Just when I think 🍊💩supporters couldn’t possibly be any more ignorant

their ignorance is astounding

Sometimes I wish I were as ignorant as them. Ignorance is bliss. I envy their blissful life, sometimes.

I wonder if they are really that dumb, or do they just hope we are.

and 2: Because of Republican Voters - this is no longer a Free Country. This is America.

There are certainly criticisms to be made about the fed, and learning how the fiat currency system works is usually quite radicalizing for most normal people, but man, complaining one dude controls the fed is just not how this shit works.

Money talks and bullshit walls

Let’s get something straight first about #Massie He is a useless treasonous cowardly ignorant bigoted pendejo who covers for #Pedos

they are so stupid... 🤷‍♂️🖕

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Rep. Massie 😬 is dumber than a rock. A grain of sand is smarter than he is! 😆

It’s absurd that grown-ass adults would elect such an absurdly ignorant and financially illiterate congressman. It’s also sad and pathetic.

it’s absurd a state representative can spread this kind of lie on social media

I G N O R A N T

And let's get something straight about the this GOP admin and congress they're into blurring facts!

Him getting rid of Powell would be only the beginning. He’d then try to eliminate the board members and get his toadies appointed.

What’s absurd is that complete morons become Republican Senators in a country that’s supposed to be ‘great’

Idiot outrage.

It’s absurd one man with a Sharpie who can’t do basic math is claiming to set tariff rates without the legal power to do so.

So let them abolish the Fed and see where interest rates settle. My guess is they would increase dramatically and kill-off the US$. Has the US ever been to the IMF, cap-in-hand?

As usual, an uninformed MAGA idiot who doesn't know the facts (or the truth) about anything and listens to the fat, orange felon's lies.

Nazi brown shirts “ICE” the unknown Gestapo agents ! Psycho Donnie’s Private Army. Better equipped and funded than the FBI or federal marshals or Homeland SEC. Think about it!

Massie is a buffoon

And now you know.

Massie’s lying and ignorance is absurd. . .

What's truly absurd is that people have so little knowledge coupled with such strong opinions.

Can we get rid of Massie

And it OWNS ITS BUILDINGS. And it FINANCES ITSELF. And it's NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY. ... while we're here educating folks about the Fed.

I blame the education system... What's left of it anyways

Massie never let facts get in the way of political fodder.

Apparently they don't know how things work, wait no they do but like spreading lies.

FYI- The Federal Reserve is NOT a federal department. Trump has NO Jurisdiction over it. There are 7 seats appointed by the senate. Period!

The president can't set tariffs either. Seems rules don't apply to Trump

what is absurd is how little MAGA Republicans know about how this Country operates. Either that or it is absurd the level they go to to pretend they don't know just to appease their dear leader.

some of them are truly stupid. some, willfully ignorant / willfully belligerence the willful are much more dangerous than the stupid

Massie should be something besides a politician that obviously doesn’t know how government works.

Republican Crooks & Clowns

Fascist fools like Massie are willfully, intentionally stupid!

It's astounding that Massie doesn't know the first thing about the way the American economy works! He is a Representative! If he really represents Kentucky and its population, it's a wonder that they can tie their shoe laces!

Maddie knows better.

Good god the stupidity. And he acts based on guidance from an entire board

Thomas Massie is an idiot.

Republicans are so uninformed

It might not be completely essential to have a central bank for the USA, but without it, I would guarantee things would get really messy in less than 10 years. I don’t think we wanna risk it.

Americans love to blame anything and everyone, but never blame the actual problem for 99% of our issues: Capitalism.

Conservatives are still mad that FDR saved the USA banking system at least twice and made it so there will never ever be runs on the banks again. FDR saved capitalism from capitalism. Conservatives are very stupid. "End the Fed" is idiotic libertarian nonsense.

