LTE: Do some among MAGA faithful want the economy to crash?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

I figured out the right-wing MAGA crazies’ strategy. There are enough GOP crazies in the House to prevent any debt ceiling legislation from passing. They want the economy to crash. That will bring economic Armageddon and will allow Trump to declare that “Only he can fix it.” That’s how Trump gets back in office. And America will become a fascist authoritarian dystopia.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/do-some-among-maga-faithful-want-the-economy-to-crash/

[musclecar6]

1. Of course

That's what these knuckle dragging dimwits want.

[moniss]

2. Ever since the

Tea Party crap started they have cultivated and encouraged their base to thirst for chaos as a desired state of being. It's all good with them as long as upheaval, disorder and destruction are going on. When things are reasonably calm they become even more agitated looking for their "chaos fix".

[CrispyQ]

3. The really stupid ones do.

The others just want to use it to cut everything they don't like. Basically, anything that helps the middle/working/lower classes needs to be cut. Can they dance that edge or will the lunatic fringe win?

I love how the media is busy reminding people of the times the debt ceiling was raised without issue when Trump was prez. Oh, my bad. They're not.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-debt-ceiling-trump-presidency/

Claim: Republicans voted to raise the debt ceiling three times when Donald Trump was president, with no preconditions.

Rating: True

Context
This claim emerged in 2023 against a background of partisan bickering over a budget bill submitted by Republicans that included major spending cuts as a precondition for raising the debt ceiling in time to prevent the U.S. federal government from defaulting on its debts. During former U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency, Congress raised the debt limit with bipartisan support and no budget-cut preconditions on three occasions — in 2017, 2018, and 2019 — although the 2019 budget bill did require a commitment to $77 billion in administrative "offsets" to partially make up for sharp increases in defense and domestic spending.

[elias7]

4. Of course. That's been their modus operandi for decades

Remember when that room full of financiers in Chicago were filmed cheering because Obama did not secure an Olympic bid for the US?

This is the whole driving force behind their policies. They are more about spite than community. It’s all politics to them, and end unto itself, rather than a cooperative means to a social or economic end.

[Thunderbeast]

5. They have run this playbook many times before...

Chile
Argentina
Russia

Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of Economics love this plan to privatize EVERYTHING and concentrate wealth and power.