• Teal@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    It sure sounded like a lot until I read the $620 billion reduction is out of $2.99 trillion bringing it to $2.37 trillion. Oh, poor them.

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      3 days ago

      If the amount isn’t in percentages, the title is probably clickbait. Especially if it’s in a dollar figure and “stock market plunges”. Sure it did.

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        3 days ago

        I mean 20% is a pretty big cut, isn’t it?

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          It’s a big chunk. I haven’t followed this news though, how much did it go up before?