How in the world did the government spending get so far off the tracks? In less than a month Elon will and his 20 year olds will pry 1 trillion dollars out of the politicians cold dead hands. will

[Scouts Honor]

lol

[1032004]

21 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

lol

I’m sure all those amounts discussed were dictated in the contracts.  Waste, probably.  Theft, no.

[1032004]

Another whoopsie from DOGE

 

 

 

[VakAttack]

9 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Another whoopsie from DOGE

 

 

 

#Efficiency

[Offthemat]

 

[Lipdrag]

 

Maybe some adults are going to show up and balance a budget.  The House punted.  Trump is not leading on this.  Raising the debt ceiling only gives the politicians a new short term target of over spending to hit.  Let's hope some senators can actually be big boys and girls and make the decisions necessary to stop stealing from our grandchildren.  Can't those kids (born and unborn) get a federal judge somewhere to put out a cease and desist deficit spending injunction on the grounds of Taxation without Representation since those kids can't vote?

[mspart]

39 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

 

Maybe some adults are going to show up and balance a budget.  The House punted.  Trump is not leading on this.  Raising the debt ceiling only gives the politicians a new short term target of over spending to hit.  Let's hope some senators can actually be big boys and girls and make the decisions necessary to stop stealing from our grandchildren.  Can't those kids (born and unborn) get a federal judge somewhere to put out a cease and desist deficit spending injunction on the grounds of Taxation without Representation since those kids can't vote?

Ray Brinzer on the old chat board suggested something similar.   Go back a few years and go to those spending levels and current revenues meet those expenditures.   I thought that was a brilliant move and have suggested it from time to time. 

mspart

[Offthemat]

3 hours ago, Lipdrag said:

Can't those kids (born and unborn) get a federal judge somewhere to put out a cease and desist deficit spending injunction on the grounds of Taxation without Representation since those kids can't vote?

Might not be a bad idea, but the way our gov’t thinks, they may just entitle six year olds to vote.  Glenn Beck said yesterday that one aspect of the dilemma we’re in is that gov’t spending can account for 25% of GDP for federal - 45% of GDP including state and local spending.  I’m not convinced that borrowing/printing money should be viewed as positive given its negative effects on the other side of the ledger.  Or that the reduction in gov’t spending would be entirely lost.  Some portion would still be sought, even if some had to work to obtain it, which might improve our productivity. 

[uncle bernard]

On 5/27/2025 at 11:36 PM, Offthemat said:

 

Have you ever seen a conservative tweet you didn't immediately believe?

[Offthemat]

26 minutes ago, uncle bernard said:

Have you ever seen a conservative tweet you didn't immediately believe?

I don’t look at it as a conservative tweet, I see it as a video of Elon exposing what he found.  Have you ever seen the forest for the trees?