Team Trump likely fires Powell within a few months (with SCOTUS blessing), lowers interest rate to near 1%, then moves to eliminate deposit insurance so people sour on cash savings and move to equities. Wall Street wants your cash savings in addition to $2-3 trillion in Soc Sec trust fund.

Rep Massie should study history as to why the Fed became necessary.

Its absurd one stupid fat orange man changes the rules to meet his lies

It's also absurd one man sets tarrifs for the free world.

It’s absurd that one man sets the tariff rates!

Massie is just another MAGA idiot.

Republicans know nothing about governing, public service or how anything functions, except maybe bribery and influence peddling. They seem to get that pretty well.

paedophilia, they're good at that too

release the epstein files!

It is really unconscionable that elected lawmakers know little or nothing about how the Federal Reserve works.

They are soooooo ignorant

Maybe if Massie actually understood how our government works he wouldn’t say such things.

A total lie and total confession since that’s exactly what they want, one mad king setting rates for his kingdom

The absurd thing is 1 orange dementia patient setting all our tariff policies. Be upset about that Massie.

NO SHIT. I was just gonna say... he thinks it's absurd that ONE sane man sets interest rates!? Well damn, I think it's beyond absurd what ONE other demented man is doing to us all. And yes, I know, it's no more "one man" in that instance either, there are far more complicit. ::sigh::

How doesn’t Massie know this already.

The most frightening part of ALL this mess we're in is how utterly uneducated and uninformed administration officials are. They don't know how to govern, lead, what their agencies do. The felon learns a new word - "tariff" - and suddenly that's policy. It's stunningly incompetent.

I mean DAMN. Kushner picks Navarro to be director of National Trade Council based on an Amazon search for books on economics, Navarro says “tariffs” and Trump creams himself.

Can you say and spell #DEMENTIA ?! BETTER LEARN .. #Trump is pimping #MensJeans now! And the world 🌎is watching. @bbcstever.bsky.social @rexhuppke.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/maks...

The thing that terrifies me beyond the capacity for rational thought is the fact that they refuse to consider how A effects B. The Law of Unintended Consequence might as well be written in Martian for all the sense it makes to them. No idea how the "guts of the machine" work and don't want to know

Ex.

I LOVE THAT WOMAN

She is awesome. But also, I hope those guys meet up with karma real soon.

It’s disgusting that the people who appear to be part of that elected group aren’t listening to a vote B even worse are disrespecting her by laughing/joking instead. Vote them out at the first opportunity. NB 😡understandable but speakers do need to choose their words better as swearing brings auto 🥾

We can end the Fed when we end the Supreme Court.

Another Trump's Genius whose name is Thomas Massie.

Massie: a true Mensa if ever one there was… Guy’s a ball of bigoted stupidity. One can only assume the electorate who puts him there shares the same fate.

Oh, Massie. One man is *trying* to set interest rates. So far, the board has stood up to his absurdity.

MAGA. The most aggressively ignorant people on earth.

Alarming that I, as a Canadian, know that and they don’t.😳

Stupid people believe stupid shit and you'll never convince the stupid people that their belief is stupid.

Facts vs Fantasies Knowledge vs Ignorance Reading vs Believing Good vs Evil Wisdom vs Wishes Democracy vs Tyranny Education vs Stupidity I could continue; but, you get it!😘

Massie’s Maniac Marching Orders are WRONG AGAIN!!!

Trump loyalists’s heads are so far up his behind,they do not protect our country.They are responsible for the destruction he is waging on all of us.The Congressional Republican crime syndicate has become Trump’s domestic terrorist organization, committing treason on a frequent basis-charge them now.

The ignorance of our so-called "leaders" is gobsmacking.

And I was just starting to think he was a rebel with a cause. 😏

Is this the guy you're trying to educate?

It's absurd that a few billionaires set the economy for a "free" country

I think we should separate lies versus stupidity. Massie is just stupid.

Another MAGA idiot.

Rep.? T. Massie is a stupid maggot. his being in Congress is even more stupid. 🗽🇺🇸

Let's put Thomas Massie in the corner of the not so bright people.

