119th Congress or Red Wave In Adult Land
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sturg33
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none of these would be approved of course)
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Only a ****ing moron would support this.
I get you want to cut spending but basically paying congress a commission that they can then reneg on in no time would be a collossal waste of money and kill the economy.
sturg33
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1. How would they reneg?
2. What would your proposal be to incentivize actual cuts?
3. Buffet suggest any budget that isn't balanced would make all congresspeople who voted for it intelligible for reelection. I would support that too, of course
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
The problem is you need Congress to vote for it and they would never do that to themselves.
sturg33
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Sorry. . But the listless vessels, er, i mean MAGA, reliably inform me that he is a spineless RINO for trying to stop 20% spending increase. The god says get him out!
cajunrevenge
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Wait, they are mad at him for not supporting the spending bill that the also oppose?
sturg33
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He does seem like he has dementia
acesfull86
Well-known member
Slip it on page 1173 of 1474 an no one will notice
I’m not actually sure I even understand what’s happening anymore from a practical standpoint. If they shorten/simplify the CR but add $5 trillion to the debt ceiling, is the expectation that they just won’t spend that extra money next session? Sounds a bit like giving a child a credit card at a toy store and just hoping they don’t max it out. Which I’m not going to complain about in a vacuum, but it seems like a weird way to shrink the deficit.
Speaking of children, Trump remains just the absolute dumbest at this. A government shutdown doesn’t only hurt the President in charge, it hurts troops and federal workers. In addition to the obvious part where the debt ceiling shouldn’t be so nakedly partisan, he’s just wrong. Trump and Republicans won the House, Senate and White House in November and people are dumb. They will absolutely not accept the Republican House not passing a bill that was agreed upon by both party leaders (even if the bill is bloated) and shutting down the government and then blaming it on Dems. Hell, many people probably think they already have the majority in both chambers.
Speaking of children, Trump remains just the absolute dumbest at this. A government shutdown doesn’t only hurt the President in charge, it hurts troops and federal workers. In addition to the obvious part where the debt ceiling shouldn’t be so nakedly partisan, he’s just wrong. Trump and Republicans won the House, Senate and White House in November and people are dumb. They will absolutely not accept the Republican House not passing a bill that was agreed upon by both party leaders (even if the bill is bloated) and shutting down the government and then blaming it on Dems. Hell, many people probably think they already have the majority in both chambers.
sturg33
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There's a republican in Florida who has retired a quarter of the states debt