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She's just a child,, but she gets it..

thumperclone wrote on 02/11/25 at 11:37:28:


You admit their is significant problems.
How DEEP and CORRUPT does it go ?

justin said "I'm going to continue to ignore you"
can't help yourself, can you?

your excessive   consumption of the Kool aide has inhibited your brain function
Yes there is an abundance of waste
my point is you go in and fix the problem don't destroy a program/agency that is an actual benefit

your car is misfiring throw it away

Partisan politics at its finest.  The Dems look pretty ridiculous here seemingly favoring waste, fraud, and bureaucracy.  Suggesting that we should keep working within the same broken framework that got us here in the first place is the definition of insanity.

Should entire programs be eliminated, perhaps not.  But if you mix really grungy work clothing with lightly soiled dress clothing in the washing machine, your dress clothing becomes work clothing.  My point here is that when obvious problems are found, it’s probably just a matter of time before the good parts become infected.  Blow it up and start over.  I’ve heard certain broken programs will be replaced.

The Dept of Education is a pretty giant waste.  Collect $1.00 and then redistribute $0.90 in some Robinhood-like fashion.  Poorer states get their $1 back if they are lucky, and “donor states” get $0.80 back. Just leave the money with the states and let them figure it out.  Let Alabama and Arkansas be Alabama and Arkansas (you can’t fix stupid).

I just have to laugh at the people crying, “But Musk wasn’t elected”.  Lots of roles aren’t and even Harris didn’t have to go through a Primary election within her own Party to actually “earn” the nomination.

Eegore wrote on 02/12/25 at 06:30:19:


I disagree on the analogy, but partisan politics was certainly involved.  I was at the peak of my 30+ year career in the healthcare insurance industry when ACA was implemented.

With ACA, we were arguing about more government involvement (funding, single-payer, mandates, etc) in a particular industry.  With the DOGE, we are arguing about how the government polices and audits its own domain.  Arguing we should just keep operating the same old broken way that hasn’t worked is simply ridiculous.  At least with ACA, Republicans were offering new ideas and alternative proposals.

E said

"...  Content of each proposal means essentially nothing - it's about who said it.

Which I disproved over and over when I argued against The Jabs.

That assertion is understandable because of so many people who support what doesn't work because of who said it. I get it. But Some people are honest in their opinions. Some of us are the real source of our positions. We use different sources and people who provide information from varying positions and then we use Observed Reality and choose what to believe. Knowing that more information could come out that would cause me to have to modify that position.

ACA was not only not needed, it made things worse. It created another career for associate degreed people who managed to restrict Who we can see And they interfere with How Your Doctor is Allowed to treat you.
The Goobs screw up just about everything they Fix.

ThumperPaul wrote on 02/12/25 at 07:28:13:


What I recall about the beginnings of ACA is during the campaign, healthcare was the number one issue. John McCain offered ideas that would begin to split health insurance away from employers as a benefit and start the process of turning it over to something along the lines of all other insurance which is more competitive such as property and casualty insurance, life insurance etc…

The media of course was all in for Obama so presented McCain’s ideas as a scheme created by insurance companies. Obama went all in on his plan and we’ve basically kicked the health insurance can down the road ever since.