Not a real bright crayon is he

Are Republicans always so stupid or do they pretend?

Massie is a roid licking pos.

MAGA Massie says that it’s “absurd” for rates to be set by “one person.”The post addressed his unfortunate misconceptions. Regardless, his support of Trump implies that he’d be OK if the rate decision were made by “one man” if that man were Trump. Maybe he’ll want to clarify his position.

They know this but truth doesn’t get the clicks

The ignorance continually exhibited in this nation is demoralizing.

But Massie has no concerns with 1 man implementing tariffs or cutting funding for projects and agencies that was already passed y Congress?

Is Mr. Massie this ignorant, or does he just think that everybody in his district is?

It's pretty sad. A government official doesn't know how a government action works. But then again it's unsurprising.

The knowledge, the expertise, the wisdom of these people. 😪🤢🤮

End idiotic posts by uninformed people in congress

Massie is no idiot. He's a populist, like so many in the House. Just echoing what the average citizen is thinking. Facts don't matter to them if they can gaslight enough people into believing what so many are already thinking. These are the dangerous ones...

End the Fed, or whatever

But one man can set tariffs for a whole country willy-nilly and that's all fine, it seems.

Apparently, for this and millions of other Americans, IGNORANCE IS BLISS. Facts and Truth just interfere with their World View.

If only lightning did actually strike lying liar.

It's amazing to me how little some folks know about how things work before they spout off.

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Typical; a republican doesn’t even know how the games played…who voted for these asshats? 😜🤪😂

You'd think that a Congressman would check that out before he sent out a post that made him look like an imbecile.

The fact that MAGA screams at the top of their lungs of false premise. Then based on that false premise, they “have to” violate the system that’s functioning until it doesn’t function. Then they say look that doesn’t function, and then they belittle all who tried to save what they destroy.

💯 correct. You think magats know that. Hell no. This is a perfect example of our lame street media failing. This detail should be talked about everytime the subject gets brought up. Media…….. do your job!

Sure would be nice if our elected reps knew anything about how our country works! 🙄

Tell me you don't know how shit works without telling me that you don't now how shit works. Why is it that conservatives are so fundamentally ignorant about what the gubment they work in does?

Thomas Massie is OK with one person setting interest rates and tariffs. That's donald trump.

What would be great is if elected officials took time to know how things work before spouting out info….it would be great!

Thomas Massei is an ignorant liar 🤥

Didn't people have civics class in school? There's so much ignorance as to how our government actually works.

It's absurd that one man sets tariffs.

They're illegal and must be overturned.

Been saying that since he started. Congress is too chicken to reassert their power. What is strange to me is that these are taxes upon American importers, many of whom are large corporations. Why aren't they suing?

They don't want to be targets of Trump's extortion attacks. Some CEOs have pointed out how harmful they are but they're too scared to file lawsuits. Fortunately the lawsuits are in the works anyway - and looking good!

Seems like everyone in positions of power are scared. Well, almost everyone. The tariffs ARE an extortion. Only MAGAclods believe the exporting country pays.

Well there is no way in hell the orangedoosh and his administration comprehends this. No way in hell! 🧡 #ORANGEDOOSH™

To republiCONS facts and knowledge mean nothing!

Another bad faith Republican? Because the guy cannot be that ignorant

To be fair, most lenders set their interest rates off of the Fed rate. But there is no law or regulation that I am aware of that requires any industry to use the Fed rate.

So, get rid of the Market benchmark.

Residual effects from ending the Dept. of Education.

Republicans are easy to fool.

The usual lies from a Republican Confederate.

So tired of the idiots in the back who follow a jackass bankrupt POS who knows nothing about finances other than getting money from daddy creates cons & rip-off the “marks” hard earned money.. Jesus people have been “marks” for years & are the definition of insanity.. they deserve to be ripped off..

Massie is a 54 year-old MIT graduate with a master's degree who knows this already. He's simply lying.

