Why would a terrorist pay $5mil to enter the country when they can just use forged/stolen passports? Also this country has plenty of its own terrorists
Ask him to take a math test. Just the math part of the ACT or SAT (no take homes, same time limit as a High School junior). I think he might not understand negative multiplication/division.
What are they spending money on that is increasing the debt? There are no more services, agencies, worker salaries, not even military support services. Cuts are so deep there wouldn’t be a reason to fund or spend. Make this make sense.
They will rob us of everything and flee if they must. There’s a meme saying, “everything will make sense once you realize he is a Russian agent,” or something like that.
The closest he comes to speaking the truth is when he's accusing someone else of something....it means he's either doing the thing or about to do the thing .
The biggest joke people is that all these cuts and those to come are NOT to lower our debt. It's for the $4.5 trillion dollar tax cut for the rich and corporate America!! All you Trump voters have been so had!!!
But by giving those poor down and out billionaires those tax breaks, that will lead to a balanced budget. Just smoke a couple joints, then You’ll understand the logic.
The budget resolution includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in spending reductions over the next decade, yet these measures are expected to add approximately $2.8 trillion to the national debt by 2034.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that Trump’s policies would add $7.75 trillion to the projected debt through fiscal year 2035. This increase stems from $10.4 trillion in deficit-increasing measures, partially offset by $3.7 trillion in deficit-reducing actions.
Additionally, a memo released ahead of a cabinet meeting called for a “significant reduction” in the federal workforce but did not specify numbers. Federal agencies have been directed to submit downsizing plans by March 13—just one day before the current government funding deadline.
137 Bonneville Power Admin (DOE) employees have been fired so far. BPA is NOT tax payer funded. Ops are paid for by the sale of electrical transmission to rate payers. For 41 years, BPA has paid the Treasury to repay taxpayers’ investments. BPA has done this for the past 41 years.NO money was saved.
But even if every federal worker were fired, it wouldn’t make a dent in the massive deficit increase Trump is proposing. The total federal employee payroll amounts to $271 billion—nowhere near enough to offset the trillions being added to the debt. So what’s the purpose here?
And then, in a spectacular two step, they will identify "essential services" like air traffic controllers and weather reports (which rich people like), and hand contracts to cronies to purchase the services. Ensuring we pay more, cronies make money, and they gather favors.
It dawned on me this is all from a temper tantrum because he was soundly defeated in 2020. He and the ketamine addict figured out how to cheat this time, AND bragged about during his rally speechs.
👆 this is the point. The authors of P2025 don't just believe government is inefficient, but *democracy* itself needs to be replaced for an authoritarian model. Collapsing it all is just the first step.
The US is paying more in interest on its debt than the entirety of the defense budget. The result of kicking the can down the road for decades until it falls off a cliff.
Read books how Bolsheviks destroyed Russian army from inside prior our similar Capitol riot. Read about our Volunteer army of patriots and betrayal of the West (inclunding the United States) too. It might be very useful in coming years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Army
The purpose is to confuse and scare all the federal government employees! It also goes after the thirty or so percent of Veterans that work in the Civil Service programs 😊🇺🇸🍀🇺🇦☘️💙
Purpose is to make billionaires even richer. At the expense of regular, working (or not working by recent events) people. The American dream now only applies to the rich.
This is the angle that we’re not seeing. All these cuts and closings will lead to a deficit reduction, right? Or at least pay for the tax cuts for the rich, right? We don’t need to raise the debt ceiling, right? Alas, no. It’s just fucking people over for propaganda.
I personally think ElonMusk is trying to roll out the first AI government. He’s learning all the data needed for each department and his “auditors” are writing code. Another gov contract for himself. For those depts that it’s not feasible (in his own mind), they will privatize.
Perhaps it’s all moot. Once the coup is complete taxes are unnecessary. We will work for them. They will be our landlords, grocers, & undertakers. No healthcare. No schools. No benefits. No vaxxes. No infrastructure. A gigantic wasteland like russia, most uninhabited or uninhabitable.
It makes sense if you assume Trump & Musk are Russian Assets leashed by evidence of crimes so horrific they would be treated like Nicolae Ceaușescu or the Mussolinis.
