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So back to this. Congress has been waiting until the last minute to pass a spending bill so they can push shit through that would otherwise have no chance of being passed long before Trump and Elon. What a shady way to do it, and both sides are equally responsible. Just pure corruption. It's...

So what seems to have happened is Musk disclosed on X all the stupid shit that's in the bill and caused an uproar that pressured congress to kill it. I think we can all agree that with Musk's ability to influence, it would be really bad if he was lying about whats in the bill. My question is...

Per the article it can have a very minimal effect on the economy. But I'm not sure that translates to a spike in the deficit. Especially considering all the money saved by shutting down would offset any negative impact a minimal economic decline would cause. Also per the article. All the...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5046693-thomas-massie-mike-johnson-government-shutdown-bill/

I get how tax breaks for the rich can add to the deficit. My question was how does shutting down the government, saving billions in paid wages, add to the deficit?

How does not paying everyone add to the debt? Not arguing it. Just curious.

Please God can we get younger politicians.

I don't think history will be kind to Obama. He is well spoken tho.

I think the argument against Trump would have a lot more merit if there was even a tiny bit of time between him getting elected and the storm that came after him. It was a coordinated attack from day one. How he was treated and talked about before becoming a politician and after was like a...

You can trade Trump's name out with Obama and see the exact same thing.

That's true in some instances maybe. Like do masks and the covid vax work. But others like did covid come from a lab are pretty black and white.

Also when so many things that are labeled "conspiracy theory" turn out to be true it pushes people further down the path of thinking everything is one.

You can make a very good case that Obama started it. But clearly the biggest culprit is social media and the way it promotes click bait from the media. "Anyone who thinks the other party is to blame is the biggest culprit". Truer words have never been spoken. Anyone who has blanket hatred for...

Very good point. Clearly too many schools is not the problem either.

One thing that's interesting is a high number of mass shootings is black people in the inner cities, but almost every school shooting is white people. I'm sure there are times where black kids bring guns and shoot specific targets. But I can't think of a single time where a black person went to...

To be fair, 99.99% of kids don't shoot their classmates.

One problem with keeping guns from people that shouldn't have them is that someone who is ok to have them could turn into someone who shouldn't have them very quickly. That's not meant as a counter point to what you said. Just mentioning another issue.

Now that you mention that it doesn't surprise me I guess. So it would be more like bootlegging in the prohibition than drug smuggling from Mexico if they became illegal.

I tell my kids to never bully anyone. I say don't be the reason a kid decides to shoot up a school. Be the kid the shooter skips over. It's horrible to say that but my kids are already way too aware of school shootings.

It's such a tough thing as a parent because not having a phone can be another reason to be bullied or left out. We struggle with that decision bad.