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re: Pros and cons of $5,000 stimulus check
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:08 pm to Tiger Prawn
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:08 pm to Tiger Prawn
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this would be like you having $60k in credit card debt and finding $100 bill in your sofa cushion. Are you going to put that $100 towards paying down your credit card balance? Or are you going to spend it on booze and scratch offs?
The difference is, I'm not the cause of the debt the way I'd be in your credit card scenario. When I die, the country is still going to be in debt. I'd rather take the $5K and use it myself.
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Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:19 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Not sure why anyone takes this check thing seriously.
Hell Elon has already walked back the projected doge savings to closer to 500B now.
Whatever savings they do find should be trying to get to a balanced budget then handing out money to people who won't even pay their credit cards either
Hell Elon has already walked back the projected doge savings to closer to 500B now.
Whatever savings they do find should be trying to get to a balanced budget then handing out money to people who won't even pay their credit cards either
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:24 pm to UltimaParadox
I’m still not sure why Elon has been given so much power. Vance seems like the third wheel here.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:28 pm to dukke v
Elon has convinced the entire administration for like 100 million dollars he can run everything through his AI model and root out all the waste.
I think he is running into the giant size of government and all the unconnected systems and disjointed processes is going to make this impossible. At this point he just shite posts, but the savings stuff seems to be slowly fading away. It will take real forensic accounting over a lot of time to find real fraud
Even if they laid off every govt worker in the federal govt they still won't hit 300B.
However everyone hates them so it's a good distraction.
Might give them enough time to get actual people in there to do some real book keeping and find something big.
However got to imagine the majority of the tax dollars are all tied up in contracts with private companies which will take a lot of time to break. Plus they have a lot of lawyers
I think he is running into the giant size of government and all the unconnected systems and disjointed processes is going to make this impossible. At this point he just shite posts, but the savings stuff seems to be slowly fading away. It will take real forensic accounting over a lot of time to find real fraud
Even if they laid off every govt worker in the federal govt they still won't hit 300B.
However everyone hates them so it's a good distraction.
Might give them enough time to get actual people in there to do some real book keeping and find something big.
However got to imagine the majority of the tax dollars are all tied up in contracts with private companies which will take a lot of time to break. Plus they have a lot of lawyers
This post was edited on 2/24/25 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:28 pm to dukke v
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Vance seems like the third wheel here.
lol, peej.
what would you call Kamala? the 5th wheel?
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:31 pm to Klark Kent
What????
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:44 pm to dukke v
what is confusing about my previous post?
let me see if I can clarify:
Considering President Joseph R. Biden Jr.‘s tenure from January 20, 2021, to January 20, 2025, and acknowledging the unprecedented challenges and pivotal policy decisions that characterized this administration (LOL),
…..to what extent did Vice President Kamala D. Harris, …..as the first female, first Black, …..and first South Asian individual….and first DEI Vice President…. to hold the role as Vice President, exert her powerful influence and assume a central role in shaping and directing the executive branch’s domestic and foreign policies, legislative initiatives, and administrative actions throughout this four-year period?
eta: 7 downvotes; found the 7 sad Kamala voters
let me see if I can clarify:
Considering President Joseph R. Biden Jr.‘s tenure from January 20, 2021, to January 20, 2025, and acknowledging the unprecedented challenges and pivotal policy decisions that characterized this administration (LOL),
…..to what extent did Vice President Kamala D. Harris, …..as the first female, first Black, …..and first South Asian individual….and first DEI Vice President…. to hold the role as Vice President, exert her powerful influence and assume a central role in shaping and directing the executive branch’s domestic and foreign policies, legislative initiatives, and administrative actions throughout this four-year period?
eta: 7 downvotes; found the 7 sad Kamala voters
This post was edited on 2/25/25 at 9:57 am
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:55 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
quote:
CONS
Massive inflation
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:59 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:Amen!!
Me giving the federal gov't $25k last year in taxes and $10k in social security is retarded.
If they want to give me money back that they steal from me every year, i'll never object to it.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:03 pm to UltimaParadox
quote:
At this point he just shite posts, but the savings stuff seems to be slowly fading away. It will take real forensic accounting over a lot of time to find real fraud
Workers getting paid for government jobs and therefore pumping that money back through their local economies may be "wasteful" from a business sense but it's the last thing which needs to be addressed.
Sweetheart deals to private corporations is where one should look.
But wont.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:06 pm to Klark Kent
So who do think should run the country IF something happens to trump, Elon or Vance.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:13 pm to dukke v
Vance, without any doubt. He’s also my automatic lock for 2028. Dude is crushing it, you just aren’t paying attention.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:17 pm to Klark Kent
quote:oh Unc Pj is paying attention now since someone mentioned he may be able to get another stimulus
you just aren’t paying attention.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:18 pm to SuperSaint
:SSAlonzoMourninggif:
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:18 pm to SCLibertarian
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Almost $40 trillion in debt and we're talking about stimulus checks. Pay off our debts.
Absolutely this. Beyond just the massive inflation it would cause it’s fiscally irresponsible to do. And shows worrying about the national debt isn’t their real concern
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:21 pm to Jcorye1
Maybe they’re smart enough to be able to do both.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:23 pm to SCLibertarian
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Almost $40 trillion in debt and we're talking about stimulus checks. Pay off our debts.
I agree with you on this, but, maybe Trump and Musk know something we don’t know as for paying down the debt. I am sure Trump has some idea about the money that will be saved and a plan to pay off the debt in a timely fashion. More people will start to pay attention to the waste and fraud found and will want the discovery to be continued with more support.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:46 pm to shoelessjoe
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a plan to pay off the debt in a timely fashion
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:51 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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$5,000 stimulus checkby
Not a stimulus, it’s a rebate. Most stimulus checks are paid for by an increase in money supply (which is why they are a disaster for inflation).
They took all of this from us already and then decided to cut this from the budget.
It’s our existing money. It’s not massive quantitive easing.
This post was edited on 2/24/25 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 2/24/25 at 9:54 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
That would cover my tattoo ideas
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