Just for record, I am bowing out of this discussion. No, I don't wear a MAGA hat but I do support at least some of the things Trump is trying to do this time around. While I enjoy a good debate and have had couple on this thread they are mostly my cousins, mom said that she heard from her brother that Trump said so and so and is littered with satire reports from The Borowitz Report given as if they are actual news. When Trump does something stupid, as he always does, I'm sure my opinion will change. I will stay active in other threads but I am losing all interest in this one.
Im one more.....i think im out of this site now. The loss of @snpark who brought humour and a different viewpoint, combined with the rise of Shadrachs ill informed crap on every thread is just too much. Whilst the site remains good for usefull information about kitas etc (provided you ignore shadrach trying to chime in on stuff he knows zero about) it has become terrible for any kind of discussion.
So to quote Balifrog and Douglas Adams....So long and thanks for all the fish.
Even calling a large group of people idiots seems to be OK now, it appears.As long as their posts don't violate our posting guidelines, no action is taken against those users
I followed suite. Can we just shorted it to the Drag? I ran out of, WTF brain inputs.The ignore button is pretty handy.
I have Shadrag (pun intended) on ignore.
I get the impression that trump really has no clue to what is going on. He has put the power in one agencies hands, run by musk and just wants to cruise on the golf course. When he gets asked about what is happening he either refuses to answer or gives some off the wall reply. In the meantime, in the name of cutting waste and fraud, large chunks of the government is being eliminated.Today's reports suggest that the US is teetering on the brink of recession as investors lose confidence with Trump's impetuous hacking and slashing and threatening tariffs. Managing economic change is a seriously tricky business that often defies new policy changes developed by the most experienced economists.
Trumps seems like a learner driver who has just been put in an F1 racing car who thinks the key to winning is just press the accelerator flat to the board.
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It was starting a sentence. Grammar police you know.You wrote here trump with a capital "T".
I agree with you on this one! People paid into SS for 40+ years. It is not a Government handout! These people are now the Grandfathers, and Grandmothers. I think T- Rump messing with this will be the Last Straw on the Camel's back! It is shocking to see the President being so cruel, as to take away food for Children, benefits for Veterans, closing Public Schools, allowing Big Pharma to keep selling Medicine for outrageous cost. And now Taking away The Elders Money. And all of this for covering up the Huge Tax relief for the billionaires!Trump may be threatening a move that will probably give him more blow back than anything he has done so far. Threatening to stop Social Security payments unless judges back his moves to have Elon musk's dodge get access to all the personal data within the Social Security administration. Judge ordered no access due to invasion of privacy laws, and that Elon is not an official government employee who is not allowed access to this data. So, thump stews he is not getting his way and another judge has told him no. His threat to the judge, open it up or I will stop SS payments. Close the administration down. The billionaire Commerce secretary came out and announced it would not matter because those that get SS don't really need them. Anyone who complains would just be a fraud. Trump stated he would never touch SS but here is just another example of him not being trusted to honor his words.
Senators and Congress people know SS is poison to pursue. It's a fast track to ending their careers. Boomers can be very vocal when attacked and then some. You can bet that they have flooded congressional and Senate phones since it was announced. Not sure if trump has the power to withhold payments. He can't shut down SSA without Congress and here is one place he won't get the backing.