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The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
CardinalBacker replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
I’m just curious. We’re at 37 trillion or so in debt and interest payments on that debt now make up the second largest component of our federal spending. The BBB raises our debt ceiling (the amount that the federal government can borrow, and every scoring of the bill shows that it’s going to make our current deficit spending levels increase by 3.5-4.5 Trillion. Meaning, “we’ve been blowing through cash like drunken sailors, and we’re about to crank up our spending by a couple of notches.” How do yall, as supposed conservatives, come to terms with your elected officials being anything except fiscally conservative? I’m genuinely confused. Is it a case of “taxation is theft, so I’m for anything that means people pay less in taxes, even if it destroys the country?” Or is more of a “well… it doesn’t seem right, but DJT is a billionaire so he must know what he’s doing” way of thinking? I’m just confused because most of the somewhat observant people that I know who lean conservative have kinda been like “this is a mess… we can’t keep borrowing to pay our bills. It’s gonna kill us” or something along those lines. Were y’all never really fiscally conservative (less spending and less taxes), just focusing more on conservative social issues? My thing is like this… we can’t keep ignoring our deficit spending and debt. They kinda threw the door open to wild borrowing during COVID and liked it, I guess… because they won’t stop. Raising taxes won’t do the trick when 1 out of every 3 dollars the govt spends is borrowed. Cutting taxes won’t spur enough growth in the private sector to allow us to borrow less, either. The only solution is a good old-fashioned belt tightening. We’re all gonna pay more in taxes and the govt will have to spend less or this thing will never get fixed. I just don’t understand conservatives who believe we can pay less taxes, borrow more heavily to cover our expenses, and assume it’s all going to work out in the end. It’s baffling. It’s like my old friend who kept buying new vehicles. His plan was to buy high, sell low, and make up the difference in volume. -
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The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
baddog replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
Are you able to view the military flyovers in S.C.? -
The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
Big girl replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
Joseph told his brothers, what you meant for evil, God meant for good. Now I am calm. -
The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
Big girl replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
Ok. I read that Medicaid cuts dont go into effect until 2027, after the midterm elections. Hopefully something will change. Food stamp cuts start in 2028 -
I will, I haven’t been pleased with spending with any administration, ever. But it’s always about the spending, not one man.
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The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
baddog replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
….and I’ll hold you to your concerns with but-buts. -
DCT reacted to a post in a topic: The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
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I’ll hold you to that.
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Like I said. Keep that same energy. you call it intertwining. SMH
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The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
baddog replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
Ok, I’ll be honest. It’s over and done, so let it be. Forgiveness is good for the soul. -
That was being honest. Truth hurts sometimes. Honesty is good for the soul.
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So many young people will suffer. The old heads on this forum are either clueless or honestly don’t know. The surface hasn’t been scratched. Yet I was asked how is it I can see through all the smoke and mirrors. This was no hidden agenda this was intentional. Big old ponzi scam.
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The BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL - PASSED THE HOUSE
CardinalBacker replied to thetragichippy's topic in Political Forum
The tax cuts start immediately. The spending cuts are scheduled to begin after Trump leaves office. -
Not thumping my chest, simply pointing out hypocrisy by folks like yourself that are now concerned with spending simply because Trump is in office when you had no concerns before. It’s called TDS, it’s real, and it’s entertaining sometimes.
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Why don’t you take the time to actually read what happened, too many folks like yourself think the federal government should be their savior whenever anything happens, that’s why we’re in this mess, too much dependency on government.
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I always have the same energy no matter whose in office, can’t say the same for you.
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