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Miles Archer

(24,633 posts) Sun May 31, 2026, 11:41 AM Yesterday

WHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future"

Aaron Rupar

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Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."

Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-31T15:24:18.844Z

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WHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future" (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP

Going into debt is pessimism. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1

People are spending more on everything because everything costs more, you moron. Ocelot II Yesterday #2

Most of these guys are Bettie Yesterday #3

What an idiot. hermetic Yesterday #4

Of all the idiots in this administration this guy's right up there Ritabert Yesterday #5

I don't know if Hassett is an actual idiot, but for sure, that's what he thinks of the Fox audience. Intractable Yesterday #6