ChiGoose Posted July 7 Posted July 7 16 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: yalll were pretty supportive when he was funding the conman...I think there's an entire topic glorifying him. Fickle, stupid maga's... We have always been at war with Eastasia 1
All_Pro_Bills Posted July 7 Posted July 7 23 hours ago, K D said: There is currently zero incentive for fiscal responsibility in government. If anyone cuts any program then people freak out and you lose your next election. You get elected by promising to give away more money towards whatever cause, not take away. Why would anyone in government want to do the right thing in that case? It would be political suicide A candidate advocating balancing the budget and fiscal austerity would be immediately accused of hating the poor and needy while wanting to kill children and the elderly in doing the bidding of billionaire donors thst want to eliminate Medicaid and the social safety net. So the free lunch for everyone continues until the waiter brings the check to the table and nobody has the money to pay it. 1
Joe Ferguson forever Posted July 7 Posted July 7 (edited) 23 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: We have always been at war with Eastasia this would warrant a laughing emoji were it not true. 15 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: A candidate advocating balancing the budget and fiscal austerity would be immediately accused of hating the poor and needy while wanting to kill children and the elderly in doing the bidding of billionaire donors thst want to eliminate Medicaid and the social safety net. So the free lunch for everyone continues until the waiter brings the check to the table and nobody has the money to pay it. oh, we'll be paying it. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022343311431286 Real republicans understood this. Edited July 7 by Joe Ferguson forever
All_Pro_Bills Posted July 7 Posted July 7 3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: this would warrant a laughing emoji were it not true. oh, we'll be paying it. Yes. Paying it with depreciated dollars that buy much less in an high inflation environment. Or in a deflationary post-default economy if monetary authorities do the unexpected and don't address the situation with the customary flood of money creation. My guess is the former as allowing an outright default crashes financial markets and real estate. In this case we can pretend everyone is still nominally well off even if a Big Mac costs $25.
B-Man Posted July 8 Posted July 8 DeSantis Suggests Alternative for Musk to Focus His Resources Instead of New Political Party By Mike Miller Elon Musk, declaring the two-party system in America is broken, wasted little time after President Donald Trump on Friday signed his formerly named "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" — a historic, $3.3 trillion spending bill — into law. Musk took to X on Saturday to announce his creation of the "America Party," which he said was a direct response to what he called America's "one-party system, not a democracy." The multibillionaire tech mogul made the announcement after he posted an Independence Day poll on X in which he asked voters if they wanted freedom from the "two-party (some would say uniparty) system." With over 1.2 million votes cast — 65.4 percent of respondents said "yes" — Musk posted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not only among those who question the wisdom of creating a third party; he also suggests what he believes is a better alternative for Musk to focus on if he remains engaged in the political arena: The problem is, when you do another party, especially if you're running on some of the issues that [Musk] talks about, that would end up — if he funds Senate candidates and House candidates in competitive races — that would likely end up meaning the Democrats would win all of the competitive Senate and House races, so ... I don't want to see that happen. DeSantis then suggested what he considers a better alternative for Musk: I think if you want to get involved and hold accountable, you know we do have a problem in the Republican Party with these D.C. congressmen — they always run saying there's out-of-control spending and they're gonna spend less, but they never do it. DeSantis said he believes Musk could have a “monumental impact” by championing two causes that the former DOGE overseer has continually said are important to him: a balanced budget amendment and term limits for members of Congress. “As it is now," DeSantis explained, "even if somehow a third party could elect some people that were so-called fiscal conservative, I don’t think it would even move the needle, even if they got elected. And we know that they wouldn’t get elected because it’s really one of two parties.” https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/07/07/desantis-suggests-a-better-place-for-musk-to-focus-his-resources-than-on-a-new-political-party-n2191347
BillsFanNC Posted July 8 Posted July 8 Elon is brilliant. He's a friggin rocket scientist. In politics however he's a moron. As much as I despise the uniparty, Elon just doesn't get it.
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