daz28
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1 hour ago, sherpa said:
Three minutes and two responses in, and I already regret posting to this site.
If it doesn't make you laugh to offset the frustration, it ain't worth it. The rest of the world is laughing at our politics, and unfortunately, I laugh with them sometimes as a personal defense mechanism.
14 minutes ago, K D said:We definitely could do with less women drivers
End DEI driver's licenses! You finally got me on board!
trump: How did they not see that carrier?
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Let me make this clear to the confused. Did soft power money get out of hand. ABSOLUTELY. Is throwing gasoline and a match on it a bad idea. ABSOLUTELY. Maybe some don't understand this, but strife elsewhere around the globe WILL be identified and taken advantage of by our enemies if we don't. If we provide assistance to a country, with American-made goods(that help American businesses/workers), and it helps us globally, then that's WORTH EVERY PENNY. What's that you need X materials from Y country, but they only deal with China now?
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8 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Okay, so you support the de facto end of American soft power in the worldMost people don't understand soft power, and there's no way to really objectify it, so that's why it's a good easy target to funnel money to the billionaires. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for an administration that doesn't have billionaire's interest at heart, and hopefully nothing happens in the meanwhile. Hopefully, that new administration will be smarter than the ones in the past, who made it so awful, that it allowed for the dismantling.
6 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:I’m on board with humanitarian assistance. I suspect a majority are.
My point was a good chunk of that humanitarian aid helps US businesses as well. Those businesses are now left out, because they're earmarking that money for tax cuts to possibly create businesses. It doesn't even make an ounce of sense. The sooner you realize there's tons of politics and greed involved in these decisions the better.
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13 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:
Sure, but your outrage at the way its done shouldn't outweigh your outrage at the way our government spends our money. Fair?
That's fair enough, but illegal tampering with the Constitution is gonna make me maddest. That's the foundation, and w/o it, we have NOTHING.
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18 hours ago, Pokebball said:
politics =/= professional sports???
Honestly, the media and political rhetoric HAS basically made this team red vs team blue, when we should be team people.
7 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said:An equivalency to these "threats" against the judicial might be threats to stack the Supreme Court with additional members if the court keeps ruling against the presiding administrations policies. Anyone remember the ABA raising concerns about that? No, right?
My guess is they're going to be willing to tank the entire economy and social system in order to keep the current arrangements in place. And then blame Trump for it all. So be alert.
If the Supreme Court becomes clearly and obviously partisan(in either direction), then stacking it to dilute the partisanship is probably the best idea out there.
Who's going to tank the economy and SS. The Republicans aren't even talking to the Democrats about budget, or anything else. They may as well stay at home for all the participation they're going to be allowed to have.
19 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:I am on board with USAID delivering food, water, and medicine to those in need. I suspect that would be the 80 in the 80/20 proposition that’s trendy right now. All the other nonsense that makes up the 20 position that someone like you would support, can go.
You mean AMERICAN food and medicine. Money that goes DIRECTLY back into the economy. Nah, let's give it to billionaires, and hope they create business, just like the one's they just took it away from. F'in clowns.
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1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:
I could care less how it happens. Maybe your outrage should be directed at our government for wasting our money? Seems like a better use of your energy.
Can't I be outraged at both? Trust me, when illegal is used against you, you'll care then.
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1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:
Illegally dismantle the stranglehold our government has on our tax dollars? Boo ***** hoo
Ok, so you're good with the illegal part. Glad we cleared that up. All this "cleanup" is going to billionaires anyway.
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12 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
You focus on that, and I will focus on the absurd use of funds in Washington and hope that a boatload of it gets dealt with. I’m good with seeing how it plays out. Others that rail incessantly about the gqp, elawn, fawks news, etc (I can’t believe you find those clever, super lame) can carry on as normal.
By "focus" do you mean enjoy the culture based crap they've been tossing out at the public? Well, I'm focused on the cuts to programs that help Americans, while we give permanent tax cuts to billionaires. Let's face it, you're "focused" on EXACTLY what they want you focused on.
9 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:Was the previous administration transparent about how this money was spent, foolishly I might add. But now you demand transparency? Got it.
