God forbid they should go after the defense budget

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In an interview with Fox Business Tuesday morning, Representative Richard McCormick complained that “75 percent of the budget is nondiscretionary” and outlined GOP plans to tackle it.

“We’re gonna have to have some hard decisions. We’re gotta bring the Democrats in and talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare,” McCormick
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. “There’s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved and we know how to do it. We just have to have the stomach to actually take those challenges on.”

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Those fuckers. They still won't get away with it.

Government seems to function autonomously no matter who's in power. Except for who grifts and who uses the $$$ for the country.

And like Omar said, "It's all about the Benjamins"

It may have been controversial rhetoric at the time it was spoken, but she was pretty spot on.
 
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Those fuckers. They still won't get away with it.

Government seems to function autonomously no matter who's in power. Except for who grifts and who uses the $$$ for the country.

And like Omar said, "It's all about the Benjamins"

It may have been controversial rhetoric at the time it was spoken, but she was pretty spot on.
True, but I speak from experience when I say they can go after social security and succeed, because they have done it before. Bullshit provisions that cut payments for people.
 

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Parts of Medicare are fucked up...like the ability of the government to borrow from the trust fund. That's a problem. McConnell was really good at it, especially with the keys to the $enate Ca$tle. Lots of cash in there.

Also the Part B part of the ponzi scheme is 15% "vigorish" in the form of the medicare insurance payment.

It still works because there are 20% more people in US then there were 40 years ago when the program was solvent.
 

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Has any Republican ever said "After we eliminate SS, we are going let the individual Americans keep that money in their pocket"? That's a lot of money going through that system, that would pay for a lot of rounds of Golf for President Trump and his entourage at Trump Golf Courses.
 

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Tbh I am not sure Rapey Assend, I might be able to find out for you, if that information is important to you.
I thought you might be jealous of the modern Navy sailor laundry techs and their fancy new facilities compared to the old tubs you served on.

I'm sure the shit stains in the skivvies are still the same though.
 

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I thought you might be jealous of the modern Navy sailor laundry techs and their fancy new facilities compared to the old tubs you served on.

I'm sure the shit stains in the skivvies are still the same though.
It will never fail to astound me how much respect conservatives show those who choose to serve the nation.
 
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I thought you might be jealous of the modern Navy sailor laundry techs and their fancy new facilities compared to the old tubs you served on.

I'm sure the shit stains in the skivvies are still the same though.
Tell me about your pensions Raging Hemerrhoid!
 

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Fuck grandma and grandpa we need more useless littoral combat ships that don’t work!
I wonder why more Americans aren't pointing out how the incoming Trump administration warns of economic pain to come for the average American while billionaires like Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswathy will get massive tax cuts. Trump too.

So...while the poor in America suffer and get their benefits, the ultrawealthy get even more.

I think that's what the call 'Having your cake and being able to eat it' @LotusBud

In many other countries this abuse of power and the excesses of the wealthy would cause a revolt.

In fact it has led to revolutions in Russia nd France.
 

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I wonder why more Americans aren't pointing out how the incoming Trump administration warns of economic pain to come for the average American while billionaires like Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswathy will get massive tax cuts. Trump too.

So...while the poor in America suffer and get their benefits, the ultrawealthy get even more.

I think that's what the call 'Having your cake and being able to eat it' @LotusBud

In many other countries this abuse of power and the excesses of the wealthy would cause a revolt.

In fact it has led to revolutions in Russia nd France.
Maybe it's already started @Joe.

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I wonder why more Americans aren't pointing out how the incoming Trump administration warns of economic pain to come for the average American while billionaires like Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswathy will get massive tax cuts. Trump too.

So...while the poor in America suffer and get their benefits, the ultrawealthy get even more.

I think that's what the call 'Having your cake and being able to eat it' @LotusBud

In many other countries this abuse of power and the excesses of the wealthy would cause a revolt.

In fact it has led to revolutions in Russia nd France.

They're in their media silos, Joe. Or they are in denial.
 
