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To: Openurmind

Right, and I think their votes against spending were not just about being stingy.

Often the only way to block a bad policy is by using the “power of the purse”.

Kind of like a parent cutting a teenager’s allowance or taking away the car keys. It’s not just about the money. :-)


19 posted on 06/20/2021 10:20:13 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: enumerated

Absolutely, And so few care that it will be their Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren who will have to pay off that debt as a slave to the State. But who cares about tomorrow, let’s party today and not worry about it. Me. my, mine in the now.


21 posted on 06/20/2021 10:38:11 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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