Pragmatist2025

I say Xmas. Dont care.

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So where is trump's plan?

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It is neither the responsibility of the President nor legislators to come up with a plan for ‘healthcare’. That is what got us into this mess.

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Trump is owned by Israel bros in shambles

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The “support” of a 2SS is window dressing. “Owned” has more than one facet. When the president openly calls for the judiciary in Israel to exonerate Netanyahu of corruption charges whose trial has been in a holding pattern for a couple of years, that can’t simply be ignored.

And the others quoting scriptures comparing the Zionist political state created in 1948 to biblical Israel is cognitive dissonance, just as is dismissing the Palestinian presence prior to that time as insignificant.

The sophomoric pejoratives “Hamas bros” , “owned by Israel bros” and other similar jibes are feeble efforts to dissuade analytical thinking on these matters past tribal politics.

First of all, kudos on nailing it in the ‘low energy prices’ thread the other day by simply mentioning kWh usage.

However, this is just bad.

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What I do know is a foreign government is allowed to have lobbying that isn't registered as a foreign government, magically after LBJ gets into office after the Kennedy assassination. And now, like 90% of those in office, on both "sides" are backed by that organization.

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Not to derail this thread, but only in reference to yours, Kennedy was also dead set against Israel having nuclear weapons. Johnson never made it a subject of interest.

I have stated a few times that my wife is a civilian hospitalist at a military facility. While the $0 paychecks are irritating, she agrees(as do I) that giving in to the progressives would be magnitudes worse.

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Every year on March 17th my culture is appropriated by people wearing green, drinking, fighting and impregnating each other.

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This is nice work. I laughed.

The command is great. They are much more visible and vocal with the providers. They see the shitty position they are in and want them to know how much they are appreciated.

You are correct on a couple of matters. What is happening is affecting government workers and some may have to tap into retirement funds if they have not set up a contingency plan. But it is the nature of working for a government that is dysfunctional. Difficult times fall on everyone just as it does in the private sector. There should not be emergency tax exemptions for this situation. Our legislators will always inflict pain in one way or another irregardless of who your employer is.

My wife is a civilian physician at a military hospital. We do not have any financial strains, though $0 paystubs are irritating and a little insulting. The medical staff is about 75% civilian. There is grumbling among the civilian staff, especially the lower GS’s, as they typically are more likely to live more paycheck to paycheck. If there is any concession that is fair for essentials, emergency furloughs should be granted for some to seek temporary employment elsewhere, though this is being shot down already at their facility.

And before the ‘shouldn't be dependent on the government’ crowd chimes in, my wife still goes to work every day without complaint because soldiers and their families rely on their staff for healthcare. I only mention this because some of you parrot the same shite everyday about government leeches. I do not agree with OP’s premise, but the generic view of a federal worker is a bit tiresome.

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Taxing a specific group of people to give money to another specific group of people is far far different than a progressive tax schedule.

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Group A has more money than Group B. Group B needs more money. The government confiscates money from Group A and gives it to Group B.

There may be a name for this type of governance, though it escapes me at the moment.