Precious Roy wrote:
Even Trump is on board with people not basing their happiness on how much stuff they have. Of course, Trump is doing that so he can use tariffs to replace income taxes on the 1%. But he accidentally made a really good point. A society built on consumerism isn't really a society that is healthy and happy. A society that is built on strong social welfare programs where no one goes bankrupt when they get sick, everyone can afford child care, housing and college, and people can retire at a reasonable age and get a pension that lets you live out your days with economic security, is a society where people are healthy and happy and not popping pills to keep from having panic attacks over whether they will be homeless if their company goes out of business due to Trump's tariffs.
Trump economic plan: Your girls will be able to afford fewer dolls.
Democrat economic plan: The average number of dolls people can afford will be a bit lower, but poorer people will be able to afford basically the same number of dolls as their middle-class counterparts, and in the unlikely event that there are enough to go around, the dolls will be available not only to girls, but also to boys and to those who don’t consider themselves either “girls” or “boys.”