Yes, he is lying, but he is pretty socially inept. I find him weird like when he speaks he doesn’t make a lot of sense, a lot of times he seems like he’s really not sure of himself that may be due to the fact , he’s lying or that he’s been pressured into saying something, either way I don’t like him

Ffs They Are All Liars

MIT? Moscow Institute of Tyranny? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

How are we blessed with so many stupid people all at once?

It is no surprise that Rep. Thomas Massie has no idea how the Federal Reserve works.

sometimes its disinformation but in this instance its just plain ignorance. over a megaphone.

That asshat knows exactly how it's all done but you don't keep your moronic & bigoted base pounding their pitchforks & flaming torches by educating & informing them w/ facts & truth.

Exactly spot on.

End stupidity!

"End the Fed" he says? The Fed is the reason the US has had the strongest and most stable currency in the world. But it with align with the destructive tendencies of the Republican Party to want to end that.

I would rather Massie explain why credit card interest rates are 8x the Fed rate. In this time of AI & the productivity increases, it is amazing to me that the companies can get away with not lowering rates. These high rates are not necessary to cover defaulted debt (available 3.45% since 2000).

We could wax poetic about the ‘power’ of one man, but let’s not pretend it’s Powell. At best, he’s the last piece of tape holding a crumbling façade together. And as for the others—every sanctimonious word they spit out just begs to be hurled right back at them, twice as hard.

yes! this is how you "win" don't give them an inch - call them out on everything!

And he was doing so well there for a while.

True, the Fed sets short-term rates, but can fix longer rates wherever it wants, by creating $ and buying/selling bonds. E.g., "quantitative easing" after the '08 financial crisis.

Thomas Massie is a lying piece of shit who doesn’t know how things work.

Who is Thomas Massie and why doesn’t he have a brain…or Google?

Little Tommy knows better! COME ON!

My god, these morons run our country. Does anyone realize how fucking fired they would be in the real world?

Jerome is the new Anthony. #IYKYK

You can’t explain monetary policy to the masses. They don’t really want to understand it.

I see they understand interest rates as well as they understand tariffs.

But @georgetakei.bsky.social if they give the facts straight it is obvious they are lying! You can’t expect them to just tell the truth! It makes them look bad!

Yet if this "one man" would be their orange dictator, they would have no problem with it. Markets would though...

But we’ve cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 percent!

...true, so, there's that... (He's such an fn moron)

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These people are brain dead!!!

It's absurd that our country continues to give power to a willfully cruel and ignorant subspecies, who are the least capable of producing and contributing.

Exactly. Most citizens do not know about economics, banking, trade, finance. If they did, trump would never get their vote. He is menace to the economy.

They are really stupid people

This is Massie trying to stay in Trump’s good graces after pushing for the Epstein files release. He’s saying he’ll do nothing if Trump destroys the independence of the fed. I’m sure he’s had some talking’s to and threats from that gang. We’ll see if he sticks to his demands when they’re back.

The word "free" being in quotation marks feels like an admission.

No, I think they should do all the bad. Then face the consequences

TEACH👏👏

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But the Fed’s policies DO affect other interest rates. The 12 month t-bill bid yield is 3.850% as I type. If Fed Funds were at 2.50% instead of the current 4.31% with expectations for near-term reductions, that t-bill yield would be much lower.

The word used was "set."

1/ The word “rates” was also used. So the statement could be viewed as accurate. While 12 people effectively set a small number of rates at the short end, their decisions have large impacts on the rest of the curve.

Riedl's statement is more accurate.

2/ I think enough of these MAGA fools know their policies are very bad for the economy. Lay blame on someone else before reality hits.

Ignorance and outrage- the Republican way

So those building renovations costing 2.8B $ are all for one man?! That's ridiculous

The level of ignorance is breathtaking or is their bloviating for the cult only.

Republicanism can only exist with an uneducated electorate. Without ignorance, the GOP would wither away.

