Who the fuck are these people? Talking about taking our social security, shutting down the government, no school lunches, and fucking with our healthcare.
They sure aren’t putting the Christ back in Christmas are they?
That's pretty much what I said In Spain where we'd bought a house in 2004 before they shitted on us from a great height in many ways. When I reached 60, In bed on chemo after a big op, skint...no pension, no benefits I heard May had triggered article 50. We thought we'd be too poor even to stay!
Muskrat should not be able to buy the presidency…because that’s just what he did…and the MAGATs will live to regret it.
Buckle up it’s all going to implode.
I wonder how many African slaves did Elon have serving him in his childhood home? How many slave miners did his father use to make his fortune? When you grow up with that kind of entitlement you don't have a lot of empathy for other human beings. Period. Ever.
Yep! They never had to live from paycheck to paycheck. Doesn’t know the price of eggs milk or bread. It’s a shame what’s going on in Washington. Is Elon, president elect or speaker of the house. He seems to be calling the shots.
Before he got fired from paypal for incompetence then became a multi-millionaire when paypal's stock subsequently soared, elmo was dependent on checks from mom and dad.
The only thing I support about it is killing the Congressional pay raise. There should be no raise for the sh*t show of uselessness that MAGA has caused -esp. this session!
I just said to my husband today. These billionaires are like sorry, you have to give up some necessities so we can buy another yacht for one of our gfs. Have they never heard of the French revolution?
7months and climbing out. Broke after first one..
😏🤣 -living the American Dream.
Spoiler alert: cynical is a Christmas color 🤔💛. It does go better with green than Red..
true that?! 💙
oh my gosh, that's like, a super big mood. like, how can someone know how hard it is if they've never been there, ya know? it's like, totally unfair to make rules for other ppl when u haven't had the same exp. that's just my 2 cents tho!
According to a story, Jill Biden is still upset that Democrats replaced Joe with Kamala and may be pressuring the president to "burn the whole thing down" before Trump's tenure is over.
I just started SS this year and got my monthly deposit yesterday, but one third of SS recipients checks are due next Tuesday. Do checks still go out during a shutdown?
Especially when your paycheck comes from SS. Btw, it's not a benefit. It's a return on investment from MY wages. Quit acting like it's a government handout.
I remember dating a woman from an extremely wealthy family many years ago. She had never had to budget for things because there was always money for whatever she wanted, so one day she asked me to put her on a weekly budget to see what it would be like. She lasted 5 days.
Seriously. I wonder if Elon Musk has ever gone to a grocery store. We should not have the fates of hundreds of millions of people in the hands of spoiled children whose lives have been curated to spare them the knowledge of their mediocrity.
This feels like something all the people impacted, which I believe would be largely from specific economic bands across republican and democrats, should have anticipated pre-election. Is this really a “never saw this happening” event? Fasten your seatbelts it’s going to be …”
A new constitutional amendment idea- If any political entity fails to fund the basic needs of the people of the United States (Government shutdown) then all their assets should be immediately frozen until they come up with funding bill. That includes cabinet, agency heads, and all politicians
The very problem of a select set of people owning "the means of production", or land, or water, or places we live. Our lives are subject to the whims and subjective desires of the owner. The whole paradigm is problematic for many more people than it is a benefit.
Yep. My dad was a federal government employee. There was never a shutdown. Now, I have two family members who are federal government employees. Both are essential. One will be paid, because her agency is mandated by Congress. The other will be required to work without pay. Isn’t that lovely?
My dad was a federal employee, too. He retired after nearly 40+ years of loyal service. He loved his job and was a proud employee. We never experienced a government shutdown: it was unthinkable! No, not until the GOP and their sick cronies, the MAGA GOP, were elected to do it, to hurt The People 😡
This musk bastard should be on the next SpaceX ship. Jettison the incel creep once it's out of our atmosphere. 💙 The world will be a better place without him.
Impossible to understand the lack of empathy… to put yourself so far out of reach with the actual social reality. All the money in the world to show just how miserable they are…
100% correct!!! I am 80 and live on a Social Security check. I make that check last for a month...now. My Soc Sec income is possible by my paying into Soc. Sec for 65 years. Billionaires and other rich and privileged people should not tell me what I can live on in my retirement!
It should be required training for life, maybe part of high school curriculum that everyone should have to work in a low salaried job for at least three months. So sick of these bad tippers running companies, metaphorically speaking.
Same with "who will never have to use social security" ruling on social security.
"will never have to worry about a family medical bill wiping them out" legislating healthcare etc.. etc..
The spending bill added a two trillion dollar deficit to 2025. One item Musk highlighted, 3 million dollars to inspect the people who inspect molasses. We can’t saddle our kids with all this debt.
Why can't banks
float loans to those
affected ? Especially direct deposit customers.
The interest would be
kept low and paid by the party that caused it.
"Eat The Billionaires" although meant figuratively, is exactly what needs to be done, NOW! This isn't a political left/right problem but rather a class problem that has been magnified. History tells us, and we are writing a new chapter that this never has a happy ending for the decent common people
Isn’t it rich, the GOP wanting to “shut it down” forcing fed govt workers from getting paychecks, yet members of congress still get paid. If they shut it down until 1/20 like some GOP want, taxpayers are still on the hook for over $7 million in salaries for them while others go without!
