We're so f*cked

[John Galt]

bipartisan budget bills are a good start... it was bipartisanly supported and opposed

rand paul was right to stand against it though. big spender in the white house and republicans no longer care about trillion dollar debts

trump is stating that they needed more spending to attract democrat votes. but it was repelling some republican votes because of the spending. is this not transparent to everyone?

there's gonna be a reckoning one day after the boomers are gone, having stolen from their parents and children. wanna MAGA? kill all boomers

[Kane]

It's stunning to see the country run a deficit during a recovery. What are we stimulating here? Record low unemployment? And yeah - GOP has no ideology. It's all power. All of that shit about the debt/deficit under Obama and look at us now...just amazing. If they had allowed more spending back then the recovery might've been more robust. Instead potential output has been permanently affected.

Next recession is going to be bad.

[Kane]

[John Galt]

the tax bill was an opportunity to rewrite the tax code to make it simplistic but still revenue neutral so the changes would stay

it was an opportunity squandered, and for what? short term tax cuts for f**k boomers

[Kane]

They allowed Trump to become their standard bearer. The party is dead man. The tax bill and this new budget all but solidifies that.

[Kane]

So...the next person in line should Rosenstein be fired just resigned:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ign-report

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/p ... C8&gwt=pay

[Saz]

[spacemonkey]

Only two pages away from five hundred on how we're so f*cked. That's impressive and also pretty f*cked.

[Demosthenes]

I typed out ass response and my bloody computer crashed..

Basically the summarized version:

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" we don't need to parade our nukes down Pennsylvania Avenue for the rest of the world to know we can f**k their shit up. We aren't some tin pot regime or a wannabe superpower, we have no need to show off to the world. All Rocket Man has to do is look outside his window, no other country in the world can summon 3 supercarrier groups to the Sea of Japan and have 8 other carriers just chillin.

It’s true that the US has some history of parades most notably after the first Iraq War and during the Cold War showing off our nukes. But, its unneeded today, most Americans understand the role our military plays and the sacrifices they make. I would also hazard a guess that most Americans would rather we put the parade money towards the VA.

You don’t get more people interested in serving by having soldiers suit up and parade. We already spend $100 million on fairly cool advertisements. Because we are an all-volunteer military, if you want higher recruitment you have to make it worthwhile to an individual to sign up instead of going into the private sector.

A parade makes no sense economically or logistically

[exploited]

So, how many of you were banking on not paying off those student loans?