MAGA supporters regretting their endorsement of Trump

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Jan 22, 2025.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The entire purpose of DOGE is not to reallocate funds; it is to reduce the budget by $2 trillion.

    Certainly some programs will get restored when Republicans in Congress from impacted states scream loudly enough about them -- but the overall intent is cut, cut, cut.
     
    #141     Feb 17, 2025
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    Not the entire purpose. Clearly some actions are to protect Musk's access to government money, both by protecting in whole his contracts, and by eliminating agencies who examine his operations.
     
    #142     Feb 17, 2025
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  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Yes, and next Musk is having DOGE go after NASA so he can put them out of business and direct all U.S. government space funding to his own company.

    Elon Musk’s DOGE Minions Have Found Their New Target: NASA
    Conflict of interest, much?
    https://newrepublic.com/post/191510/elon-musk-doge-nasa
     
    #143     Feb 17, 2025
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  4. Yes but every dfficult plan will ultimately require some side benefits to keep the masses on board. And so it is with the doge plan. It cannot all be slash and burn. Some percentage of it must be areas where the people see the benefits concretely so that they keep cheering you on.

    Similarly, when I was in the corporate world some of us who survived the ulgiest cuts got pay raises.

    Also, even though it is larger discussion than I am going to get into through posts, note that some of the expenditures that can and should be made are nevertheless net positive savings to the system overall. Going back to the homelessness expenditures as an example, there is a massive, massive jungle of waste and bureaucracy that goes with that but in the end does not do squat. In many areas you can cut the whole bureaucracy but also increase targeted expenditures on areas that do matter. This is called management.
     
    #144     Feb 17, 2025
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  5. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    It's obvious that like Trump you have no clue what you are talking about on these topics. I'm sure you've never held a meaningful mgmt role in the corporate world.
     
    #145     Feb 17, 2025
  6. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    There will be a monsoon of people being displaced by Trump policy in the coming months. And when people lose their jobs or their jobs become precarious, they often get angry. Your idea that Trump will do the right thing according to some moral code is quaint. But it's all ok I guess as long as the 1%ers get their tax cut :).
     
    #146     Feb 17, 2025
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  7. Ricter

    Ricter

    Quaint? Lol, it's delusional.
     
    #147     Feb 17, 2025
  8. Good1

    Good1

    Nope. The only regrets Trump supporters will be having, so far, is their support for Andrew Tate.

    It can't be many, but enough to cause deep embarrassment.

    It might take a while longer for the stench to rise at the relationship intersection of the venn diagram.
     
    #148     Feb 18, 2025
  9. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's see what Trump does with a large portion of his time as President. You would think that he would focus on doing his job at least 5 days per week.

    Americans baffled as Donald Trump has spent 24% of his presidency golfing so far
    A site tracking Donald Trump's golfing habits claims the president has gone golfing on seven out of the first 29 days of his second term after playing an estimated 261 rounds in his first term
    https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-golfing-tacker-usa-34698276
     
    #149     Feb 18, 2025
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #150     Feb 18, 2025