@KingDavid403 saidThat pretty much covers me, but what about the issue. We need to know what you think.
You're nothing but a worthless trumptarded liar as the rest of them.
@Suzianne saidHear, hear !
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/16/americas-enabling-act-moment-congress-coming-denouement-and-the-reichstag-test/
America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test
As echoes of 1933 grow louder, will Congress act or must the American people shut the country down?
By Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
Co-author of "The Dictator's Hand ...[text shortened]... Politics at New York University and a Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at Stanford's Hoover Institution.[/i]
While Trump is probably right that there is a good deal of waste in the budget, the proper way to go about eliminating it is to have forensic accountants and inspectors general investigate the matter. People he has similarly dismissed from their posts.
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@moonbus saidThat would be the normally accepted way of eliminating waste from government spending. I would disagree that is the best way. This proper and accepted way can be even more wasteful in terms of time and payment to forensic accountants. In many of these cases the funds allocated are ridiculous and deserve to be eliminated off the bat immediately... like funding LGBTQ activities, or food for terrorists. It is only in the case of USAID, a more thorough investigation should have been done before cutting them off. Even with USAID, there are people being assisted who hate and want to kill Americans. Those funds should be cut immediately.
Hear, hear !
While Trump is probably right that there is a good deal of waste in the budget, the proper way to go about eliminating it is to have forensic accountants and inspectors general investigate the matter. People he has similarly dismissed from their posts.
@Rajk999 saidCongress controls the purse strings; it's anchored in the Constitution. A President has no authority to withhold funds which Congress has already allocated. That is what got Trump impeached the first time, when he threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine which Congress had already approved.
That would be the normally accepted way of eliminating waste from government spending. I would disagree that is the best way. This proper and accepted way can be even more wasteful in terms of time and payment to forensic accountants. In many of these cases the funds allocated are ridiculous and deserve to be eliminated off the bat immediately... like funding LGBTQ activit ...[text shortened]... e people being assisted who hate and want to kill Americans. Those funds should be cut immediately.
Mitch McConnell was a coward who caved to ephemeral pressure, in not confirming that first impeachment. I hold McConnell personally responsible for the debacle, that Congress has been utterly emasculated since then and in thrall to a wannabe President-For-Life.
Cancelling federal funding across the board, firing thousands of people haphazardly, demolishing entire govt. departments on short notice, and waiting to see where it hurts most, is a very bad way to get runaway spending under control. In the short term, Trump's Executive Orders will make things vastly more difficult for the most vulnerable segments of society, and cost vastly more in the long run to induce good people to return to former civil service posts and get the necessary public services up and running again after a chaotic hiatus.
Of a surety, Trump is making Brownie-points with his prior voter base, but that will be short-lived; when they begin to see the real costs (bridges falling down, etc., for lack of bridge inspectors and construction-company regulation enforcement), they'll turn on him.
Future historians will not be kind to Trump.
@moonbus saidThis is not a secret! There has been "a good deal of waste" in the Federal budget since the 1960's! 😆
there is a good deal of waste in the budget
BOTH parties stopped caring about waste because VOTERS stopped voting for austerity.
Spending, apparently, is what voters want. But they also want tax cuts. The only way to do both is print money - and that causes inflation, and *eventually* causes default (no one has any idea when that happens.) 😆
Also, letting a dictator do ANYTHING is dead wrong because after he gets done doing "the thing" e.g. cutting waste, he's going to move onto doing "the other thing."
You ain't gonna like that "other thing" so much! But you gave him permission to do the first thing - so naturally he is gonna do the second thing, e.g. 'kill all the Jews' or whatever personal obsession he has. 😆
Wrong. Bad idea.
@spruce112358 saidI'm all in favor of identifying and eliminating waste. I'm all in favor of identifying and deporting violently criminal foreign nationals who gained access to the country illegally, whether it is the USA or Europe. But procedures matter; justice consists not only in getting the desired result, but also in how one gets the result. Trump has shown not only a persistent disregard for procedure, but active contempt for it. Therein lies a difficulty ...
This is not a secret! There has been "a good deal of waste" in the Federal budget since the 1960's! 😆
BOTH parties stopped caring about waste because VOTERS stopped voting for austerity.
Spending, apparently, is what voters want. But they also want tax cuts. The only way to do both is print money - and that causes inflation, and *eventually* causes default (no on ...[text shortened]... second thing, e.g. 'kill all the Jews' or whatever personal obsession he has. 😆
Wrong. Bad idea.
Switzerland has a simple and practicable method for not over-spending. The govt. in Switzerland has no authority to change tax laws, neither on nor off, neither up nor down, without a plebiscite. If the govt., fed. or local, wants a change to the tax law, the people who have to pay for it have the final say, and the result of the plebiscite is binding. Bingo!--fiscal responsibility without dictatorship. I highly recommend this for both America and the EU.
@moonbus saidOk cool... no argument from me. From what I understand, Trump has 45 days to get the House and Congress approval for any budgetary changes, which he apparently is entitled to make if the new govts policy conflicts with the old, and this is clearly the case.
Congress controls the purse strings; it's anchored in the Constitution. A President has no authority to withhold funds which Congress has already allocated. That is what got Trump impeached the first time, when he threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine which Congress had already approved.
Mitch McConnell was a coward who caved to ephemeral pressure, in not confirm ...[text shortened]... mpany regulation enforcement), they'll turn on him.
Future historians will not be kind to Trump.
Does Trump have the required seats [51 I think is required], and will they all support him?
@moonbus saidThe lack of a balanced budget amendment in our Constitution is a serious mistake. 😆
I'm all in favor of identifying and eliminating waste. I'm all in favor of identifying and deporting violently criminal foreign nationals who gained access to the country illegally, whether it is the USA or Europe. But procedures matter; justice consists not only in getting the desired result, but also in how one gets the result. Trump has shown not only a persistent d ...[text shortened]... o!--fiscal responsibility without dictatorship. I highly recommend this for both America and the EU.
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@Sleepyguy saidYou mean Trump's bought and paid for Supreme Court?
What will your side do if SCOTUS disappoints you?
https://archive.is/oELZQ
Will you defer to the rule of law or just start burning stuff?
The single most corrupt court in American history?
@spruce112358 saidRepublicans have never and will never stand for that.
The lack of a balanced budget amendment in our Constitution is a serious mistake. 😆
@Sleepyguy saidYou mean they were conned by the lies to vote for Trump.
Those people already woke up and voted for Trump when they were called haters for not wanting transgender BS forced on their children. Now they're learning all the ways the govt has been wasting their money and are doubling down on Trump. You folks spinning tales of Nazis and revolution are full on deluded.
Where are the lower prices he promised and many voted for him to do?
Hmmmmmm?
@moonbus saidBut he's not interested in the truth.
Hear, hear !
While Trump is probably right that there is a good deal of waste in the budget, the proper way to go about eliminating it is to have forensic accountants and inspectors general investigate the matter. People he has similarly dismissed from their posts.
He's only interested in getting what HE wants, which is the retributive destruction of America. If he does bring about the "Fourth Reich", it will only be in order to complete his destructive "retribution".
@spruce112358 saidI saw an article today about 4 Federal workers who might get laid off because of Trump's antics. They all say that this won't change their support for him, and they all say that the country will be better off after Trump gets done.
And yet they scream endlessly about ‘too much spending.’ 😆
The hypocrisy should rise up and choke them.
There really just isn't any way to fix stupid.