Certainly not those who can be verifiably identified as having committed it “beyond a preponderance" of the evidence, let alone “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” - Abraham Lincoln
Wish we could make that actually happen! But no, SCOTUS bullshit Presidential Immunity, Marchan convicts him but not sentenced, GA and Classified docs cases are toast, MAGAT's and other idiots vote Hitler Jr back into office, and now Elmo is calling the shots on Government spending (or not). FUCK!!
CitizensUnited is insane desperation.
Project2025 is attempted nazification.
Insurrection doesn’t require conviction when witnessed large, but it’s obvious why they went there-
it’s a crime spree.
People forget Musk is an emotionless guy, in fact incapable of emotions of any kind! The only thing he knows/ thinks about, is where the next $$ making opportunity is to rip off!! That’s it, that’s his genius!
What are the chances those of us on VA disability and Social Security will have checks delayed? In past shutdowns exceptions have been made, I worry they won't get their shit together for it.
We need unions. My dad told me his work week starting at Lukens Steel in Coatesville PA in 1927 was 5-12 hour days. 8 hours Saturday. Sunday off. A pained look came over his face when he spoke of working a double, 12 hrs. + 12 more hrs then a regular 12 hrs. He said FDR is our Greatest President.
I believe it's been taken out in the newest bill. The reason for the pay increase is that average Americans won't seek higher office if it doesn't pay well. It really doesn't matter if you have the richest man calling the shots and everyone falls in line. Dems need to stay strong.
The thing is he WAS dependent on govt $$. His Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy until Obama bailed it out. This is just one of the things many of the public are unaware of. This man has the largest govt contracts, and the most, & it a huge conflict of interest. He's pushing deregulation 4 himself
Blame the incoming prez - this is what it’s going to be like. Trump has no views himself, he’s just going to let the people he likes do what they like.
But yet they are voted into office every friggin year. All Politicians must make less than 50,000 a year that needs to be a constitutional amendment otherwise the only people they are out to serve is themselves and other as wealthy as them. Shut down Citizens United get big money out of elections.
I have a better idea. First, any Senator or Congressman in office can't make more than the median income for the area that they represent. Texas median income is 54,678 ( that would be what Senators make in Tx) Next end money in politics. No lobbying money. Then tie their paychecks to the budget
Exactly! No more lobbyists. In addition, no buy, selling or trading stock while serving and you no longer get lifetime benefits. When term is up, retire, or get voted out of office - you do not take any benefits with you (medical or retirement). You live like every other citizen.
this message, over and over, until it finally resonates with the working class.
if they can, for a fleeting moment, stop being distracted by DEI and immigrant caravans and trans people in sports and flag burning and whatever the F else.
Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa on June 28, 1971 to a Canadian mother and a South African-born father. He obtained Canadian citizenship through his mother when he was 17, before his South African military service was to begin. He became a US citizen a decade later.
If a commercial business messed with people's compensation the way our government does, Congress would sue them, hold grandstand hearings, and draft punitive legislation. However, they have no issue ruining their employees credit ratings, creating stress, leaving them unable to plan life evnts.
I would like to suggest that all law makers lose 5000 a day for every day the govt is closed and any bill approved should greatly reduce their inflated pork salary to help the budget. But the rich protect the rich and screw everyone else.
I think they should all get to star in their own version of The Game: no credit cards, no house, no paycheck, and they get to wander around aimlessly until the shutdown is resolved. If I'm being really mean, I send Trump, Musk, JDV, and Johnson to Sinaloa and they get to try to get home as well.
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They sure aren’t putting the Christ back in Christmas are they?
Buckle up it’s all going to implode.
A$$HOLES.
😏🤣 -living the American Dream.
Spoiler alert: cynical is a Christmas color 🤔💛. It does go better with green than Red..
true that?! 💙
@gordor97.bsky.social
Multimillionaires and above have no place in government.
"will never have to worry about a family medical bill wiping them out" legislating healthcare etc.. etc..
What fool would purchase a new one?
float loans to those
affected ? Especially direct deposit customers.
The interest would be
kept low and paid by the party that caused it.
Billionaires in charge are the ones that want to take from us & give to themselves & their rich cronies.
The American public needs to let them know how we feel . . strong & loud.
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” - Abraham Lincoln
What:
https://bsky.app/profile/athena56y.bsky.social/post/3ldvtuuidks2n
Merchan said the rapist perp didn’t have the divine right of a king.
Theists cannot manage
logical consistency
& rely on special pleading fallacy-
which is why, AFTER the crime,
SCOTUS appointment
is accesory.
Ex falso quodlibet.
& criminal racketeering too.
https://x.com/crewcrew/status/1578477383535190017?s=46
CitizensUnited is insane desperation.
Project2025 is attempted nazification.
Insurrection doesn’t require conviction when witnessed large, but it’s obvious why they went there-
it’s a crime spree.
https://bsky.app/profile/haikug0.bsky.social/post/3lbtv6fneic2n
IMO
PUTIN is Running the Show
r U s S i A Prez. Putin - JDVance is his 2025 VP puppet
Donny is his Dummy & MUSKy is his ASSigned MANNY
.
if they can, for a fleeting moment, stop being distracted by DEI and immigrant caravans and trans people in sports and flag burning and whatever the F else.
bernie had it and we fumbled it.