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Re: Fixing America

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houndawg wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:19 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:10 pm

Hence my recommendation that we stop all "aid" to foreign countries. We have our OWN issues to fix, we don't need to be sending hard-earned tax dollars to (in this case) the Taliban, because you KNOW that's who's getting this money.
So we should let our former allies that we left behind starve. :ohno:

About what I'd expect from a banker. :coffee:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, I’m sure in their benevolent goodness the Taliban is diligently seeking out those former allies and making sure they have enough to eat.
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:23 pm
houndawg wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:21 pm

Deficits don't matter to Boomers like me. I'll be dead by the time the debt comes due.
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AZGrizFan wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:22 pm
houndawg wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:19 pm

So we should let our former allies that we left behind starve. :ohno:

About what I'd expect from a banker. :coffee:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, I’m sure in their benevolent goodness the Taliban is diligently seeking out those former allies and making sure they have enough to eat.
Who? Never heard of 'em....
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Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
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Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:16 am Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
According to some, that is what January 6th was all about.
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Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:31 am
Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:16 am Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
According to some, that is what January 6th was all about.
Did they take the cartridge out, blow on it and reinsert?
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Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:19 am
Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:31 am

According to some, that is what January 6th was all about.
Did they take the cartridge out, blow on it and reinsert?
If they did, they had too much spit in their mouth when they blew into it.
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Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:24 am
Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:19 am

Did they take the cartridge out, blow on it and reinsert?
If they did, they had too much spit in their mouth when they blew into it.
Yeah...governments are finicky like that.
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Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:30 am
Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:24 am

If they did, they had too much spit in their mouth when they blew into it.
Yeah...governments are finicky like that.
One would think that politicians would be used to a bit of "spit"......
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Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:16 am Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
Maybe we should re-start up in safe mode.... :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:
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Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:16 am Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
So like back to when women and blacks couldn't vote? :shock:
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89Hen wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:57 am
Ibanez wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:16 am Has anyone tried turning America off and then on again?

That usually fixes problems.

Maybe reset all settings..? Just a thought.
So like back to when women and blacks couldn't vote? :shock:
Reset all settings and upload your latest back up....DUH :roll: :mrgreen:
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Your thread needed a bump.
AZGrizFan wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:13 am
CID1990 wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:02 am I figured I would put this here instead of in the Misc thread.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com ... -wokeness/

I’m not so sure about the ultimate outcome the author is talking about, but boy does he hit the nail on the head over wasteful and inefficient spending.

I’m also not sure if I agree with him on the resistance to a move to nuclear power. I think the left is going to wake up and smell the coffee on that one soon.


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AZGrizFan wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:25 pm How to start fixing the country. I’ll accept nominations as the write-in candidate in 2024:

Immigration/Border:
• Complete the wall; secure the borders- Secure the border with people not restricted from doing so. Hire the necessary agents. No to the wall. It's a static defense, and it already has plenty of holes to allow wildlife to pass. It's a retarded thing to waste money on.
• End birthright citizenship; stop incentivizing people to travel here to have babies- Birthright citizenship is a thing for a reason. I think you meant it shouldn't be applied if your parents are here illegally. If so, yes.
• Once borders are secure, grant one-time amnesty offer for those already IN the country illegally- why?
Budget/Taxes:
• Pass balanced budget amendment- Sure
• Grant line-item veto authority for office of the President- NO. Instead, require all bills sent to the president be about one thing. No riders, no pork, no backward compromises. Just a clean bill.
• Austerity: Implement plan to pay off/down US debt;
o constitutional amendment that puts a cap on US Debt that can be issued
o No more increases to debt ceiling- These are stupid just because the value of a dollar changes over time. I know where your mind is but it would have been stupid to say it can't be upped based on 1970 dollars in 2022. Besides, your balanced budget amendment would address this pretty well.
• Implement flat graduated tax code:
o 5%/10%/15%/20%/25% at various income levels – EVERYONE has a stake in the system- sure, if you also eliminate ALL deductions and credits. I'm sick of paying on my middle class income while Bezos and Musk don't pay anything year after year.
o 15% flat business tax- Do businesses even pay taxes? I'm pretty sure they just figure it in to the POGS.
o Eliminate ALL deductions
o Tax ALL income the same (W2, 1099, DIV, Capital Gains)
o Eliminate child tax credits (it incentivizes people to HAVE more kids they can’t afford)
o Eliminate death tax and taxes on games of chance (lottery, gambling, etc.)
o Eliminate tax on sale of real estate (profit)
o Eliminate a number of other taxes that are currently charged
Government:- - oops. I didn't see this. We agree, see above.
• 15% budget reduction across the board in all departments (saves $600 Billion)
• Eliminate Dept of Education ($66 billion); responsibility lies with states and local communities
• Eliminate or severely curtail Internal Revenue Service ($12.3 billion) power and staffing (see tax code revisions, above)
• Eliminate/Streamline Homeland Security Dept ($52 billion)
o Move Coast Guard, Secret Service, FEMA, etc.
• Eliminate CFPB ($550 million)
• Literally dozens of other departments that are duplicates and can be eliminated
• Streamline Banking regulators into one (FFIEC, OCC, NCUA, CFPB, Federal Housing Finance Agency, etc.)
• Streamline FBI/CIA/NSA and other “intelligence” agencies into one agency
• Eliminate most international “aid” payments ($59 Billion)
o Spend money instead on rebuilding national infrastructure and/or social programs
• Formally recognize Taiwan
• Eliminate Executive Order capability for policy/law decisions
• Require proposed bills to be “single purpose”. No pork. No pet projects.
• Permanently set Supreme Court at 9 members (constitutional amendment)
• Eliminate Washington D.C. as a separate entity and return it to Maryland/Virginia- I don't hate any of this but I'd be reluctant to turn over education to the local communities. I have lived all over the south and most of the people shouldn't be trusted with can openers, let alone educating the next generation of morons.

You made a long, well thought out post. I'll jump back in later for the rest. It's a good start, but the details are important, as others have already pointed out.
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