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I agree there is general fraud, waste and abuse in the military. You're going to get that in any government-run enterprise. Probably proportionally more cronyism and corruption in contracts in the military due to the size of the budget.
Good one here. Lets transfers some of the military budget to hardening the power grid against EMP's It's a legitimate issue of nation security.
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talking point - "taxation is NOT the problem .... the massive spending it the problem" that is ignorant of reality and simply not a rebuttal for anything that you are replying to. But I agree that there will be accountability soon enough when mandatory repaying our obligations, our promises (Medicare, Social Security, interest on the debt) take up 100% of the tax receipts but you will still be arguing that tax cuts haven't been the problem.
Like I said, with a fair and simplified tax code. Many IRS employees could begin an internal audit on government waist. Who knows how deep that hole could be.
You're wasting your time. He thinks things like social security, when cut come back to the general fund and not the social security trust fund. Absurd approaches like "across the board" show just how little people understand the way this country works.Another
But again this is not a rebuttal to the foolish at best statement that "cross the board" spending cuts will hurt everyone "equally". And I'm confident that whatever you say next will not be a rebuttal either.
Oh and since this is in the context of an infrastructure thread. What are the multiplier effects for tax cuts for the rich and corporations versus infrastructure spending. Which one will bring the accountability?
I'm with you for the first 20 of the 35 years. Then came Iraq etc. where the military destabilized the world.
I agree. The whole thing is a house of cards that is close to falling. Once we get a recession or depression it’s over. Even less tax revenue will come in and it’s going to be too much debt to even make the interest payment at some point. Could end up being a global reset after USA defaults. We seriously have to somehow get it going in the right direction like it was for awhile under Clinton.
But in a way he is correct. If we cut social security and Medicare enough that the FICA taxes balances and/or return to running surpluses those funds would ensure that existing general fund IOUs won't need to be paid and those surpluses can continue to be given away as tax cuts.
Agreed. And a good starting point for figuring out ways to reduce it further in a responsible way.
There is literally no bar set lower than that set by Obama with ARRA in 2009. All the talk about "shovel ready" was complete and utter BS. It was largely designed to be monetary sustenance to political allies (unions). I did a couple contracts stuffed into the ARRA envelope - their tracking of jobs saved, etc. and the justification that these things fell under that bill were ludicrous in practice. Complete, utter waste of taxpayer monies.
For good reason - it's completely wrong.
I'm glad you qualified these statements the way you did. With this "oh yeah? hold my beer!" President and loyal GOP the bold is going to be STRENUOUSLY tested. And this is coming from someone who doesn't disagree with the first paragraph at all.Sand said:
Personally I'll be incredibly disappointed if (assuming this comes about) we don't address hardening ourselves against a second Carrington Event. This is easily the most vulnerable component of our infrastructure right now.
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Over the long term I'd agree wholeheartedly...over the short term however immigration is a net drag on economy due to government outlays for social benefits (health care, education, lower income and therefore taxes).
This is interesting, I guess this is how you get Republicans on board a public spending bill, make it not public. I also seriously question the infrastructure nature of some of this infrastructure.
I guess I don’t understand why Trump blows up so easily. Dems want this, it’s pure liberal, Democratic wish list stuff every 4 years since at least the 70s.
Yep agree, look at what happened in the shutdown. Even Pence & Mulvaney we’re there. Not good enough.
Bengahzi and emails, I guess both sides are the sameThey just can’t let the witch-hunt go.
Way to waste the next year and a half.
So you approve of the President's decision to shut everything down?They just can’t let the witch-hunt go.
Way to waste the next year and a half.
No. I am not. Are you OK with democrats focusing a large portion of their attention to continuing investigations that will ultimately lead no where? You don't need to answer, it's a rhetorical question. My point is that either side could get infrastructure done if they really wanted to. Always pointing the finger at the dumbest person in the room doesn't make you look any smarter.
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Great, vote him out. Until then lets get something done. Infrastructure should be a slam dunk.
The slam dunk should have been his two years of full GOP control, they couldn't get it done either. And Trump certainly could work to get it done if he'd only block out the investigations. Clinton did. Do your freaking job and let others do theirs.
I just checked, there were zero bills passed for the entirety of the Benghazi investigation. You simply can't pass bills during an investigation.
You missed my point about always pointing the finger at the dumbest person in the room doesn't make you look any smarter, apparently.
Do you understand why the big baby acted like a big baby today?
I have more time now, so I can answer this question again.
Where there is smoke there is fire....it proves out over and over again. There is so much smoke around Trump it's a solid guess the entire town is burning down at this point...
and he has people, like some on this very page, who excuse Trump's actions because they say he's dumb and thus, Pelosi shouldn't be saying things about him. Never seen anything like it before. Its like if my 8 year old throws his dinner across the room and I blame my wife for trying to make him eat peas. YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T LIKE PEAS!!!!!
Yes, we have reached the point where his followers are upset because Trump's too dumb and Nancy's being mean to him.
I was joking, it's ridiculous to state that legislation and investigation can't coexist.
