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louis c

(8,652 posts) Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:36 PM Dec 2018

Something I won't hear from my Trump relatives this Christmas, "how's your 401k?"

Last Christmas, as Donald the Scumbag was finishing his first year in office, I had to listen to some of my cousins and their husbands at our family Christmas party give me the line "you might not like Trump too much, but I bet you like your 401k and what Trump did to improve it."

For the record, I really have a union annuity with a few hundred thousand in it after a lifetime of work. I tried to explain to them that the economy in the first year of the first term of a new president has more to do with the previous president than the current one, it didn't matter. It fell on deaf ears.

Now, I get to see the same assholes again this year. I'm betting that no one asks that question of me this year. "How's your 401k" is not quite the ice breaker for Trump fans in 2018 as it was in 2017.

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Something I won't hear from my Trump relatives this Christmas, "how's your 401k?" (Original Post) louis c Dec 2018 OP

I hope that we have the clip from the beginning of the year, when he bragged question everything Dec 2018 #1

I noticed my brother in law didn't bring it up when he called last week. redstatebluegirl Dec 2018 #2

Ask them. Lochloosa Dec 2018 #3

I don't want to seem to gloat about someone losing money... louis c Dec 2018 #4

my feeling is at least 10 points edhopper Dec 2018 #5

I hope they will be hearing that question from you, though. GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #6

They'll lie. After all, they're Trump supporters louis c Dec 2018 #7

question everything

(47,484 posts)

1. I hope that we have the clip from the beginning of the year, when he bragged

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:41 PM

Dec 2018

about the stock market, took ownership, of course.

And we should run it at every news cycle that reports about the tanking market.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)

2. I noticed my brother in law didn't bring it up when he called last week.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:52 PM

Dec 2018

Thankfully we are staying home this year, just us two, no crazy drama.

Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)

3. Ask them.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:22 PM

Dec 2018

louis c

(8,652 posts)

4. I don't want to seem to gloat about someone losing money...

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:24 PM

Dec 2018

...especially me.

edhopper

(33,580 posts)

5. my feeling is at least 10 points

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:25 PM

Dec 2018

of his approval is tied to the economy.

I could dee him going below 30% if we fall into a recession.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)

6. I hope they will be hearing that question from you, though.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:25 PM

Dec 2018

I know many of us would be interested in hearing their replies.

louis c

(8,652 posts)

7. They'll lie. After all, they're Trump supporters

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:48 PM

Dec 2018

I'll get some bullshit how they diversified into bonds or real estate.

The worst thing about Trump supporters is they challenge every well established fact, but ask us to try to prove their lie is a lie.

I only have to see them once a year. My 89 year old Mother (their aunt) is the big hit. I can't avoid the two hour get together. But I dread it every year, especially since 2008 when it turned out to be a racist coming out party over Obama.

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