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I wonder why more Americans aren't pointing out how the incoming Trump administration warns of economic pain to come for the average American while billionaires like Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswathy will get massive tax cuts. Trump too.

So...while the poor in America suffer and get their benefits, the ultrawealthy get even more.

I think that's what the call 'Having your cake and being able to eat it' @LotusBud

In many other countries this abuse of power and the excesses of the wealthy would cause a revolt.

In fact it has led to revolutions in Russia nd France.
Because so many Americans are low IQ with limited logical capabilities, Joe. Sadly.
 

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Because so many Americans are low IQ with limited logical capabilities, Joe. Sadly.
I think they fall for the false ideal of 'The American Dream'...that they somehow miraculously or magically can become the next Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos - when in fact the system is stacked against them and overwhelmingly favors the Warren Buffets whatever.

so many of them, especially MAGA types, latch on to this false dream, only to carry it to them in their Old Age and eventually into the grave, unfulfilled.

They get brainwashed by the media and demagogues like Trump who offer them false hope, but unfortunately they fall for it and believe it.
 

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I think they fall for the false ideal of 'The American Dream'...that they somehow miraculously or magically can become the next Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos - when in fact the system is stacked against them and overwhelmingly favors the Warren Buffets whatever.

so many of them, especially MAGA types, latch on to this false dream, only to carry it to them in their Old Age and eventually into the grave, unfulfilled.

They get brainwashed by the media and demagogues like Trump who offer them false hope, but unfortunately they fall for it and believe it.

That is like @Joe's Autobiography.

Hahaha!!!!
 

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Profoundly hypocritical, profoundly cognitively dissonant, profoundly compassionless. Just fucking hot mess fuckwits.
Wait! "Cognitive dissonance?" Um, weren't you, the famous Leftist @LotusBud, attacking Trump's pick of Hegsdude for DOD and taking the side of the Military Industrial Complex gravy train that you've railed against for years?

I guess when you get orders from your betters you just bark like a trained dog.

The Military Industrial Complex and the moneyed Defense Industry is adamantly opposed to Hegseth's nomination, yet here you are in direct contradiction to years of your stated position.

I guess your values and mores just can't stand up to that hated orange cheeto dust that taints Hegseth, huh?
 

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Wait! "Cognitive dissonance?" Um, weren't you, the famous Leftist @LotusBud, attacking Trump's pick of Hegsdude for DOD and taking the side of the Military Industrial Complex gravy train that you've railed against for years?

I guess when you get orders from your betters you just bark like a trained dog.

The Military Industrial Complex and the moneyed Defense Industry is adamantly opposed to Hegseth's nomination, yet here you are in direct contradiction to years of your stated position.

I guess your values and mores just can't stand up to that hated orange cheeto dust that taints Hegseth, huh?
So what are your options for your sunset years without a pension plan in place? Are you going to be a welfare queen and suck the SSI teat?
 

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So what are your options for your sunset years without a pension plan in place? Are you going to be a welfare queen and suck the SSI teat?
It so nice of you to be worried about my welfare. Even after all the shit I've given you about being a Gay Navy Sailor working in the laundry at the bottom of the boat.

If only you were so worried about poor old Lotus. Being opposed to a Trump pick that plans to take a wrecking ball the Pentagon just because her betters tell her to has to be a hard one for our Lotus, don't you think? She should be cheering Hegseth on, but, well, Trump.
 

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It so nice of you to be worried about my welfare. Even after all the shit I've given you about being a Gay Navy Sailor working in the laundry at the bottom of the boat.

If only you were so worried about poor old Lotus. Being opposed to a Trump pick that plans to take a wrecking ball the Pentagon just because her betters tell her to has to be a hard one for our Lotus, don't you think? She should be cheering Hegseth on, but, well, Trump.
Great story bro, but I need you to calm down and answer the question.
 
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It is not that difficult to acquire false id, if you know the people that can do that,
Then they are fools for paying into something they will never recive the benefit from.
So……………all these farmers, ………….and all the construction company owners ………..that we hear about that are bitching and moaning about losing cheap labor, are really sayin…..we will not have people to fuck over anymore