General Political Fúckery Thread: Elon Musk blows up stopgap spending bill, Government Shutdown looming on 12/21/24

[the cac mamba]

Imagine thinking that looking at just debt amounts and not GDP-to-debt ratio is a basis for an argument.

This is some smooth-brain thinking about debt levels, right up there with "why don't we just run the government's budget like I run my household budget."

why didnt you answer the question

dems say the debt doesnt matter, print as much as you want.... but audit 600 dollar payments? why? why do that?

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

why didnt you answer the question

dems say the debt doesnt matter, print as much as you want.... but audit 600 dollar payments? why? why do that?

What question? You said some dumbass shyt, I told you why it was dumb, and I gave you the solution - end the ridiculous Trump tax cuts that have/are adding 4T in debt.

Why are you so hot to cut spending when the answer to cutting the national debt - ending egregious tax cuts that were never politically popular - is right in front of you? Not enough poor people starving for you? Too many national parks for regular-ass people to enjoy?

 

[the cac mamba]

What question? You said some dumbass shyt, I told you why it was dumb, and I gave you the solution - end the ridiculous Trump tax cuts that have/are adding 4T in debt.

Why are you so hot to cut spending when the answer to cutting the national debt - ending egregious tax cuts that were never politically popular - is right in front of you? Not enough poor people starving for you? Too many national parks for regular-ass people to enjoy?

the trump cuts add 1.9 trillion over 10 years the budget will be 60 trillion over that time. that doesnt cover fukking spending

this is some democrat shilling on levels i havent seen you're really incapable of simply admitting that the bloated monstrosity that is our federal government could cut spending?

and for the 3rd time; if the debt doesnt matter, whyd the democrats go after 600 dollar transactions?

 

[the cac mamba]

i can't imagine the lack of respect for yourself, to be cool with the same people harassing you over their cut of 600 dollars say "there's nowhere we can cut spending"

 

[BK The Great]

 

[the cac mamba]

They want cuts to social security and medicare.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

broken clock right twice a day

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Weren't you just laughing about how Trump has no influence on the GOP anymore?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

 Giving ineligible citizens COVID Economic Injury Disaster Grants (SBA)…..$4,500,000,000
 Using COVID relief funds to construct an 11,000 square foot spa……….….... $140,000,000
 Using COVID relief funds to purchase luxury cars ……………………….…….$31,500,000
 Wisconsin school using COVID relief funds to upgrade turf fields……...………..$1,600,000
 Camouflage uniforms that do not fit the Afghanistan environment (DOD)….….$28,000,000
 Funding a 1.5-mile park in Austin, Texas, used for yoga and concerts (DOD)…....$9,000,000
 Starbucks espresso machines (DOD)………………………………………………$192,592
 Interest Payments on the Debt (Treasury)….......………………………..…$475,000,000,000
 Maintaining 77,000 empty Federal buildings (GSA)………………..………....$1,700,000,000
 “Basic education” projects in Jordan (USAID)……………………….………...$210,069,000
 Expanding the Washington, D.C. Streetcar that’s rarely used and unreliable…....$175,000,000
 Helping illegal immigrants avoid deportation (DHS)……………………….…. $168,000,000
 Mismanaged and un-tracked fuel purchases (State)……………………….…….. $77,000,000
 Subsidizing the free New York Staten Island Ferry (DOT)…………….....……...$70,000,000
 Overpaying government contractors for a terminated contract (GSA)…………..$69,000,000
 East Baton Rouge unused federal housing grants (HUD)……………………......$13,400,000
 Boosting the Tunisia travel sector during COVID-19 (USAID)………...…….…$50,000,000
 Unused hotel rooms for illegal immigrants (DHS)………………….…………...$17,000,000
 Constructing a Gandhi museum…………………...……. …………………….....$3,000,000
 Watching hamsters fight on steroids (NIH)………………………..………….…..$3,000,000
 Super Bowl commercials telling you to fill out the Census (Commerce)…………..$2,500,000
 Injecting 6-month-old beagle puppies with cocaine (NIH) ………............................$2,300,000
 Encouraging Ethiopians to wear shoes (NIH)…............................................................$2,100,000
 Training mice to binge drink alcohol (NIH)……………………………………....$1,100,000
 Studying the romance between parrots (NSF)……………..……………................…$689,222
 Studying the social life and collective intelligence of ants (NSF)………………….....$675,000
 Using mice to study racial aggression (NIH)……...………………………………...$519,828
 Redeveloping the United States hard cider market (USDA)…………..…………… $491,794
 A radio campaign telling drivers to stop at railroad crossings (DOT)…...…………..$200,000
 Verifying that kids love their pets (NIH)………………………………………..….$187,500
 Researching if Thanos could snap his fingers wearing the infinity gauntlet (NSF)…..$118,971

Most of this can get cut.

 

[the cac mamba]

Weren't you just laughing about how Trump has no influence on the GOP anymore?

orange clock right twice a day

and it isnt about trump. enough republicans know it would be political suicide. it's not really a deep concept to not fukk with free money that both sides are eligible for even if it will be insolvent by 2035

 

[Secure Da Bag]

and it isnt about trump. enough republicans know it would be political suicide. it's not really a deep concept to not fukk with free money that both sides are eligible for

what free money are dems giving out that repubs aren't qualified for?

 

[the cac mamba]

what free money are dems giving out that repubs aren't qualified for?

none

 

[Secure Da Bag]

none

well then trump should be telling the gop not to cut any spending then.

 

[Ciggavelli]

well then trump should be telling the gop not to cut any spending then.

It's about the elderly vote. They typically vote rethug, but if they take away medicare or social security they might switch up

 

[Secure Da Bag]

it's not really a deep concept to not fukk with free money that both sides are eligible for

It's about the elderly vote. They typically vote rethug, but if they take away medicare or social security they might switch up

i'm just going by what he said breh. following the rationale of trump as it were.