Aside from an opening paragraph speaking of American attitudes, the bulk of this article concerns “Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke”.

Removing as not US politics. See !world@lemmy.world

Reality going back to Reagan proves everything.

Tax dollars don’t get kicked back to the working class, they get siphoned upwards, always and forever.

Removed, not an article, arguably not politics.

“Well, you see, they’re here ‘illegally’ so that makes them ‘criminals’.” /s

I mean, it’s never happened before…

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver

Would have been funnier if the therapist had been the dude on the horse.

Which, ultimately, does nothing as voters have the memory of a goldfish.

Do not waste time talking about a non-starter.

You need 290 votes in the House, you have (at most) 215. You need 75 Republicans to flip.

If, miracle of miracle, that happens, it goes to the Senate where you need 60 votes to end a filibuster, you have (at best) 47. You need 13 Republicans breaking rank to end cloture + 7 more to pass it.

Then it goes to the states for ratification, you need 38. In 2024 19 states went to Harris which means you need all of them +19 Trump states.

Yeahhh…

Or Doctor Sbaitso.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso

Thought for a minute you meant they drove instead of taking the bus or train and I’m like “Yeah, about the same to Seattle I don’t… OH. OH!”

By the time you get to the airport early, get through the lines, get through security theater, all the time you save is lost.

“Sorry dude! My bad! We good?”

Well, we know medicare fraud in Florida was a thing because their Republican governor got caught doing it… to the tune of $1.7B.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article288431251.html

It’s exactly what the purpose of government is.

No, you said it was ONLY for that and you’re 100% wrong on it. Government builds streets, installs sidewalks, and street lamps, all the little things we take for granted that the private sector can’t because they can’t monetize it.

Unless you want to pay a toll for sidewalk access? Or for lingering under a streetlight?

These are the things government does.

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https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mint-press-news/

Suuuure… 😉

It’s not that they haven’t gotten that far, it’s that they simply are not interested in the largest source of fraud, waste, and abuse.

If they were, they would have started with the biggest piece of the budget, not tiny slices like USAID.

USAID makes up $40 billion… which sounds like a lot until you realize the DoD budget is $850 billion.

No, it’s your opinion that the only job of government is to prevent attack and you are objectively wrong in that.

https://www.ushistory.org/gov/1a.asp?srsltid=AfmBOoohYDSRnj55K4MOK2cBwa3e_tccug5cHcftIT3xTSQapuGbpl2f

“A country, then, needs to not only protect its citizens from one another, but it needs to organize to prevent outside attack.”

Notice the order there… The first job of government is to protect its citizens from one another.

So, no, you can’t burn 110 mph through a school zone. Why? Government. Meat packers can’t sweep up floor waste and sell it as grade A meat. Why? Government.

These are the things government does when it’s NOT protecting us from exterior threats, because the interior threats are just as pernicious if allowed to be uncontrolled.

And no, private industry is not a substitute. Why? Because there’s no profit in it. And trust me, you don’t want to live in a country where basic food safety is a for profit industry.

Government exists to do the things necessary for a society without seeking to profit from it. This is why all the idiots going “Government should be run like a business!” are, in fact, idiots.

Imagine a for profit police department, or fire department, or DMV, or department of education.

“911, please enter your credit card now.”