Trump Admin dismantling Dept. of Education — mass firings underway

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5%? Every president of the United States. Every inspector general of the United States. They might have to ask other people for certain information, but ultimately they have access to it. I don't understand why piercing that shroud of secrecy, which bureaucrats and fraudsters alike have hidden behind, is so upsetting for you.
Because most thinking people do not trust the people “piercing the shroud of secrecy” nor agree with their methods. They are not serving the best interests of the American people. You know this. Why do you enjoy playing stupid so much?
 
Because most thinking people do not trust the people “piercing the shroud of secrecy” nor agree with their methods. They are not serving the best interests of the American people. You know this. Why do you enjoy playing stupid so much?
You're incorrect. I think the size of the government is much too large and more than that I think the size of the deficit is much too large. I think cutting some of these programs is absolutely good for America. No one has been able to even start cutting it before Trump. Obama tried and the Republicans shut him down but at the end of the day he wasn't able to get it done.
 
You're incorrect. I think the size of the government is much too large and more than that I think the size of the deficit is much too large. I think cutting some of these programs is absolutely good for America. No one has been able to even start cutting it before Trump. Obama tried and the Republicans shut him down but at the end of the day he wasn't able to get it done.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Clinton did cut it and so far, it's not proven that Trump has or will. He increased it by trillions last time.

Why don't you take a sabbatical until some sense of reality sets in?
 
Nothing. Well a lot, but I think discussing an Elon interview on Rogan is very far down the list of what is wrong with me.

And I think there is less wrong with Rogan than people think. I used to think he had lost the plot and gone MAGA but then I started watching some of his interviews instead of the sound bites. At this point, I think he is an engaging, curious, sometimes fact challenged, blue collar interviewer with views that don't closely adhere to one party or the other. His format is much more longform than some of the more mainstream shows so you get more nuance and depth from the interviewee. I'm okay with that vs some of the more rabidly partisan interviewers that challenge their guests with impossible questions, cut off their answers before having to take an ad break. Or the interviewers that fawn all over Trump/Kamala or whatever celebrity guest that they are able to book.
Joe Rogan and his followers are the most intellectually lazy cohort on the internet. They instinctively take contrarian viewpoints and think it makes them great free thinkers. They believe that anyone who has a consistent set of ideologies is a sheep controlled by party dogma. It never occurred to them that the party orthodoxy is what it is because that's what the people demand and not vice versa. The fact that you think this random dude off the street who has no expertise in any relevant field is a great pundit is extremely telling.
 
I've seen absolutely no reason to believe that he's not. I guess a masochist could seek out attention in this manner.
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I guarantee gt has hurr, hurred with his maga and maga adjacent milieu about this “UNC lib site” he trolls.
 
He’s not dumb. He lies and deceives.
It's this exactly. He constantly says that Musk isn't trying to undermine faith in social security all while agreeing with Musk that Ponzi scheme is an appropriate label for it.

He says that cuts must be made but ignores that tangible cuts to real waste isn't even remotely the goal here.

It's all disingenuous bullshit.
 
Joe Rogan and his followers are the most intellectually lazy cohort on the internet. They instinctively take contrarian viewpoints and think it makes them great free thinkers. They believe that anyone who has a consistent set of ideologies is a sheep controlled by party dogma. It never occurred to them that the party orthodoxy is what it is because that's what the people demand and not vice versa. The fact that you think this random dude off the street who has no expertise in any relevant field is a great pundit is extremely telling.
I just think the exact opposite. I honestly think the partisans on either side are the folks that are intellectually lazy. And I say that as someone who used to be one.

Folks willing to take a contrarian view are almost by definition able to think for themselves. I agree with a lot of the democratic party platform but I certainly don't agree with all of it. And by the same token I vehemently disagree with a lot of Trump policies but I like a few of them.
 
Bc you aren’t anti social. Bc you don’t center your self worth on attention and manipulation, at any cost.
Maybe Finesse likes to talk with people that agree with him so that he feels smarter. Maybe he likes attacking people that disagree with him instead of discussing it like adults. Maybe a bit of both. Some people are like that. If he's happy, I say go ahead. Doesn't bother me.
 
I just think the exact opposite. I honestly think the partisans on either side are the folks that are intellectually lazy. And I say that as someone who used to be one.

Folks willing to take a contrarian view are almost by definition able to think for themselves. I agree with a lot of the democratic party platform but I certainly don't agree with all of it. And by the same token I vehemently disagree with a lot of Trump policies but I like a few of them.
Which ones do you like?
 
I just think the exact opposite. I honestly think the partisans on either side are the folks that are intellectually lazy. And I say that as someone who used to be one.

Folks willing to take a contrarian view are almost by definition able to think for themselves. I agree with a lot of the democratic party platform but I certainly don't agree with all of it. And by the same token I vehemently disagree with a lot of Trump policies but I like a few of them.
By definition, contrarians do not think for themselves. They see what other people are saying, and then they say the opposite. And they come up with bullshit that doesn't make much sense and has even less empirical accuracy to justify the stance that others gave them.
 
A hard look at spending, staffing, processes, etc. as the Clinton Administration did in the 1990’s is logical.

The chaos of DOGE is not; but, the chaos of DOGE is the purpose. A systematic, careful examination of the federal government is not what DOGE or Project 2025 is.

DOGE and Project 2025 are to BREAK government.
 
A hard look at spending, staffing, processes, etc. as the Clinton Administration did in the 1990’s is logical.

The chaos of DOGE is not; but, the chaos of DOGE is the purpose. A systematic, careful examination of the federal government is not what DOGE or Project 2025 is.

DOGE and Project 2025 are to BREAK government.
What cuts in spending would you make? What waste would you get rid of?
 
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