Yeah... I was watching it. Sounds like there's a bit of admission that things are going to get bad before they get better. Of course they WON'T get better b/c everything they're doing is misguided & damaging to the current economy. Which many analysts on CNBC last couple days have pointed out.

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If you've spent the past 50 years telling us all that the federal government is evil, then detox might make weird sense. The rest of us are scratching our heads though, especially those of us who thought it might be cool to collect all the $$ we put into social security some day.

technobrolicracy? I guess.

…a functional government?

Gibberish. Pure gibberish.

“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’

These rich people live in a bubble and think people are dumb. They inherited the best economy in years & years. Mr Bessent is full of it.

They're talking about the time it takes to scrap the government before they can sell the parts

From success to failure

detox from healthy trade relationships and input cost stability?

*sigh* detox from WOKE, Kai, what else??

And when there's less government spending, what? Private corporations and billionaires will just decide to start spending more, to make up the difference? Once again, I think of Carlo Cipolla and his Theory of Human Stupidity psychology-spot.com/basic-laws-o...

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"Voodoo Economics"!

Is "retox" a word?

Prosperity

From too good a labor market that made workers too uppity

If having the best economy in the world is intoxicating, turning it to shit in only 2 months would definitely qualify as detox.

Us.

I can’t believe that this Trump Treasury Secretary is actually worse than Mnuchin!

Bro straight up admits they think people too comfy with a functioning government are intoxicated. FAFO, man.

Bessent is of the worldview that government spending GDP is less valuable than private sector GDP, so detoxifying is from government spending. Not endorsing, but he’s been clear on that.

Detox from Democracy apparently

From winning.

Regular income?

Apparently from prosperity

So much denial and minimizing from folks as to what is happening. I think it may be some sort of shock coping mechanism.

It means you will feel like you are going through withdrawal. You’ll have tremors and diarrhea. Maybe seizures. It’s fine.

I'm guessing ketamine at this rate

Code word for, when we privatize everything, using your tax dollars, we are going to hire workers and pay them way less and not give them healthcare. So ya, the economy is going to suck but some of us will get so much richer.

Considering that we started with Biden's good economy, we're probably going to bottom out sometime this year or early next year.

Bessent has a concept of a plan… one that never worked in the past and will only be more unworkable now… Bessent malevolent fool…

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50 straight months of job growth! Obviously we have to get that out of our system @kairyssdal.bsky.social

Ketamine.

"Detoxing" from being functional.

Stupid People!

From reality, presumably.

Detox from actual liberal democracy moving to fascism

First thing I thought. But this is straight outta the trump playbook: describe something aas bad that is an unmitigated good, opaquely, then declare we gotta get rid of it, opaquely.

In their view government is toxic—to their prosperity

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!

From workers wages keeping up like they did under Biden, and Social Security paying out as promised.

De-oxing. Suffocating the US economy.

*taps sign*

They think we're addicted to government aid.

From what Mancur Olson called "stationary bandits" to Trump preferred mode of roving banditry

Sanity, Kai. Detox from sanity

A functioning economy. Bessent is just another stooge like Lutnick.

He means public money going to private companies so they can piss on anyone who doesn’t fit their requirements.

You know: food, medical care, protection of our finances, safe planes, national security, a modicum of data privacy. All those things that have been harming us for years. We'll feel SO much better when those are gone, won't we?

"Detox". A fancy word for wrecking our government.

Detox from being employed. As in, being out of work.

I wish interviewers would say, “What does that mean? Spell it out.” Press these people, please.

Stability. We’re “detoxing” from stability

"bloodletting will release good humors" vibes

Detox is an inappropriately overused word to the point of becoming meaningless

He means hardship, disease and death. He expects you to buck up and mourn quietly.

"Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!". -Immortan Joe

I might agree with Bessent had ANY of these cuts been made with input from agencies, strategy or transparency. The Clinton administration successfully reduced the federal workforce with minimal disruption and, oh yeah, BALANCED THE BUDGET!!! He did NOT ask for unlimited debt ceiling!!

Detox from groceries it just a beautiful word. Yeah detox from eating that gruel because that’s all you can afford