greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 11
th, 2025 at 9:02am:
Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University.
Intrigued by 'conservative guru' Kirk of whom I knew nothing, I asked google what Kirk said about government spending.
I was directed to a tiktok video where he is saying to a group of young students:
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The reason young people can't look forward to buying a house like your parents did, is DC's deficit spending."Breathtakingly shallow assertion; eg, the government's Medicaid and foodstamps programs are highly desired by the recipients of those programs, yet Conservatives don't want to fund them with higher taxes - hence the deficit.
Kirk's simplistic thinking apparently attracted enough of the youth vote to get Trump elected.
I can't say I'm saddened by his murder; mainstream conservative economics is leading the whole world to catastrophe.
And while Musk as head of DOGE cut foodstamps for the poor, Tesla has offered him a trillion dollar pay package if he achieves certain outcomes for the company.
This is the world Kirk was promoting.