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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago

Until the Gulf of Mexico becomes sentient and tells me it prefers to be called the Gulf of America, I will continue to call it what the rest of the world calls it.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They've been trying to break the federal government since before the nation was founded. These are the descendents of the same people that wanted to count "non-humans" like slaves towards their population but without giving those slaves the same rights as them.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago

It has earned his namesake. This will be Trumpism in future history books so long as they lose. This will be his legacy.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been saying for years that we're going to have a civil war. I predicted it when I was a hard line conservative and I've been saying now as a bleeding heart liberal.

I was just hoping that I'd be much older when it happened.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why do you think they're rolling back child labor laws? Karen just has to have her McFlurry at 9am

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This exactly. Their excuse is that these jobs are for teenagers, meaning that they should be exploited.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago

"I thought I was one of the good ones!"

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Not that I don't disagree with you but there is a political tactic that I believe was started with FDR or Kennedy...I can't remember exactly.

Basically, you are correct that Congress makes the law saying how the money is to be spent. However the executive branch decides when to release those funds. The president decided to wait until the last possible moment to release those funds, basically forcing departments to spend the money as quickly as possible before the end of the Fiscal Year since the funds are use it or lose it. So essentially the money is allocated and then clawed back.

The problem is that Trump and DOGE are doing this to raise money for tax breaks for the rich and for political grandstanding. And to accomplish Project 2025.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 months ago

If this was done by a poor person (e.g. net worth of less than $500k) they would have.

We need to stop having different rules for the rich just because they can afford it.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 months ago

Yeah they bought them almost 10 years now?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't have to. The goal of Trump is simple: exert power. He doesn't care who gets hurt in the process so long as his base sees him as their God (intentionally using the capital G here).

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