U.S. Budget & OBBB | OCT 1 - Gov’t Shutdown Begins

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HeelYeah2012 said:
I see what you mean. I thought you were suggesting the name was offensive or something, that type of inappropriate.
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No, not offensive in the vulgar sense, just offensive to the idea of governing 300+million people in ostensibly the most advanced society on the planet.

In short, we ought to act like we aren't cretins if we dont want to be viewed as such.

Someone who burps abd farts at will in public is going to be viewed a certain way...and rightfully so.
 
nycfan said:
Now that I am starting to see references to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” in legal documents it is so gross that is the actual name of this law. I know all the naming conventions of this century tend to be some kind of BS anyway, but still … just heavy sigh.
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hedge said:
One reason I hate Trump's assface so much (maybe the main reason) is his infantilization of our language. The fact that he has named this bullshit "the big beautiful bill" and that people are actually referring to it as such (and "BBB" isn't much better) is depressing. It's like a stupider version of Pee Wee's Playhouse but without the fun...
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$2400 extra a year. So. much. winning!

Hopefully my reduced taxes will pay for it. :ROFLMAO:

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Households will pay an average of $2,400 more for goods this year, thanks to Trump’s policies.
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Bobfripp said:
$2400 extra a year. So. much. winning!

Hopefully my reduced taxes will pay for it. :ROFLMAO:

www.theatlantic.com

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Households will pay an average of $2,400 more for goods this year, thanks to Trump’s policies.
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Come on Dr. Bob, find a more objective source. The real answer is that projections 10 years out and the fact that there is no uniform, consistent way to gauge the bill's future effects makes it all a crapshoot. These things are almost always partisan and the real story is determined in hindsight.
 
wmheel1287 said:
No, not offensive in the vulgar sense, just offensive to the idea of governing 300+million people in ostensibly the most advanced society on the planet.

In short, we ought to act like we aren't cretins if we dont want to be viewed as such.

Someone who burps abd farts at will in public is going to be viewed a certain way...and rightfully so.
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You really can't find more substance to criticize the bill over than it's name isn't sophisticated enough? Who gives a shit if it delivers. And if it doesn't, people won't give a damn about what it was called.
 
Callatoroy said:
You really can't find more substance to criticize the bill over than it's name isn't sophisticated enough? Who gives a shit if it delivers. And if it doesn't, people won't give a damn about what it was called.
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I have said plenty about the content of the bill and was responding directly to a poster who said he was not going to comment on the content, only on the name.

If you weren't so eager for a 2nd grade "gotcha", you might have actually read that chain of conversation.
 
wmheel1287 said:
I have said plenty about the content of the bill and was responding directly to a poster who said he was not going to comment on the content, only on the name.

If you weren't so eager for a 2nd grade "gotcha", you might have actually read that chain of conversation.
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There is no "gotcha" when dealing with willfully ignorant and hypocritical people. You would fall into that category. Its like a great paradox of people who are formally educated, but woefully ignorant due to their hatred, insecurity, and sheep like mentality.
 
Callatoroy said:
There is no "gotcha" when dealing with willfully ignorant and hypocritical people. You would fall into that category. Its like a great paradox of people who are formally educated, but woefully ignorant due to their hatred, insecurity, and sheep like mentality.
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Please explain how im willfully ignorant or have been hypocritical.
 
So the two big spending boosts are Defense ($150B increase) and ICE (up from $8B to $100B)? Thought I saw somewhere that a good chunk of that ICE spending was for building a wall. Have they not realized that is a really dumb allocation of resources? That's a rhetorical question...I know the answer.

So much for reducing the deficit.
 
lawtig02 said:
You mean we want a liberal fascist kleptocrat to remove all checks and balances and upend the constitutional order that has defined our nation for 250 years and that we fought to preserve 160 years ago?

Yeah, I don't think that's what we want.
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No, I mean the cult of blind support for someone who is held harmless for breaching democratic norms.
 
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