CardinalBacker

I hear you, and I think that my opinion might change if I were closer to retirement. But the sad truth is that the money that you paid in was wasted. It’s not there anymore. The boomer mentality of “as long as I get mine, I couldn’t care less about what happens to those behind me” is appalling. It’s like those people who are like “but if I got a job, I’d lose my Medicaid.” The Social contract with America has destroyed the American ideas.

No offense, but needing the VP to tie break the Senate’s 50-50 deadlock isn’t a mandate. My opinion? No new tax breaks and let the 2017 breaks expire- and cut where we can- but it’s going to hurt. The old “I paid it in-it’s mine” mindset is tired and played out. I had really hoped that my generation (X) would be the ones capable of making the selfless decisions that boomers couldn’t make. At some point we’re not going to be able to kick the can any further down the road. Social Security runs out of funding in 2033… is that when we finally decide to make the hard decisions? Our way of life isn’t sustainable. Why are we cutting taxes on rich people?

I’m just curious. We’re at 37 trillion or so in debt and interest payments on that debt now make up the second largest component of our federal spending. The BBB raises our debt ceiling (the amount that the federal government can borrow, and every scoring of the bill shows that it’s going to make our current deficit spending levels increase by 3.5-4.5 Trillion. Meaning, “we’ve been blowing through cash like drunken sailors, and we’re about to crank up our spending by a couple of notches.” How do yall, as supposed conservatives, come to terms with your elected officials being anything except fiscally conservative? I’m genuinely confused. Is it a case of “taxation is theft, so I’m for anything that means people pay less in taxes, even if it destroys the country?” Or is more of a “well… it doesn’t seem right, but DJT is a billionaire so he must know what he’s doing” way of thinking? I’m just confused because most of the somewhat observant people that I know who lean conservative have kinda been like “this is a mess… we can’t keep borrowing to pay our bills. It’s gonna kill us” or something along those lines. Were y’all never really fiscally conservative (less spending and less taxes), just focusing more on conservative social issues? My thing is like this… we can’t keep ignoring our deficit spending and debt. They kinda threw the door open to wild borrowing during COVID and liked it, I guess… because they won’t stop. Raising taxes won’t do the trick when 1 out of every 3 dollars the govt spends is borrowed. Cutting taxes won’t spur enough growth in the private sector to allow us to borrow less, either. The only solution is a good old-fashioned belt tightening. We’re all gonna pay more in taxes and the govt will have to spend less or this thing will never get fixed. I just don’t understand conservatives who believe we can pay less taxes, borrow more heavily to cover our expenses, and assume it’s all going to work out in the end. It’s baffling. It’s like my old friend who kept buying new vehicles. His plan was to buy high, sell low, and make up the difference in volume.

The tax cuts start immediately. The spending cuts are scheduled to begin after Trump leaves office.

I’m glad you’re conceding that Trump is in complete control of what’s happening right now. Don’t forget it.

congratulations! The Cares Act was for 2.2 Trillion and the Consolidated Spending Bill 2.3 Trillion combined for the wild spending that occurred during COVID. The laughably named “Big Beautiful Bill” will add as much to our debt (4.5T) as both of those two monsters combined. “Conservatives” sold us out.

I’m not exaggerating… she said that.

I read a first hand account from a former slave who was a child when Juneteenth occurred. He said that everyone was summoned to the main residence, helped prepare a big meal, then their former owner announced that they were free. Welcome to stay, but free to go. The man said that his family left the same day and traveled as far as they could, then realized that they had no money or food… it wasn’t easy. I think it’s a very worthy day for us to celebrate.

It’s not just being 79 years old… it’s got to be unbelievably stressful. It would be bad if things were going smoothly, but things are anything but smooth right now. The only positive that I can see for Trump at the moment is that it seems like he isn’t fighting off the legal system for the time being. I fully expect that to kick back off if the House flips next year.

Nobody alive remembers where they were when the news hit on 6/19/1865. Nobody hid anything from anybody. President Lincoln emancipated the slaves in states that had already left the Union. That proclamation made as much weight in the Confederate States as one from the King of England would have. It’s also laughable to wrongly say “Lincoln freed the slaves” when the ones that existed in the United States (The North, at that point) weren’t freed until after the civil war ended. Personally? I think that Juneteenth is a great day for all Americans to celebrate. I’m not convinced MLK day is quite as justified, and I don’t know why we celebrate Columbus Day at all. But to follow your logic, Non-Christians should be forced to work on Christmas. Should ALL black people be allowed the day off on Juneteenth, or just the descendants of slaves? Because I’d be mad if some dude from Somalia who arrived stateside in 2018 gets the day off when I’ve had to listen to racist bull my entire life.

There’s no way to know for sure…. But I’m having a hard time imagining that he’ll still be around, fighting the entire world 3 and a half years from now. He’s not a young dude. That guy could bust a spring at any minute. Looking back at how quickly Biden deteriorated, anything is possible.

I think we’re at 15 now. We could stand for a few of them to be recognized days, but not Holidays. There’s also been talk about businesses rotating the Holidays… these four this year, those four next year, etc. I don’t think Trump spoke out of turn- I think he was whistling at a group of his supporters who aren’t happy that the last two federal holidays were gifts to the African American Community. But he’s not alone- I had a black co-worker make the argument only black people should have Juneteenth off, lol. Fanning the fires of racism never goes out of style, I guess.

I wonder if it will be JD Vance, as sitting President, vs some other Dem. This pace is feverish.

I’m just glad we elected Trump. This new era of peace and prosperity is awesome.

This…. Elon wore the cost for Doge and saved 150 billion-then Trump wants to go 3.6T deeper in debt. I’d be peeved, too. $TRUMP coins for when your dollar ain’t worth a dime. It’s coming if Trump gets his way.