Did the previous administration illegally dismantle the government, and if they did would you have wanted transparency? I rarely respond to the "what about Biden" crap, because me being/not being a hypocrite isn't on the docket right now, and I wanted to make that clear. How much better will the country be if I'm proven a hypocrite? How much better will the country be if we quit playing "what about", and ask questions, and look for answers? I'd like to add that "how this money was spent" IS transparent, and it's all in the budget that THE REPUBLICANS wrote, unless you mean USAID, which is less than 1%. They went after USAID first for two reasons. One, Elon was investigated by them. Two, they KNEW that would be red meat for the mouth foaming maggats.
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7 minutes ago, RkFast said:
Yeah yeah...I know I have a better chance of being hit by lightning. But living in a place that, if the stuff DID hit the fan, I can perfectly and verbatim recreate the Sarah Connor scene in Terminator 2, Im more than happy to see the RU and the US restore dimplomatic relations and reopen comms channels. From what I read, ALL diplomatic channels,even the so-called "red phone" was shut down the last few years. Thats just insane.
Do you have a link for the "red phone" claim? How effective is diplomacy with someone you can't trust. What good is diplomacy with a nation, when your president's stance is, 'they fear me because I'm unpredictable'?? If Russia wants some diplomatic channels, how about stop invading countries, and get out of the one you're currently invading? Russia may be friends to the GQP, trump and Fox news, but they're the enemy of the world and USA. Go have a look see about what Europe(you know our ACTUAL ally) thinks about Russia. It's almost like they realize they could be invaded at any time, and they'd like to be secure. trump isn't even notfifying them of the "negotiations". They spent more on Ukraine aid recently than us, but no seat at the table? Psht!
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4 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
No idea at all. Seems unnecessary.
For me, that’s barely part of the equation. Rooting out decades of malfeasance brought on by all of Washington both D and R is what interests me. That the matter is being driven by Trump and Musk is what bothers many, more so than the waste, fraud, and corruption. That’s weird to me. To a deep thinker like yourself that makes me nothing more than a “fanboi”. So be it.
Nope, it's an outright lie to think anyone is against waste and fraud, so now everyone is just jealous? That's the best you got? How about you jump on the ask questions train with us? Is there something wrong with transparency and knowing the facts? It's more than seems unnecessary, it seems SUSPICIOUS.
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4 minutes ago, wnyguy said:
Not trolling at all, just exposing your hypocrisy. I am certain I never heard one single complaint by you of the previous administration. Now because it's Trump in charge all I see from you is the gnashing of teeth. Bro.
All you did was talk about tears. That's trolling. What hypocrisy was exposed? Not biting on the deflection, fisherman. Asking questions and posting facts=gnashing teeth? Uh no. So again, why might this super transparent DOGE, that isn't responding to Congress, who has an ACTUAL DOGE board, need their files sealed for years? Might it be because some people have already asked damning questions, and they are hiding the answers?
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5 minutes ago, wnyguy said:
Trump has you boys by the short hairs, it's ok to yell a little bit.
Bro, you trollin' like a fisherman. Nice use of the dodger, too.
5 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:That’s some deep thinking. 🤦🏻🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♂️
All you had to do was say yes.
How about you. Any ideas why DOGE files need to be buried? Not asking for deep thought, just ideas.
6 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:The reason a rando, or maybe even a manager in the state department purchasing organization would make the change is because even though nothing untoward has occurred, the appearance of impropriety is there. That’s typically to be avoided in government contract work and the ethics ostensibly found therein.
So hide what could be a conflict of interest in the name of "what could appear to be impropriety", because "ethics". Brilliant! I'll stick with Elon was behind it, thanks.
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2 minutes ago, 4th&long said:
If she filled changes why was no one arrested? Lol. It's so simple and Maga just doesn't think, that is why this country is circling the drain.
That's one reason. The Democrats are the other. The complete nonsense political infighting between the outlier groups has spilled over into the moderate, sane, thinking people to some degree. The real shame is some of sane people still can't identify that as the real problem. I'd guess most of the center wishes BOTH SIDES would shut the **** up about cultural issues, and focus on the dire issues, that aren't getting attention, because the partisan crap gets all the attention.
