@teapartytempest@TheBabylonBee He’s very much on the midterm ballot. It’s a referendum on him and his policies because the Republican Party has completely abdicated governance to him.
@teapartytempest@TheBabylonBee He gave an interview about it today. He has his people out there selling the idea. He’s not joking. He’s lying to convince the gullible and stupid to vote for him again.
@teapartytempest@TheBabylonBee I know math is hard, but let’s at least try. Tariffs brought in less than $200 billion in FY 2025. Giving every adult in the US $5k would cost around $1,3 trillion. Where do you think that shortfall of $1.1 trillion comes from? I guess he could increase tariffs, aka raise taxes
@teapartytempest@TheBabylonBee Wait, he’ll pay down the debt with the money he gets from adding 1 trillion + to the deficit, but that he was joking about anyway (fyi, you are right, it is a joke of an idea, that he had neither the authority, ability or will to deliver on, so we can agree on that)
@teapartytempest@TheBabylonBee So, we take in money from all Americans via an import tax and then redistribute it evenly? (tariffs would cover maybe 25% of this plan, which is 40% larger than the COVID stimulus, so hello massive inflation and nearly doubling the deficit)
@Acyn I’m glad we are making national health decisions based on the anecdotal experience of one person from one of the most privileged families in America, who also happens to have no medical or public health training.
@breakingbaht@yashar There aren’t emaciated kids walking around due, in part, to programs like free and reduced lunch programs. Your logic is basically, “We have all these programs to feed poor kids and we don’t have malnourished kids, so let’s get rid of the programs.” It’s both stupid and evil.
@DeAngelisCorey Question: do you think more kids have been abused in this way by teachers or someone that lives in their home? I’ll hang up and listen.
@charliekirk11 1) does he realize movies aren’t real life?
2) even if it was real, it’s a movie about the Vietnam war, WHICH WE LOST, so what point is he making?