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rporter314 #349273 Yesterday at 08:45 PM
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It's even worse. Trumpists in the House are now openly advocating Trump should have control of appropriations, which is tantamount to a declaration Congress is a waste, abuse, and a fraud of taxpayer money.

Constitution? what is that?


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If the Democrats are stupid enough to vote for the continuing resolution because they are worried about being blamed for a government shutdown, then they will abdicate what little leverage they have and remove any reason for anyone to ever vote for them again.

The messaging shouldn’t be hard:

* This will take healthcare away from millions of seniors and children and throw more children into homelessness and hunger all in order for Musk to pay even less in taxes than you do.

* This isn’t a budget. How about the Republicans actually present a budget under standard procedure instead of endless stop-gap measures? Do your job!

* If the Republicans want to pass this then they should do it with their own votes. There is nothing in the continuing resolution that addresses the concerns of our voters, regular Americans. If they want our votes then they need to address the concerns of everyday Americans and not billionaire oligarchs.

* Go ahead and nuke the filibuster. It has been abused beyond any recognition for the last 15 years. It’s time it was tossed in the dung heap and majoritarian rule was actually established. Then there might be real accountability when the majority can enact their policy and get to face their constituents without the excuse that they didn’t deliver what they promised because of the mean old filibuster.

Imagine a world where politicians enacted their policies and then faced the consequences of such policies. Radical!


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One of the main things Trump is doing is Tariffs. As far as I can tell a Tariff is a thing that is specific and is a tax on stuff being imported into the United States. His plan is to raise the prices so that nobody buys that stuff and its possible for companies, in the United States should be making whatever thereby making more jobs available.

The other day tv showed Somebody thanking Trump for doing that (for something to do with metals) because it will help his business. I am assuming that meant that with the Tariff in place the metal worker will do better because he will now be able to sell his profit. In other words, Trump is raising a price so people can buy a product that another person/contry could produce the same item cheaper (even after importation). This is kinda interesting in that he is also is promising everybody that things are going to be cheaper than they are now. Now he is razing prices, for some things, for something like 200%

I suspect that I am missing something lhere. Wonder if anybody can set me straight.

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