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Sawbonz

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  1. You seem new around here so I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt that you are arguing in good faith. let’s forget for a moment the idea that one duty of a free society is to care for its most vulnerable, and government is the instrument through which a society acts, because you may not disagree with one or both premises. If you completely eliminated all federal Medicaid and Snap spending you would save about 640B per year. Sounds like a lot right? It’s 10% of the budget. Not peanuts but really not much in the grand scheme. Now realize simply allowing the Trump tax cuts to expire would have added at least 400B to revenues. Take it back to pre W levels it would be more like 600B So right there you almost have a wash. Even assuming you think we have no duty to help those people who have made terrible life choices such as being born into single parent households, it’s not costing much in terms of additional debt to throw them a few crumbs But now look at what cutting SNAP and Medicaid entirely does to the broader economy Due to multipliers, that loss of 680B translates into a conservative estimate of a loss of 2-3% to GDP in the first year Doesn’t seem like much until you think of how it actually plays out. Job losses and business closures will be mostly in the healthcare sector, and they will disproportionately affect people who live outside dense metropolitan areas. And of course it will also affect food producers. Now the powers that be aren’t cutting 100%. Yet. But they are cutting enough, along with ending ACA subsidies, that there will be a large ripple effect But I guess if you’re a “me and mine” type, and you have 100% employer funded health insurance, and if you don’t derive your livelihood from the above industries or the industries that support them (retail, finance, housing, service industry, etc) and if you live in or near a big city (assuming you can stand being in one of those likely commie infested areas), you probably won’t feel much pain. Probably.
  2. Fuck all that, the administrative cost would be ridiculous. Just bring back debtors’ prisons and workhouses. We’re already bringing back child labor
  3. Jalisco’s was money Was it the Hyatt downtown that had 1/2 price margs and a free buffet? Damn I’m getting old
  4. No alliteration, not a metaphor. Not even any rhymes. negged
  5. At a minimum I bet they are going to want her to unlock her phone
  6. When did “stop and frisk” end? damn I’m getting old
  7. Title says it all.
  8. Are you a drug dealer?
  9. Need to change his nickname to square peg steve
  10. By fish does he mean pussy?
  11. He is a moron but he is 58 so there’s a really good chance he had childhood measles. Anyone born after 1970 the likelihood is very low (until now 😡)
  12. Pfft he didn’t even know about the bubble quiz
  13. Picking up all the closet dem nazis obviously
  14. He should kick O’Connell in the nuts
  15. Lol. Thunder fans claim to not be able to see what is obvious to the rest of the league. 15 more FTs for Shai tonight. NBA is like watching pro wrestling
  16. I didn’t read the article. The quiz is the meme
  17. Imagine shouting USA at church 🤣🤣🤣🤣
  18. Eh. That argument is probably > 50% a winner in jr high
  19. I feel like “how many registered sex offenders pop up in the map of your neighborhood” could replace half of that questionnaire and give the same results
  20. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/do-you-live-in-a-bubble-a-quiz-2 from the leopards thread
  21. What did you score on the bubble test?
  22. Is there a picture of his actual tattoo that I missed?
  23. Yes. Because the best way to get ahead in the US in 2025 is to be a secret Nazi not a completely out in the open Nazi 🙄
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