depends on whether or not it has picturesAnd you would be the first to read it, right?
depends on whether or not it has picturesAnd you would be the first to read it, right?
I can draw pictures of government bureaucracy. How do you like your turds depicted?depends on whether or not it has pictures
it's either overly busty anime chicks or nothing.I can draw pictures of government bureaucracy. How do you like your turds depicted?
You two could combine your talents to make government interesting again. MGIAit's either overly busty anime chicks or nothing.
Indeed, as did Clinton. At least Clinton came in under budget, though some would argue at great cost later on (military and espionage).the obama admin started a lot of initiatives to cut costs and improve efficiency in the federal government.
If that's the measure then we're wasting our time discussing anything in DC here. No one there gives a crap what any of us think, lol.Congress never rang me up though, maybe slate.com can pass it on for me if I try again? lol
ETA: Regarding the government purchase of thousands of dollars of fidget spinners in the other thread .... Maybe that purchase can be done more efficiently. Maybe. A better way to go would be not to purchase something so ridiculous in the first place. The scope and size of government needs to be greatly limited if we are serious about reducing the waste and stupidity. No reason to reward government with more tax money.I've never seen any improvement in the way the government spends money. ..... The best that can be done is limit the role of government to shrink the waste.
Why don't y'all make a deal and include Charmin in on it. You'll release your paper with your findings and 92 and Charmin can start sending in extra income taxes above and beyond what they owe. That way both parties are putting their money where their mouth is. Y'all keep us updated on how that goes.And you would be the first to read it, right?
Trim 10% off last year's budget and you're already in the black based on federal tax revenue vs federal spending in 2018.If government waste was completely eliminated I think we would still run a deficit because of the amount spent on social security, medicare, defense, and interest is much bigger than tax revenue. So, while we certainly need to get rid of waste, you also either have to increase taxes or break the promises the government has made to people about services they will provide if they pay taxes.
From the article:Hmm... Reuters
That's fascinating - could the tax plan have been designed for this purpose? If so, how?According to the poll, about 33 percent of Republicans said they would pay less tax; 17 percent said they would pay more.
Among Democrats, about 8 percent said they would pay less; about 45 percent said they would pay more.
The very next paragraph offers one possibility:That's fascinating - could the tax plan have been designed for this purpose? If so, how?
I think Tidewater characterized it best when he called it "weaponizing the tax system"...From the article:
That's fascinating - could the tax plan have been designed for this purpose? If so, how?
Or are these people lying simply to skew the results?
Santa Claus? You think tax refunds are some kind of handout?I can't help but laugh at the people who, out of one side of the mouth, complain about the reduced size of this year's tax refund.
Then, out of the other side of the mouth, rail against the budget deficit.
Apparently, there's a sizeable portion of the voting populace that believes in Santa Claus.
A lot of people have more in common with Alexandria Osario Cortez and Corey Booker than they would like to think.
HSV has made a lot of progress in diversifying away from defense. One paradox is that the trained STEM workforce here was a huge draw in pulling in the 4,000 job Mazda/Toyota plant, with its 11x multiplier (+450 more jobs at the Toyota engine plant this week alone). Now the one billion FBI HQ and the 1500-2000 FBI jobs, with a 4x multiplier, that was all Dick Shelby...I think it is a fair take to say that our national budget is misallocated in some areas, wasteful in others, but also lacking in a few critical areas. We almost certainly spend too much on defense but so much of the government subsidization of middle class employment comes from that public-private interaction of defense related contracting. I don't know how to start untangling that mess while not destroying entire communities like Huntsville. It requires big, thorough planning that transitions stuff away from strictly defense research, development, and production to a mix of domestic public works and defense.
What's hard to understand? This is literally what you quoted:Bump. Still waiting for an answer explaining how people wanting a refund equates to believing in Santa Claus.