Man Called Aerodynamics
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If only.
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Politico: Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor
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If only.
gutter_trash
Banned
Trump makes Bush look like a socialist
Trump has no empthy and no sympathy, the guy doesn't give a fuck
Trump has no empthy and no sympathy, the guy doesn't give a fuck
Lys Skygge
Member
Pure evil.
theignoramus
Member
The silver lining is if this gets pushed through, it will mobilise hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people to register to vote against the Republican platform. Never mind about converting the bozos that voted for this, consider them a lost cause. The good thing is that that lost cause isnt an invincible voting bloc.
Polioliolio
Member
Of course they do.
They're so fucking slimy and evil. I used to call them evil knowing I was exaggerating.
If this isn't evil (and every other thing they do, while claiming the moral superiority) what is?
They're so fucking slimy and evil. I used to call them evil knowing I was exaggerating.
If this isn't evil (and every other thing they do, while claiming the moral superiority) what is?
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Time for a red revolution.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Kansas says otherwise
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
Some people need to just fuck off and drop dead, and I don't mean the poor constituents that the republicans are targeting
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Fine Ham Abounds
Member
It also has something to do with the fact that 90 percent of their base would actively support rounding up all poor people and throwing them into camps. In fact, most of the complaints would be why we're spending money on feeding them instead of just shooting them all.
Cesspools like twitter don't reveal outlier opinions, they reveal majority opinions that just a few people are impulsive enough to say out loud.
As usual, the GOP platform is that welfare and safety nets are a-ok as long as you're a corporation.
America has been perfect this year in always choosing to go with the worst and most evil option.
I was luckily able to serve with a lot of left leaning to moderate folks in my unit, but yeah, in general the amount of people in the military that support the GOP is nuts.
Right now I get my healthcare through the VA and I'm using the G.I. Bill to pay for school... I will be beyond pissed if these fuckstains mess with veteran benefits (as will thousands of others and that will surely be a hornets nest the GOP doesn't want to fuck with).
Raylan Targaryen
Member
This the same party that got up in arms about Kaepernick though cuz he was disrespecting the military.
Absolutely amazing how they've managed to get people to vote against their own interest time and time again.
SolarPowered
Member
One hell of a party the US has got here.
excelsiorlef
Member
Your daily reminder that Republicans are bad people
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Don't worry, Tomi Lahren will certainly make one of her yelling videos about republicans and the way they treat veterans any day now...
NullPointer
Member
I imagine Republicans that want these cuts would say the same thing.
It's too bad the people impacted by this the most either don't vote or don't vote for Democrats, but yeah.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
In oklahoma the republicans destroyed our economy and they rewarded them by voting for more republicans.
Everything the GOP is doing can be intepreted in one of two ways:
1. The positive read. Their demographics are shrinking and these changes are their last hail Mary before they can't rely on only white folks to win elections, or
2. The pessimistic read. They are making moves to hold power indefinitely.
1. The positive read. Their demographics are shrinking and these changes are their last hail Mary before they can't rely on only white folks to win elections, or
2. The pessimistic read. They are making moves to hold power indefinitely.
Angelus Errare
Banned
It's both. They're making moves to hold power indefinitely because their demographics are shrinking (though the rate isn't nearly as bad as people are suggesting, it's just the minority groups are increasing...well except African Americans, we stay in the 12-13% range because you know the never ending war against us).
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Are democrats running constant ads pointing this out?
This is where the republican party excels.
They place blame on democrats no matter how much they fuck shit up and their dumbass idiot piece of shit base eats it up.
sturgboski
Member
My favorite was McConnel blaming Obama for not sitting down and explaining a bill that McConnel forced through to McConnel and all of its ramifications. I mean, lets set aside the fact that Obama did, vetoed the bill and explained why it was bad and what this opens the US to. Congress's job is to pass bills that they should understand, but no one reads shit. Case in point: most republicans when pressed on the Healthcare bill that passed said they didnt even read it and some not even their aids did.
Seriously, Republicans are the worse. And yet, people are too ignorant or racist to not vote them. Every blue collar Republican who votes against the estate tax proves to me they dont understand shit and buy into whatever the Republicans tell them (unless a coal miner in Virginia has an estate of over $6m at which point I question MY career as I do not have such an estate). The Republican Party and Trump have been telegraphing the "fuck anyone who isnt a white elite" and these folks still vote for them. Trickle down never fucking works AND cutting social programs (you know the things you rely on because of your economic status) to provide tax breaks to the rich and bloat the military even more is fucking ludicrous but people will still support them because they are ignorant and think, after blowing their paycheck on lottery tickets, one day they will be up there. It's disgusting and depressing.
