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1 posted on 06/18/2024 1:52:07 PM PDT by george76
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Every Federal agency head and their families must pay for this.


2 posted on 06/18/2024 1:55:05 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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40 years, we went from spending $1 trillion dollars

Yes. But how much of that is in 2024 dollars? The amount is different each year due to inflation.

$1.00 in 1960 is now $10.72 so nearly $11.

4 posted on 06/18/2024 2:03:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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“40 years, we went from spending $1 trillion dollars on the entire federal budget to spending $1 trillion dollars on the interest on the debt of the federal government.”

Incredible. This is based on relatively low interest rate environments at least over the last few decades.

If interest rates were to double or triple then ... we are in a heap-a-trouble.


5 posted on 06/18/2024 2:04:26 PM PDT by plain talk
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It will never be paid down!

But it can be inflated away to almost nothing - and politicians not yet elected can take the blame.

6 posted on 06/18/2024 2:04:56 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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America’s previous generations built up a great deal of power and trust in the USD.

In 1971, we severed any final monetary restraints on the Federal Government and politicians

The welfare state, the warfare state, and woke-marxist ideology became bloated on printed fiat money and massive, seemingly unlimited debt. America’s Left and US politicians think its an absolutely normal state of affairs. They have never known any different.

We are seeing the consequences of this incredible excess now.


7 posted on 06/18/2024 2:06:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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We have crossed the Rubicon.. It will never be paid down! NEVER.. And this administration is handing out money like Halloween candy

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“It will never get paid down” is the reason why “this administration is handing out money like candy”.

It’s not just the administration, it’s congress.

No one even pretends they care about fiscal responsibility anymore. They don’t even give it lip service.

The last millennium called, and they want their fake political platforms back.

The politicians are going up to DC to put their face in the trough while there is still a trough left.


8 posted on 06/18/2024 2:09:31 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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Democrats are spending.
Americans are suffering.


9 posted on 06/18/2024 2:09:39 PM PDT by rellic (rough)
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As a lifelong Texan, born and raised, I think Texas should do all the paperwork and pass all legislation required to SECEDE “Subject to” the Federal Government going bankrupt and defaulting on it’s debt.

When it does, Texas automatically becomes a free country....AGAIN. (March 2, 1836 to, say, 2025)

A 189 year run as a state.


10 posted on 06/18/2024 2:09:56 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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Ban the Federal Reserve. No more flexible currency.


11 posted on 06/18/2024 2:11:13 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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Musk needs to understand that all the smart and talented people work for the government. They do things he will never understand, because he is not on their intellectual level. /Off SARC


12 posted on 06/18/2024 2:14:09 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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Trump MUST do what Argentine president Javier Milei has done. Take a chainsaw to the bloated Administrative State and fire hundreds of thousands of them. Force them into the private sector to compete with illegal aliens for low paying jobs.

Fire EVERYONE at the FBI, rename the agency and then rehire some of them back AFTER they have gone through a complete TDS background check. The rest will be sent to Gitmo to work on their death row resume. /spit


13 posted on 06/18/2024 2:16:15 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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this administration is handing out money like Halloween candy

And where are the Republicans on this outrage?

18 posted on 06/18/2024 2:33:54 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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We passed oblivion a long time ago.


23 posted on 06/18/2024 2:47:10 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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19th century poem

Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan
One day you’ll be a barefoot man
Your elders are out on a spree
Spending your posterity.


25 posted on 06/18/2024 2:53:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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When hyperinflation begins, all those worthless savings accounts are going to hopefully drive home the fact that our out of control government is the root of the problem.

If there were only a way to actually force Americans to pay close attention to what our POS government is up to.


26 posted on 06/18/2024 2:55:56 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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The feral government doled out 1.3 Trillion Dollars in Social Security payments last year.

The feral government doled out 847 Billion Dollars in Medicare payments last year.


29 posted on 06/18/2024 3:03:40 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Once again, Elon is NOT wrong.

[Pretty obvious in this case...]


32 posted on 06/18/2024 3:20:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Puppet Biden’s HANDLER Team Obama are students of ‘CLOWARD & PIVEN’.. THAT is what’s going on.


39 posted on 06/18/2024 3:47:52 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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How much do you think we could get if we sold all of the Leftists to China?


42 posted on 06/18/2024 4:38:50 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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And this administration is handing out money like Halloween candy

Let’s say you have a mortgage loan and credit card debts. But you spend or throw away money left and right (our gov’t throws it to the left). So… your credit card gets maxed out and you take additional equity loans against your house. Soon you lose your house, and go bankrupt.

The difference with this administration, is that they’re bankrupting our nation by spending your kids money. And your kids will have nothing when they grow up. No Social Security, no Medicare, no welfare, no student loans, no homes, no military, nothing. Goodbye USA, it was nice while it lasted.

43 posted on 06/18/2024 5:40:59 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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