Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending: In a second term, allies said the former president would look at funding cuts for the World Health Organization and green energy
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Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.
I wish we had a way to simulate a universe in which the GOP gets every single one of its policies implemented. Then let it run like a Sim City level. Just to see what a dumpster fire it would be.
Kansas, 2014
The reason states have more powers than the federal government is to test different methods of government and see what works best, then apply those lessons everywhere.
Turns out the red states consistently wind up much worse than the blue states. But they're so brainwashed and poorly educated, they don't learn from observing better outcomes elsewhere.
The Kansas Experiment. What a glorious clusterfuck that was.
It bugs me that credit ratings follow the eBay review policy of "AAAAA+++++ excellent service!!!!!"
Accurate.
Yep, always remember 'Brownbackistan'.
Check out Russia for something pretty close.
Ahh yes, Current Felon and Former President Donald Trump, well known for presiding over a fucking plague, wants to lower health spending. Astounding intellect.
Being president when a plague happens isn't awful. Being president and responding to a plague like a Nurgle cultist, however, is.
If everyone would have just injected bleach then no one would have died from COVID.
Tbf, if your goal was to increase profits for the wealthy, it's actually a brilliant idea.
Remember, every penny cut by a conservative is a penny kept by a conservative.
Taxes don't go down with conservative program cuts. They keep the money they cut from programs. All of it is routed to their pockets. All of it.
Conservatives are cancer.
I have some friends from Middle School who I talk to daily, they were never the brightest bulbs in the warehouse. So of course Noe they're Trumpers. I had the two of them read the entire Mandate for Leadership and discussed each point. They didn't like it, but didn't believe he'd do it if he won. Vote, you can't change these people's minds.
This has been an ongoing problem — if a Republican announces plans to do something sufficiently evil, people won't believe it because of how awful it is.
And once it happens it's okay regardless of how negatively it affects them as long as it owns the libs.
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Sounds like at least one oil company contributed to his request for a billion dollar bribe ....
Convicted felon wants to continue to fuck the country up
So the 2025 Enabling Act?
Biden should buy some courts...
This fucker trying to speedrun us to extinction so he and his buddies can make a buck.