Charge cards needed to restock toilet paper, emergency medical supplies, and junior ranger badges have been reduced to $1 spend limit. Park staff are being setup to fail.
The purpose is to weaken and demolish as much of the federal government as possible in order to privatize the necessary functions via private contracts. These will be contracts with Musk and Trump‘s companies and allied companies who have paid into one of Trump‘s money laundering schemes.
Careless spending and subsidies FAR outweigh the federal payroll budget. Is our government inefficient? Yes. Is it becoming more efficient by laying off its workforce? God, no.
The layoffs are just part of the grand distraction.
This is pure theater. It lets maga pretend to be tough guys and paint Dems as wasteful.
They’ll cave in March and offer Dems a deal.
Dems: play their game, negotiate, pretend to back cuts. At the last moment pull all support and do a massive news conference outing magas plan to gut benefits
Holy shit, they are gonna raise our taxes and funnel it directly to them. That's their scam isn't it. They decided to fire everyone, raise the taxes on whoever keeps their job and no matter what everything goes in their pockets. No matter what the situation is they steal every dime.
They want to bankrupt the country, destroy all independent agencies, and privatize as much as possible. It’s creative destruction AKA the shock doctrine. They want to default on debt, they want the dollar debased or destroyed, they don’t want any services that can’t be privatized. It’s sociopathic
The purpose is and has always been tax cuts for the rich and less regulations and enforcement, period. They want to wreck everything that works so they can prove it doesn't work and isn't worth spending money on, then blame it on the Democrats. Unfortunately, stupid people buy it.
A friend in Defense heard an 8% RIF per year for the next 3-4 years. If you are not involved in 1. Immigration reduction, 2. Drug smuggling reduction, 3. China defense, or 4. a US missile defense shield, your position is at risk,
Once they've fired everyone and realize there is actual work to be done, what are the odds it will all be farmed out in bloated contracts to companies run by billionaires, hmmmm?
The real purpose is to cripple government so that when things break and emergencies happen, private enterprise (all GOP donors, of course) swoop in to save the day by doing the essential jobs government can no longer do because of DOGE and other incompetence. It's a cash grab.
My fear here is all these irresponsible cuts to jobs that are supposedly savings, will be eventually back filled by fewer staff, but only by admitted Trump loyalists. All must kiss the ring.
Cam, a National Park Service resource manager and archaeologist, worked to protect cultural and natural resources, ensure legal compliance, and educate visitors. Despite positive performance reviews, she was fired overnight with no explanation. Listen to her story and share. https://youtu.be/VEmenogfqaQ?si=sYfq35XsQICywOGd
This is only a savings of 14% of epas budget and 0.02% of the total US budget. Putting 11000 people on unemployment for a measly 0.02% savings. Musks contacts account for 0.6% of the total budget. Why not cut some of them?
It's the "Reduction in Force" or "RIF". It sounds like everyone will hear more about it in the coming days as they begin to implement it, or that's my hope. The way things are going unreported these days is alarming, and we can't let this be another "one of those things".
The house just voted to delete Medicaid. You won't see that word in the bill. They hid it by demanding cutting the budget of the department it is run under $88 billion or so....evil lying bastards
The monthly share of total employment by federal workers has been falling for decades (bumps are census years). Who wasn’t already sick of “downsizing” & “rightsizing” from the early 2000s? They make statements of fact that just aren’t true and go unchecked.
Considering all the cuts, would you say that the National Parks alone, no longer have enough man power to hunt down and kick out illegally parked camper vans and RVs?
Just curious, seeing as how we're all going to be very homeless, very soon.
It's simple math: he lies, or misleads, 90% of the time. So, when 🍊💩 said he will reduce the federal deficit, you were supposed to know that there's a 9/10 chance that really means he's going to try to blow it up to unprecedented levels.
Well you know, the billionaires are hurting, they can only have 5 private jets and 6 yachts, this will help them have more. Cancer researchers have been leaching enough.
Sounds a lot like how Trump does business: tell everyone how great the product will be, run up costs, do things poorly and cheaply, cut corners, pocket all the money, and leave the customers with a dysfunctional mess and the bill.
Reagan moved the US from a surplus to a deficit. Every single Republican administration since then has increased the deficit. Two Democrat administrations have decreased the deficit. Clinton ran a surplus.