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14 minutes ago, wnyguy said:
You guys can weep and moan til the cows come home but DOGE is happening and we are happy that government fraud and graft and waste will be exposed and eliminated. Your cries are music to most American ears. It's one of the many reasons Trump is now our President.
Let's be honest. You're happy with whatever they feed you, and really don't care if what they're doing is transparent or legal. The claim that anyone is crying over cutting waste/fraud might be the dumbest claim ever. This is about being fanboi's for Elon, trump and MAGA, and that's about it. Don Jr. should open a MAGA nursing home chain, where you feed them anything and they devour it, whether it was real food or tasted horrible. The red states are about to be hit hard(so billionaires can get more trillions), and they might wake up a little then. Might. I guess they may as well celebrate something for now. Can you give me one reason why DOGE files will be sealed for years? Even a reason why maybe they should be?
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57 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
It’s not possible that someone in the state department procurement department made the change? It had to be one of Musk’s nerds sneaking in and doing it? The story had already broken and the procurement docs no longer refer to Tesla. I’m not ok with 400M being earmarked for armored EV’s no matter who makes them. You?
I can't think of a single reason some rando at the State Dept felt the need to go in and edit that document. I can see plenty of reasons Elon would. No, I'm not in the least ok with it. I can't think of many reasons the State Dept would need $400M of electric armored SUV's, except maybe to use domestically, but against who? Citizens? It's almost like there's a reason people want transparency, and no that doesn't mean posting that you found $83k earmarked for Columbian gene-splicing climate science trannies.
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8 minutes ago, 4th&long said:
It is just a civil suit. She didn't file charges against anybody. And at the time of the press conference she didn't even file the civil suit yet lol.
The joke is on dumb ass Maga as always.
That's why I was digging so hard, because the not so fake right-wing media was calling them "charges". You'd think she'd have learned something from some of trumps more mediocre lawyers about how to slow roll things. The more people you name, the longer it takes.
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Just now, Roundybout said:
Don’t worry. @JDHillFan has assured us that this is fine and isn’t going to happen.I believe he said to notify him. Well, notified.
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I wonder how you edit State Department documents with 'read-only' access:
Billionaire Elon Musk — CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X.com and leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — is promising transparency and full disclosure with his DOGE efforts. But on Wednesday night, February 12, a U.S. State Department procurement document was edited to remove Tesla's name. This followed media reports of a $400 million contract for Tesla.
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Donald trump, live on television, said he would be responsible for covid relief payment oversight. So he's responsible for the $1 trillion in fraud:
Haywood Talcove, CEO of Lexis Nexis Risk Solution, described to lawmakers the different kinds of criminals exploiting U.S. government benefits systems, pointing out that Covid relief provided a windfall of over $1 trillion to those criminal elements.
“Outdated government systems permit criminals to access unlimited sums of money. During the pandemic, they stole $1 trillion dollars, 70 percent of those dollars went overseas. Shockingly, it’s just not criminals exploiting the system, it’s the flawed system itself acting as the accomplice. If left unchecked, the U.S. government will continue to lead the world in funding cyber criminals,” Talcove said.
How much is in that republican tax cut for billionaire's budget bill for updating the systems?
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2 hours ago, Bockeye said:
“Potential conflicts of interest” - come on…are you speaking of members of congress trading stocks with insider information and giving billions to families and associates via NGO’s?? Elon doesn’t need the money - believe me when I say this, he wants Freedom and Democracy for this country.
Full disclosure - I lived in Washington for over 25 years. I started and owned one of the largest private intel analysis companies in the world (since sold and retired). I consider myself a Libertarian. Living in the area, i have plenty of contacts throughout the federal sector. I can tell you it’s corrupt as hell - on both sides of the isle. What Trump and his administration is doing is beyond anything I’d thought I would see.
I’m not going to bash you, because what the American public has been fed via mainstream media is utter lies. You don’t know what you don’t know. Just dig deeper and open yourself to what is being exposed. These politicians need to be held accountable - Dems and Republicans.
Go Bills!
I'd rather not have to believe you. I have no idea why you'd "believe" Elon to be anything more or less than government scum. Let's just stick to verifiable transparency.
