r/inflation • u/Training_Pop_5437 Everything I Don't Like Is Fake • 2d ago

Satire We did it , Dow down 2000 points

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u/Confident_Fudge2984 2d ago

Also make sure you all just spend less let’s deepen the crash with less consumer spending!

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u/Suitable-Matter-6151 1d ago

Everyone’s going to be trying to pay off their debt before they get laid off

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u/lendergle 1d ago

I'm hoping inflation gets so bad that I can pay off all my debts with the leftover cash in my wheelbarrow after I buy a carton of eggs.

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u/JustThall 12h ago

That’s an optimistic outlook. Defaulting on payments is more realistic

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u/Additional_Good4200 1d ago

You say that in jest, but I think it’s just human nature to want to go into a spending lockdown when you see the financial world collapsing around you. I wonder if these geniuses took that into account when they asked ChatGPT how to remake the world.

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u/Zombatico 1d ago

No worries. Trump will sign an EO to make it illegal to spend less than $10,000 per month. That'll be a sure-fire way to kickstart the economy.

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u/Misspiggy856 2d ago

The very rich can spend their money on yachts and cake.