The economy is far to complicated for undereducated magats

Massie bi-polar?

End the stupidity and ignorance

Moron...

I thought MIT degree engineers knew math. Unless you're a trump sycophant.

Massie is aware of this. He’s just speaking republican (LIES).

So Massey is a brown nosed asd kissing liar. Hmmmh🤓🧐

It's amazing how many of our elected officials understand absolutely nothing about how our government actually works.

What the idiots don’t comprehend is Trump wants exactly one man to set the rates… HIMSELF

Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, if trump is so thick that he thinks the data for our economy is controlled by one man’s ego, as he is driven by his own, it is our responsibility to hold him completely and fully responsible for the failure he has wrought on US all.

he will fall for it!

I think he will pay for it t eventually. He’s just got US all wrong. He just hates this country.

this country rejected him in the 80s he's been on a revenge tour ever since

Well he was rebuffed as a joke in the 80’s. But he has a broken brain and was ordered by a equally twisted father and demonic lawyer to never accept refusal of his wishes. Republicans are the same in concept but they’d never had anyone who would continue pushing when proved to be wrong.

and the broadcasting companies have been promoting him as a "brand" for decades 🙄

Populism is fine for reality shows. It’s a lousy way to select a leader though. And if it was a a reality show character as that choice? Probably the dumbest thing in human history. Seems to be pretty descriptive of what happened.

The stupidity is so annoying. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, just be quiet and learn from those who do…

Now George, let’s not spoil a good story with facts.

Facts Matter.

I maintain that we're going to make it through these Dime Store autocrats and sycophants and one day fix everything they broke. It keeps me sane....

Tom, you’re an idiot

Did you really think these people would look anything up.

Well, it’s absurd that a facsimile of a man is enacting economic policies he knows nothing about as he drives the economy into the ground, but here we are.

This response from a Member of Congress is one reason why we are in the trouble in this country today.

It's absurd that one man has no understanding of how things work while he's a member of government in one of the largest economies in the world... No wonder it's shrinking!!!

People like Massie are literally morons, just like Donald Trump.

TBF, he's only been in Congress for 12 years.

WAKE UP ‼️ Blackrock (Larry Fink ) is running Fannie Mae ‼️ Trump Season 1 handed Larry Fink the privatization of Americans mortgages. 80% of Blackrock’s assets are Fannie Mae‼️ Blackrock has been gambling with the taxpayers’ money 💴 Billionaires are VULGAR ‼️

We could argue it’s insane that one man can Willy-nilly set tariffs and conduct insider trading while the economy collapses also.

So a congressman has no idea what the Fed does? Geezus.

As long as the one man is named Trump it’d be fine in their eyes

The Masshole returns

They think the system is broken because they don't know how it works then they break it and claim only they can fix it. How stupid are our voters to keep falling for this?

Massie is one dumb mf’er!

How dare you all expect politicians to know who actually does what job in the federal government. You're supposed to just sit down, shut up, and be mad about what they tell you to be mad about. Do you even know how to serf dude?

Easier to fire an individual. That's all that Trump can understand.

For those people happy with Massie for some of his recent votes like on the Big Bullshit Bill, it is a reminder that he is best described in general as a fool.

Massie has a degree in electrical engineering and a masters in mechanical engineering, both from MIT. Yet he failed to learn even the most basic facts before commenting. Or he knows better and is counting on his constituents' lack of knowledge?

The whole economy relies on business leaders continuing to hang onto that last vanishing thread of mistaken belief that the people in charge of this economy have some idea what they’re doing

Trying to explain this to them is like teaching my dog to juggle.

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Thomas Massie’s an idiot.

He’s a moron.

Massie will claim “dumbest person in Congress” status after Tuberville leaves to run for governor.

Thomas Massie - yet another of the HUGELY ignorant GOP Congress people!! Please resign or take a civics class, you clown!!

How can they be this ignorant? How is it possible?