Can you give me one legitimate reason for this: On Wednesday evening, DOGE advisor Katie Miller wrote on X that Musk's group is protected by the Presidential Records Act. Under that act, DOGE records would remain sealed until 2034, five years after Trump leaves office and eight years after DOGE is set to disband.
Do you think Elon Musk should answer to Congress?? It would be near impossible trying to argue, that with like 5 executive orders under judicial review in a couple weeks, that there's not a legitimate legislative purpose for it.
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On Wednesday evening, DOGE advisor Katie Miller wrote on X that Musk's group is protected by the Presidential Records Act. Under that act, DOGE records would remain sealed until 2034, five years after Trump leaves office and eight years after DOGE is set to disband.
But why???
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On Wednesday evening, DOGE advisor Katie Miller wrote on X that Musk's group is protected by the Presidential Records Act. Under that act, DOGE records would remain sealed until 2034, five years after Trump leaves office and eight years after DOGE is set to disband.
Musk did not give a financial disclosure as protection to us from any potential conflicts of interests with the people.
How very transparent of them. I mean when you're fighting corruption, and finding the bad guys, it's always a good idea to cover your tracks.
A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday. So yeah, they lied about the read only files access. Honest mistake though, right?? No worries, it's not like the hacker kid now has a backdoor or anything.
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27 minutes ago, Taro T said:
A big chunk of the reason for the need to raise the debt ceiling is to, at a minimum, keep the 2021 tax cuts from sunsetting. Because regardless of how pretty much every past tax cut resulted in an increase in tax revenue, as the economy grew and the feds took in a smaller piece of a larger pie resulting in more revenue, the CBO continues to score all tax cuts, and tax increases btw, as purely stand alone events with no effect on the economy other decreasing or increasing revenues by exactly what those tax cuts/ new taxes would bring with no other changes.
47 is trying to cut taxes further than where they were in '24.
With no debt ceiling increase, no tax cuts are possible.
And, yes, the budget deficit and the national debt also routinely go up when tax cuts are enacted. But that's due to the typical spending blowout that accompanies the legislation providing for the tax cuts. Should they hold the line on spending, they shouldn't be raising the deficit by nearly a full $4T as last year's deficit was "only" $1.8T. So, without any signigicant changes to the budget from what it was in 2024, they'll increase the national debt by ~$2T. Personally, would really like to see that go down and expect a good way to move in the right direction is to significantly reduce fraud and waste so spending at worst holds steady and at best actually goes down and to also grow the economy. Work both sides of the financial equation for the 1st time since at minimum when the former Soviet Union broke up and we could reduce military spending significantly resulting in the so called "peace dividend."
One final note, contrary to popular belief, ALL government spending is a tax. Whether it's paid by taxes, levies, whatever other word one would like to use for current taxes or by taking on debt; eventually every penny of it will have to be paid for and the way that happens is through taxes.
Tax cuts are a loan, that will be passed on to other generations, in hopes that those dollars will be spent or invested in new business. If they're spent on stocks or not spent, then they're a double net bad. Tax incentives for businesses is the way to go. if there's no significant boost to the GDP, then they're very bad. Last time they did not work, and overall, trickle down has increased the wealth gap. Also, the price tag for that hope of investment is programs that help hurting Americans. Last, unemployment is low, so new businesses will fight with high labor costs right off the bat. It's better to do this when unemployment is high. For trump(and most republicans) it's always a great time. The main impetus of this cut is also going to be Medicaid. Sure, that's saved money right? Wrong. This will cause rural hospitals to close, and health care costs for all in general to increase significantly.
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12 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
Roundy level stupidity on Fox!
She probably meant considering which parts were actually useful, and that many of the contracts likely went to American businesses as well. They show you fools the $40B number, and you assume it's ALL BAD!!! Elawn said so!
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The poor will have to hope they don't starve before those jobs come back from China.
Seriously, when has he ever made sense in anything complicated, and when did his followers ever care. He could claim that he could jump the Snake River Canyon in a rocket, and they'd get all sentimental about Evil Knievel, and believe it. Then they'd say, well, maybe he couldn't, then a few minutes later, they would say well he might be able to.