The biggest change I would make is to not have all these programs at the federal level. Flip the size of government. The states should be doing most of what the feds do. If a state wants to let Somalis rake in billions with phony daycare, so be it if it's Minnesota's money. If California wants to spend billions on the world's slowest bullet train that will never exist, so be it if it's all California's money. When you spend your own money, you'll be a better custodian of it. But, when it's "federal" money, we all pay for the crap. And the incentive is to have everyone politician earmark more and more money for their state/district. Waste is encouraged. Waste is what it is supposed to be. And we have trillions of dollars of it with every budget.
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The biggest change I would make is to not have all these programs at the federal level. Flip the size of government. The states should be doing most of what the feds do. If a state wants to let Somalis rake in billions with phony daycare, so be it if it's Minnesota's money. If California wants to spend billions on the world's slowest bullet train that will never exist, so be it if it's all California's money. When you spend your own money, you'll be a better custodian of it. But, when it's "federal" money, we all pay for the crap. And the incentive is to have everyone politician earmark more and more money for their state/district. Waste is encouraged. Waste is what it is supposed to be. And we have trillions of dollars of it with every budget.
Something like one in three or four Americans are on public assistance. We are a nation of moochers.
Honestly, I agree with most of what you say. If someone of sound mind and body simply refuses to do a job for no reason other than laziness, then it’s hard to muster much sympathy for them. Unfortunately, there can be complications like children involved, but perhaps there’s a solution to that.
holy participation trophy batman
www.reuters.com
Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their meeting on Thursday. She did not answer reporters' questions as to whether he accepted it.
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AKA, a bribeholy participation trophy batman
Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their meeting on Thursday. She did not answer reporters' questions as to whether he accepted it.
the funny thing is this dimwit thinks he won the prize now
Pundits Praise Strength, Dexterity Required For Trump To Successfully Lift Middle Finger
NEW YORK—Lauding the commander-in-chief’s response to being heckled at a Ford plant as a stunning physical feat, pundits from multiple media outlets praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for summoning the strength and dexterity necessary to successfully lift his middle finger. “The obscene...
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That's an easy one. Under Jewish law, a child is not an independent person until capable of sustaining independent life...
I had a child involved and no one came to my rescue. I had to provide for my child and the government told me to pound sand. You have them you’re responsible for them. Grow up take care of them or the government will have to take them and let you starve.
California can spend the extra 275 billion they get back on slow bullet trains to nowhere and woke programs at their state colleges, and Alabama can tighten the budget by 44 billion. Get your taxes back on a local level!
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living.
A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure.
There’s hardly any good news in the poll for Trump or the Republican Party entering a critical midterm year, with the president’s handling of the economy looming as the defining issue in key House and Senate races.
Asked to choose the country’s top issue, Americans pick the economy by a nearly two-to-one margin over any other topic. The poll suggests Trump is struggling to prove that he’s addressing it. And it finds broad concerns over Trump’s use of presidential power and his efforts to put his stamp on American culture.
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This is where it always goes in life.
George H.W. Bush and Joe Biden both learned - you CANNOT cite mere statistics and tell folks things are okay because the numbers look good. All the complaining about the framing of Biden's economy via numbers, but the thing is, you can't fool the actual electorate into thinking things are better or worse than they are AS FAR AS THE ECONOMY because they know personally whether they're struggling or not.
Further proof?
This:
More Americans are filing for bankruptcy. Here's what's behind the surge.
The increase in bankruptcy filings comes as Americans face a slate of economic pressures, from sticky inflation to elevated borrowing costs.
www.cbsnews.com
Total consumer bankruptcy filings jumped 12% from 478,752 in 2024 to 533,949 in 2025, according to Epiq AACER, a platform that provides U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Epiq, which tracks Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 filings, relies on data provided through the U.S. Courts' PACER system, an electronic database that houses federal court records.
58% is shocklingly low
Many who claim allegiance to the left, the right, or the middle are simply oblivious.
The economic reality is quite different for the working poor and many don't have an easy way to change their lives. Paying a living wage results in less demand for Government services and simply means businesses must actually participate in capitalism and compete. Wages have generally not kept up as the C-suite makes ever more and many businesses have plenty of government largesse to slop down at the trough. Mind you, this is about lower and lower middle class people who want to work and will take advantage of any opportunities offered. Despite the derision often directed their way, the vast majority of the folks in these socioeconomic groups want to work and have an identity and feel they offer something respectable to society. And the jobs they fill often aren't fun or interesting, but need to be done. I'm not saying there isn't a moocher class, but these guys ain't it.
I would much rather see my taxes help fight hunger and provide health care instead of funding the military at the current level it is being funded.
but greg bovine said that 90+% of americans agree with what they're doing in minnesota and elsewhere. shirley, he's not lying
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living.
A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure.
There’s hardly any good news in the poll for Trump or the Republican Party entering a critical midterm year, with the president’s handling of the economy looming as the defining issue in key House and Senate races.
Asked to choose the country’s top issue, Americans pick the economy by a nearly two-to-one margin over any other topic. The poll suggests Trump is struggling to prove that he’s addressing it. And it finds broad concerns over Trump’s use of presidential power and his efforts to put his stamp on American culture.
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This is where it always goes in life.
George H.W. Bush and Joe Biden both learned - you CANNOT cite mere statistics and tell folks things are okay because the numbers look good. All the complaining about the framing of Biden's economy via numbers, but the thing is, you can't fool the actual electorate into thinking things are better or worse than they are AS FAR AS THE ECONOMY because they know personally whether they're struggling or not.
Further proof?
This:
More Americans are filing for bankruptcy. Here's what's behind the surge.
The increase in bankruptcy filings comes as Americans face a slate of economic pressures, from sticky inflation to elevated borrowing costs.
Total consumer bankruptcy filings jumped 12% from 478,752 in 2024 to 533,949 in 2025, according to Epiq AACER, a platform that provides U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Epiq, which tracks Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 filings, relies on data provided through the U.S. Courts' PACER system, an electronic database that houses federal court records.
Homeland Security:
Law enforcement uses ‘reasonable suspicion’ to make arrests, as protected under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court has already vindicated us on this position.
A person’s immigration status makes them a target for enforcement, not their skin color, race or ethnicity.
More lies from the Constitution-lovin' party. Reasonable suspicion ≠ probable cause. And "skin color, race or ethnicity" are definitely used by ICE as they decide who to "target for enforcement."
Not buying it. I've seen the reality of people's decisions for decades. Overwhelmingly, it you are an able-bodied adult who is poor, you have made cascading bad decisions in life. Show me someone who is poor, and I'll show you someone who is underachieving. Nine times out of ten. No valuable skills. Substance abuse. Garbage credit. Criminal record. Kids you can't afford financially or emotionally. Pets you can't afford. (Seriously, finding someone in poverty without pets is rare.) A deliberate choice to not understand the concept of investing. Overwhelmingly, poverty is a choice.
Being wealthy is also a choice. If I can do it after starting life as a poor kid from the Alabama sticks with garbage parents, anyone can. And if my wife (who grew up in dire enforced poverty under a communist regime that deemed her family an enemy of the state) can do it then anyone can. One's socioeconomic status is not a rich guy's fault. To some extent, it is the government's fault for all the inflation and economic distortion it causes. But we all have to overcome that nonsense. So, at the end of the day, poor people (including many of my family members) need to shut up, quite whining, and do better. Or don't. You're an adult. Enjoy the rewards/punishments of adulthood.
Others can make excuses for people choosing to be losers. That's a pillar of leftist thinking. I expect adults to act like adults, not retarded babies.
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