Seriously, when can we label the Republicans a hate group? I mean aside from terrorist activities, how far are they off from some of the organizations that we currently track? They want to control women, force religious beliefs on others, keep minorities in check and force their own beliefs that only help the higher ups while everyone else suffers.
maquiladora
Member
Your daily reminder that people that don't vote because "both sides are the same" are fucking idiots.
Vicetrailia
Member
Dems don't have a fox news on their side.
I am hoping that the general fuckery of Trump permanently pushes turnout a few percentage points higher. If so, policy will shift leftwards over time, since most of the public is actually center left.
Whenever turnout is historically high, Dems win. If we ht 2008 turnout every year, then there is a probably permanent democratic majority or at least president. Trump is such a piece of shit, I feel like there is a chance that he permanently shifts electoral odds.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
This about says it all. Fuck republicans.
You know what's funny? US Republicans aren't Nazis. The original Nazis (aside from being genocidal warmongers) had tons of social programs, which even was in their name: National Socialists. They built houses for the poor, allowed workers who had never before been able to go vacations to do so, their youth organizations allowed children from poor families to get away from home. (Of course the reason for this was to build a military machine to subjugate other nations, but that's not the point here.) The nazis were also the first to make laws to protect animals and the environment...
US Republicans are just anti-democratic, anti-social racists who abuse their power to enrich those who already own almost everything. They are more like fascists, though interestingly, the Italian fascists originally were not racist; they only started prosecuting Jews later on because Hitler wanted them to.
US Republicans are just anti-democratic, anti-social racists who abuse their power to enrich those who already own almost everything. They are more like fascists, though interestingly, the Italian fascists originally were not racist; they only started prosecuting Jews later on because Hitler wanted them to.
2Smashed4U
Banned
Yeah no, I voted against this and I need these programs, so fuck that. And fuck that kind of attitude.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
You ain't the only. I'm trying to get signed up for financial assistance to pay for my meds and other things. And my mother needs to get her disability as well as her own meds too. So yeah, they cut this, I'm gonna be livid.
SirClinksAlot
Member
Dont forget guns. Guns are more important to these people than health care.
adamsappel
Member
I've been worried that quote would turn out to be apocryphal, but it's real. It's too bad LBJ couldn't have just given up on Vietnam, he'd indisputably be our greatest modern president.
GameAddict411
Member
Like I have said during the elections, the GOP are bunch of hypocrites at best. They always talk about the veterans and how the democrats prefer helping immigrants over them, but they are always the ones who want to cut out their aid programs. They are always the ones who want to help the rich and push down the poor. It's absolutely disgusting how inhuman the GOP have become over the years. It's not even about seeing different prospectives excuse from white liberals. It's outright evil.
WarMacheen
Member
I'm a disabled veteran that voted for Hillary. You fuckers cut my benefits and I will hunt you down
TheLaughingStock
Member
I hope people realize that a balanced budget probably won't be pleasant for you and stop asking their leaders to work on it.
I know 3 military and their blind support for the GOP alienated me to the point that I completely stopped talking to them.
Dreams-Visions
Member
church.
If it was a truly fair and balanced budget that effected EVERYONE maybe. A GOP budget cutting safety nets, healthcare, veteran benefits, disabled benefits, etc with money going to more military, tax cuts for the rich and corporations, targeted racism (ICE, immigration) and a fucking wall? Yea, no.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
The entire notion of nationalism is based on the belief that one people are unique, special, and should rightly govern their country. Their nation belongs to their people, and all other people are inferior. A theory of nationalism is only possible with a theory of race.Mussolini said:
BlazinSkatinAxel
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GOP: Those brown people are on welfare and food stamps. Let's cut them.*
*Doesn't realize most people on these programs aren't brown.
*Doesn't realize most people on these programs aren't brown.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
It's pretty amazing how the narrative has been shaped around the "others" using these programs when it benefits white folks the most as they are a majority of this country.
Angelus Errare
Banned
"balanced" budget to conservatives basically means
- Cut $10B from social programs collectively, dump $100B to the military, another $50B to creating agencies to suppress American citizens, tax breaks for the wealthy.
- Make some speeches about god, give the bills some fancy names that include: Freedom, Free, American.
- Run it on Fox News
- ????
Emerson
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I actually agree with you to some extent, but a balanced budget would also need to heavily involve defense cuts rather than simply disproportionately targeting social programs.