancy-associated deaths in states with complete or six-week abortion bans"

And maybe not these ones:
"Record high diesel prices make nearly everything more expensive because diesel fuel powers the trucks, trains, cargo ships, and farm equipment that produce and transport everyday goods. With the national average for diesel soaring past $6 a gallon, these high operating costs ripple across the entire economy."

And maybe not these ones:
"Rising inflation and interest rates have pushed delinquency rates for auto loans and credit cards to historic highs."

And maybe not anyone?:
"The US now spends more money servicing its national debt interest than it does on its entire military budget.
British historian Niall Ferguson popularized the observation—often called Ferguson's Law—that when a great nation spends more on debt interest than national defense,
it struggles to maintain global power and experiences decline."

visualcapitalist.com - America spends more on interest than defense

npr.org - Trumps va killed a home loan program vets are now losing their homes because of it

forbes.com - Trump media tanks to week low as company reports latest losses

yahoo.com - Eight million americans lost healthcare

newyorkfed.org: Household Debt and Credit Report

mprnews.org - More farmers in america are filing for bankruptcy due to rising operational costs
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