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  1. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    I was referring to the percentage of funding that would reach individual taxpayers and small businesses.
     
  2. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    I didnt give that number, but I will find it. I have a stack of chores to get done today first though
     
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  3. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    We've been down this road before. The GOP only cares about fiscal responsibility when a Democrat is in the White House. Democrats never care about it. Purely from a fiscal standpoint, probably the best thing that could happen would be for Biden to beat Trump - not because Biden would be a fiscal conservative but because the GOP leadership on Capitol Hill would at least have to pretend to care about the budget again.
     
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  4. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Pretending to care but not doing anything about it is not worth putting a commie in the WH.
     
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  5. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Trump praises Maddow.
    "Thank you to Rachel @Maddow for putting our Military on full display, and showing how GREAT a job the Federal Government is doing! Also, a special thanks to General Semonite, a Patriot of the highest order and a truly talented engineer and builder!"


    dailycaller.com/2020/03/27/donald-trump-praises-rachel-maddow/
     
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  6. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    But at least historically they have some something about it.
     
  7. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Like what? They went right along with Obama's stimulus package and let GM and Chrysler creditors get screwed out of their investment.

    Look, I know the debt is cray-cray out of control, but I'm not willing to give the Dems power just so Reps will make a bunch of noise, and, just for the sake of argument, pay it down 5%.
     
  8. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    I believe there are two factors at work:

    1) Millions of employees have lost their jobs and this will rectify that situation for those made aware of the programs, and

    2) Trump wants a second term
     
  9. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    They fought the Obama stimulus tooth and nail. Democrats controlled the House and had 59 senators. There was nothing the GOP could do. Once they gained control of the House and especially the Senate, they held the line on spending far more than they have since 2016.

    I agree, but we shouldn't have to make that choice. They should give a crap when they're in charge too, an they've proven repeatedly that they don't. And Trump has been terrible on this issue.
     
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  10. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    People forget that when Obama was president, congress in 2009-2010 was controlled by the likes of Pelosi, Waxman, Reid, etc. Basically the worst of the worst who were elected during the watergate era and had amassed seniority in congress. That was the real problem, not necessarily Obama.
     
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  11. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    The Democrats are Socialist. The Republicans have proven beyond a shadow of doubt that they are Socialist-lite.

    Thomas Massey tried to explain the errors being made, but Ds and Rs both insulted him.

    The Libertarian Party doesn't have a chance. But that is who I am voting for, because if you vote D or R, you are voting for government power, Keynesian economics, and the Orwell's forever war.

    I would rather lose than be wrong at this point.
     
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  12. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    You have decided to make your vote irrelevant. I'll never understand that thinking. It's similar to going to the super bowl and cheering for a team that didn't make the playoffs.
     
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  13. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    Voting for R or D is the same thing. The very definition of irrelevant. They both print money. They both command private citizens what to do. They both steal from your bank account.

    The elites decide who you vote for and you comply. The definition of a sheep. Follow the herd.

    Simpletons only understand power. They don't understand truth, or righteousness, or justice.

    They just understand, "my dad can kick your dad's ***". I grew out of that many years ago.
     
  14. AC

    AC 2,500+ Posts

    My daughter likes the Washington Redskins. They suck and she’s never been to DC. But when the Texans are the home team.....
    I just stick to CFB.
     
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  15. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    I voted Libertarian last time, so I get it. However, there is a difference between D and R if you get beyond money issues.

    The big difference between D and R is the judiciary. If you vote Republican, you're voting for judges who will mostly accept being bound by the written law. (You'll notice that I said "mostly.")

    If you vote Democratic, you are voting for judges who are willing to set aside the written law to force an anti-traditionalist social agenda. Accordingly, you're voting to eliminate the death penalty. You're voting to overturn even the most mild abortion restrictions and for the taxpayer to fund abortions. You're voting for affirmative action. You're voting to turn transgenderism into a protected class - not by changing the law through legislation but by arbitrary judicial edict. That means you're voting to let dudes pull their dicks out in front of your daughter at school and to force businesses to let dudes wear dresses to work and let dudes into the women's bathroom. You're voting to have school choice declared unconstitutional. You're voting to get rid of voter ID. You're voting to strengthen the liberties of pornographers but to weaken the liberties of churches and synagogues. You're voting to make disobeying your religious beliefs on sexuality and marriage a condition of making a living. You're voting to diminish the free speech rights of college students who disagree with leftists on social issues. You're voting to give bums the right to camp out on the street if you don't give them a house. And this is true even if the Democrat seems reasonable or even somewhat conservative on social issues.
     
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  16. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    That's all well and good but those are not the choices on the table right now.
     
  17. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    I dunno, seems to me many ‘simpletons’ are righteous, but that’s just simple me.
     
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  18. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Actually it is on the table. You can vote for Biden but vote for Republicans for House and Senate, and almost surely you'll get a more fiscally responsible outcome than if you reelect Trump. I'm not saying you should do that. I'm not going to do that. However, the last 30 years have pretty much shown it to be true.
     
  19. Austin_Bill

    Austin_Bill 2,500+ Posts

    :e-muscle::e-muscle::e-muscle:
    I prefer to protect my constitutional rights especially the 2nd amendment rights to keep my bear arms :e-muscle:
     
  20. Austin_Bill

    Austin_Bill 2,500+ Posts

     
  21. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I like to bear my bare arms. Let's a ll do that now...

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  22. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    Damn, boy. You got some guns.
     
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  23. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

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    I'll work on chest and back next.
     
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  24. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Yep. I'm not showing my relatively flabby-*** arm after seeing that. Lol
     
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  25. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    I know the feeling. I was a good looking young guy with nice arms in my youth. However, Father Time and sickness took care of all of that.
     
  26. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    What was your yute? I just turned 51. Am I still a yute? LOL
     
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  27. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    He dated a Muslim chick. That'll take it out of you.
     
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  28. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    In my 20's was my youth. I couldn't work out after my mid 20's and everything went to hell.
     
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  29. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    FIFY
     
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  30. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    I dated a psychotic Aggie. Not sure what's worse.
     
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