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Bless their hearts

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  • J Online
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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 21:34 last edited by jon-nyc
    #11

    But maybe publicizing a few will tamper down the glee with which the maga right has greeted these individual job losses. At the end of the day all these people did was apply for a decent job.

    Agreeing with the cuts is one thing, celebrating the tragedies the individuals are going through (let me know if you’d like receipts, but I’m sure everyone here has seen it) quite another.

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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      Jolly
      wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 21:42 last edited by
      #12

      Somebody has do it. You know it. I know it. It's not gonna be pretty and it's going to hurt.

      Yet, if we do nothing, you'll be the first to point fingers.

      Time to cut the baby in half. Make a decision.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        Mik
        wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 21:59 last edited by
        #13

        Every dollar we cut is a dollar that doesn’t go to increase the debt, and we have a long, long way to go.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • M Mik
          16 Feb 2025, 21:59

          Every dollar we cut is a dollar that doesn’t go to increase the debt, and we have a long, long way to go.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:23 last edited by
          #14

          @Mik said in Bless their hearts:

          Every dollar we cut is a dollar that doesn’t go to increase the debt, and we have a long, long way to go.

          Absolutely.

          We got here through massive political pandering and MMT.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:31 last edited by
            #15

            MMT never made it out of a third tier economics program in New England.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:33 last edited by jon-nyc
              #16

              It’s a little easier to point to the GOP’s deliberate decision to take us off our debt reduction glide path 24 years ago with forever wars and tax cuts.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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              • J jon-nyc
                16 Feb 2025, 22:31

                MMT never made it out of a third tier economics program in New England.

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                Jolly
                wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:35 last edited by
                #17

                @jon-nyc said in Bless their hearts:

                MMT never made it out of a third tier economics program in New England.

                Well, sure seems like we've been printing money out of thin air to satisfy debt.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • J jon-nyc
                  16 Feb 2025, 22:33

                  It’s a little easier to point to the GOP’s deliberate decision to take us off our debt reduction glide path 24 years ago with forever wars and tax cuts.

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                  Jolly
                  wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:37 last edited by
                  #18

                  @jon-nyc said in Bless their hearts:

                  It’s a little easier to point to the GOP’s deliberate decision to take us off our debt reduction glide path 24 years ago with forever wars and tax cuts.

                  You can piss in your pants, too, if you want a warm , fuzzy feeling. Doesn't pay off a damn thing.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:39 last edited by
                    #19

                    Look at that lovely trajectory Bill and Newt handed your boy W.

                    IMG_2924.png

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      Copper
                      wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 22:46 last edited by
                      #20

                      Pro
                      Ike
                      JFK

                      Con
                      WW II
                      Oil embargo
                      Obama
                      9/11
                      covid

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 16 Feb 2025, 23:32 last edited by
                        #21

                        Let's not leave out the small, insignificant fact that the United States was the only major economy left unscathed by WW2.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 00:22 last edited by
                          #22

                          Oh no. They cut out 1700 healthy cells when removing this giant bloated tumor from my prostate…

                          The Brad

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                          • J jon-nyc
                            16 Feb 2025, 22:39

                            Look at that lovely trajectory Bill and Newt handed your boy W.

                            IMG_2924.png

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 00:24 last edited by
                            #23

                            @jon-nyc said in Bless their hearts:

                            Look at that lovely trajectory Bill and Newt handed your boy W.

                            IMG_2924.png

                            Really? And look at what happened 2009-2017…

                            The Brad

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 00:29 last edited by jon-nyc
                              #24

                              When Bill and Newt put the country on a debt reduction glide path in the 90s, the debt totalled ~5.5T.

                              The GOP, likely without a single democratic vote, will add ~4T in the coming 24-30 months.

                              DOGE is part side show, part ideological purge.

                              Watch what they do not what they say.

                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                              • HoraceH Horace
                                16 Feb 2025, 21:00

                                Well, I knowingly support the tribe that seems dead set against remote work.

                                AxtremusA Away
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                                Axtremus
                                wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 00:34 last edited by
                                #25

                                @Horace said in Bless their hearts:

                                Well, I knowingly support the tribe that seems dead set against remote work.

                                You’re not a federal government employee; the tribe you support does not directly influence your work arrangement.

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus
                                  17 Feb 2025, 00:34

                                  @Horace said in Bless their hearts:

                                  Well, I knowingly support the tribe that seems dead set against remote work.

                                  You’re not a federal government employee; the tribe you support does not directly influence your work arrangement.

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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 00:50 last edited by
                                  #26

                                  @Axtremus If the culture shifts, it could easily affect the decisions of private companies. As we saw with the anti-profitable DEI employees that sprung up everywhere.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 01:45 last edited by
                                    #27

                                    I will give President Trump credit IF he continues this path, even when public "sentiment" turns against him on this.

                                    Rare for a president to take a long term view on a subject.

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                                      Axtremus
                                      wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:43 last edited by
                                      #28

                                      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/16/mass-deportation-ice-detains-non-criminals/82304354007/

                                      He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.

                                      In this case, the wife overstayed her original visa.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 19 Apr 2025, 07:50 last edited by
                                        #29

                                        Who’s the soy boy now, Cletus?

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                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on 19 Apr 2025, 14:43 last edited by
                                          #30

                                          No surprise that farmers are hurting. I posted this pic previously, but maybe worth repeating.

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                                          When you are soybean farmer, and pretty much 50% of your market dries up, that is a problem.

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