13 February 2025, 20:11
JefffiveI Thought Debt Was a Bad Thing?
The House Republican budget would add $4.5 trillion of debt to finance $4 trillion of tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy while slashing education, Medicaid and feeding hungry children.
13 February 2025, 20:36
ANTELOPEDUNDEEWhy in the actual fuck would anyone with a functional brain think that borrowing money to fund tax cuts for those who don't need them?
First off the rich don't spend the extra money in a meaningful way that generates replacement revenue?
How much economic activity does it take to generate $100 in revenue for the IRS?
13 February 2025, 21:41
TomPAsset stripping...a couple of consequences down the line.
3D checkers at work, thinly veiled.
14 February 2025, 01:12
Bill LeeperOf course, debt is a bad thing. It's bad when Republicans borrow money to give to their supporters; it's bad when Democrats borrow money for their supporters and their stupid programs or green initiatives. We pay a lot of taxes. Governments can work with what they have.
It won't happen though. The concept of frugality is an alien concept to all politicians and most of their supporters. To me, if elected officials spend a half million dollars of taxpayer money to take their entourage on a one week trip, they should not be censured, they should be jailed. When a politician talks about funding the rainbow coalition while schools are closing, and people are unemployed, he doesn't need to be criticized, he needs for someone to go up and slap him off the podium. Living within your means is a fulltime job. Politicians, and their supporters need to get that. If they don't want to, they should just shut up and live with the ever-increasing debt. This is not a partisan problem; it is a systemic one. Regards, Bill
14 February 2025, 01:35
M.ShyWe all know that democracy has one thing in common, he who promises voters more will have better chance to get elected then the opposition
Not 100% but close
That is definitely bad and it was always the downfall of democracy throughout Our history as humans