@GreenPlusAnE@Noahpinion I think he's doing an analysis on the drivers of the delta over that period. It checks out as the Medicare benefits over Medicare contributions delta increased over that period?
@dilanesper But those wealthy folks would have been wealthy with or without the revolution? By signing the declaration they were making themselves eligible for the hangman's noose in the event of a British victory.
@MekNr4@JonahDispatch Do they know math? Defense spending is less than 15% of the total budget. Is 5-10% more of the total budget going to fix all those horrible things? If so, how?
Show your work.
@LifeWithoutLack@EWess92@nikkidadlani Yeah, prior assumptions that those who are paid government employees and those that take oaths of office uphold those responsibilities shouldn't and don't wash anymore.
@CaseyMattox_ I would settle for a compromise where the state legislatures hold the primary elections for US Senate seats. That would not require a constitutional amendment methinks.
@ratlpolicy I feel really bad for the Lebanese people. First they had to deal with the French imperialists and since then a parade of the worst terrorist regimes.
@SohrabAhmari Normally administrations worry about the stock market because of concerns for future political success. This administration primarily sees it as their personal future financial success vehicle, and that is why other considerations are secondary.