Author Topic: The Trump Presidency (Read 1058243 times)

chum1 · « **Reply #850 on:** January 19, 2017, 09:39:01 AM »

Quote from: CNS on January 19, 2017, 09:26:17 AM

He is going after the small fish.

It's not a house. It's a lifestyle.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #851 on:** January 19, 2017, 09:54:28 AM »

Quote from: CNS on January 19, 2017, 09:26:17 AM

He is going after the small fish.

Does it seem weird that social security is in this list if income to fund it is specifically siphoned off our paychecks to fund it? I could see maybe a social security deficit (including administration costs) to be included, but that number must include total payouts?

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #852 on:** January 19, 2017, 10:00:17 AM »

Just looking forward to tomorrow for the simple fact that budget deficits and national debt will come off their 8 year sabbatical in Just Money Land (great beaches, try the Mojito) and be pressed back into hard labor in the Dem camp, replete with Pelosi press conferences and calls for hearings.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #853 on:** January 19, 2017, 10:27:21 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on January 19, 2017, 10:00:17 AM

Just looking forward to tomorrow for the simple fact that budget deficits and national debt will come off their 8 year sabbatical in Just Money Land (great beaches, try the Mojito) and be pressed back into hard labor in the Dem camp, replete with Pelosi press conferences and calls for hearings.

Amen. Nice to know Dems are finally gonna be concerned about deficits again. Welcome back!

star seed 7 · « **Reply #854 on:** January 19, 2017, 10:29:13 AM »

And conservatives like ksuw will go back to not giving a crap about deficits, just like during Bush

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #855 on:** January 19, 2017, 10:32:27 AM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 19, 2017, 10:29:13 AM

And conservatives like ksuw will go back to not giving a crap about deficits, just like during Bush

That's not even remotely true.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #856 on:** January 19, 2017, 10:33:12 AM »

OK dax

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #857 on:** January 19, 2017, 11:06:49 AM »

Have a look at what's happened to the percentage of debt to GDP the past 10 years. Quite a legacy. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp

It would be a good start just to reverse this trend, and I think that will happen under a Trump economy. But ultimately I'm not gonna be happy if the GOP doesn't put our spending on a trajectory towards a balanced budget.

The nice thing about Dems being such massive hypocrites is that they'll suddenly be on my team when it comes to all sorts of issues! Limiting executive power, states rights, deficits...

You'll still probably eff it up tho. Probably only advocate for higher taxes to fix what is inherently a spending problem, claiming states rights over things like immigration that are clearly within federal authority.... I can dream though. A new day is dawning with wondrous possibilities!

Kat Kid · « **Reply #858 on:** January 19, 2017, 12:00:31 PM »

States rights are actually awful. The actual empirical evidence we have on hand skews much more toward "denying certain classes of people full rights or privileges of citizenship" and is light on the "laboratories of democracy."

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #859 on:** January 19, 2017, 12:04:01 PM »

We can all agree that Betsy DeVos is a nut job who knows nothing about public education, right?

star seed 7 · « **Reply #860 on:** January 19, 2017, 12:07:47 PM »

She will stop bears from wandering the halls tho

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #861 on:** January 19, 2017, 12:09:06 PM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on January 19, 2017, 12:00:31 PM

States rights are actually awful. The actual empirical evidence we have on hand skews much more toward "denying certain classes of people full rights or privileges of citizenship" and is light on the "laboratories of democracy."

The US really aught to be split up into several sovereign nations. I'm moving to Bears.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #862 on:** January 19, 2017, 04:31:10 PM »

Neat so many other countries are gathering around our embassies to celebrate tomorrow....Oh wait they are protesting?

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #863 on:** January 19, 2017, 04:39:50 PM »

Well this is truly a first, people gathering at U.S. embassies to protest the U.S. and the president.

Unprecedented (and yeah, Barack was protested early and often on overseas trips, just didn't get much coverage here).

bucket · « **Reply #864 on:** January 19, 2017, 06:02:59 PM »

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/822135045238431744

chum1 · « **Reply #865 on:** January 21, 2017, 01:57:50 AM »

https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/822638830637481984

slackcat · « **Reply #866 on:** January 21, 2017, 06:20:45 AM »

Inauguration being on a workday means most Trump supporters at work.

LickNeckey · « **Reply #867 on:** January 21, 2017, 08:55:07 AM »

Quote from: slackcat on January 21, 2017, 06:20:45 AM

Inauguration being on a workday means most Trump supporters at work.

Trump supporter feverish for change and the opportunity to MAGA.

i mean not excited enough to use any pto but whatevs

Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) · « **Reply #868 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:20:21 AM »

Quote from: CNS on January 19, 2017, 09:26:17 AM

He is going after the small fish.

The smallest of fish...

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Overall, the blueprint being used by Trump’s team would reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over 10 years.

Such a dimwit

CNS · « **Reply #869 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:22:18 AM »

I mean, you even quoted the graph....

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chum1 · « **Reply #870 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:24:50 AM »

Quote from: chum1 on January 21, 2017, 01:57:50 AM

https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/822638830637481984

Yep

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“All bureaus and the department have been directed by incoming administration to shut down Twitter platforms immediately until further notice,” said an email circulated to Park Service employees Friday afternoon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/20/interior-department-banned-from-twitter-after-retweet-of-smaller-than-usual-trump-inauguration-crowd

Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) · « **Reply #871 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:26:48 AM »

CNS, do you know how much a trillion is? It's 1,000 billions, or 1,000,000 millions. It's more money than pretty much every government in the world collects in a year.

CNS · « **Reply #872 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:45:16 AM »

Quote from: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on January 21, 2017, 09:26:48 AM

CNS, I can't read a pie chart

I love math lessons from ppl that don't understand the relationship between this big color pie section and that little different color pie section.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #873 on:** January 21, 2017, 09:49:32 AM »

Some folks didn't want to deal with the perpetually angry and often violent intolerant left, that was confrontational, setting fires and destroying property.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #874 on:** January 21, 2017, 10:07:48 AM »

Quote from: slackcat on January 21, 2017, 06:20:45 AM

Inauguration being on a workday means most Trump supporters at work.

Coal miners though