I’m not a deficit hawk, though it would seem wise to chill out on it a little. The issue here isn’t just the big deficit increase but that we’re getting vastly less out of much more debt with this budget. It’s vandalism and beyond irresponsible.
Last time he was President, he had the distinction of the largest single term deficit in history. Subsidies, tax breaks, billionaires exponentially increased their wealth. This term will make his first term look like a bargain. He’s draining, but not the swamp.
I hear he requires a make-up tent when he travels to national parks for events. He also requires a special mirror that the park must buy for him to use. In the makeup tent. That they also must pay for.
Shhh...you aren't supposed to point that out to the little people in the United States who will be burdened with paying it off. Let's not be rational or logical about things, it's not the Trump way.
If they tax the poor any more they will degrade & destroy their ability to do work. They've already degraded young adults ability to start & maintain families.
4.5 trillion tax cuts coming for sure. Most cuts go to those earning over $400 thousand! Supposed funding coming from massive cuts
in all Departments. Medicare and Soc Sec fairly safe. Medicaid where the poor and most vulnerable are (elderly, too) will be hit pretty hard.
Deficits will soar!
Just like every time Republicans control Congress and the White House. Every single time. And somehow people still fall for their "party of fiscal responsibility" nonsense.
Dems are trash at politics. Every single project funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill should have been required to have a giant "funded by Biden/Harris administration" sign. Every student loan email about SAVE program lower or paused payments should have said it was the admin.
I disagree. They could have mandated it or used leverage to get them done. Trump put his stupid name on checks congress appropriated and it made people think he personally did it. Dems need to do that stuff all the time. I get we shouldn't have to but the world isn't perfect and winning is important
thats because the average conservative education is atrocious, and kind of by definition (theyre conservative -> they dont keep an open mind to new ideals
They SAY they’re cutting & saving…
But why do they still plan to raise the debt ceiling??
Because it’s another hoax; it’s all about a GIGANTIC tax cut for the wealthy.
Projected cost of these tax cuts?
$19 TRILLION added to the debt over the next 10 years.
“Fiscally conservative” my ass.
Yes, cut taxes for billionaires and hundred millionaires so they don’t pay their fair share and remove the peasants from payrolls. Also ingratiate the ultra wealthy with contracts (Musk).
The house is voting today to stop charging gas and oil for exceeding emissions standards - decreased revenue, gift to gas and oil, not sure how that helps the deficit or environment
That would be because he does not care. A man that spent his life not considering what things cost is not going to consider what things cost now. Unless we having to purchase something for poor people... Because Shitler doesn't pay for anything. Especially his crimes.
Hey, y'all seem to have both the best reach and #AltGov contacts. The Minority Business Development Agency (an agency under Department of Commerce) just cancelled their annual conference. Disturbing on lots of levels. Also a ton of wasted money on non-refundable travel and event fees.
The first clue this was coming was last year when he pushed for a debt ceiling increase before he was even in office. If you are saving SO much money you don’t need that.
Trump cannot not lie. The only truth to Trump is money for him and his 'friends' (i.e. fellow grifters). Anything he says about doing good, making things better, etc.? Pure bs. NEVER listen to the words. ALWAYS watch the hands and what they are grabbing. The words are to distract you from the grift.
remember when the republicans fought against raising the debt ceiling?? yeah... what did they do yesterday?
These are hypocrites - do as WE say, not as we do.
Wake up it's all about the GRIFT and destroying Democracy in favor of an authoritarian run regime where the 🍊 imbicle plays Dictator and golfs,while Ketomine Ken plays president and digitally destroys what's left of the country. Think it's bad now wait until the next purge of all blacks and browns.
Making cuts at a profit center like the #NPS System sure doesn’t help the budget. National Parks generate 55.6 Billion annually to the American Economy.
No, I never thought Putin’s puppet was trying to reduce the deficit. I’ve always known this was about a convicted felon plundering the United States for the benefit of himself, the oligarchs and Putin.
Capitalist agenda for many, many years was to weaken USPS so private delivery companies (UPS and FedEx, and now Amazon) could take over the profitable parts of the industry.
It is all about lower taxes for the rich. Money is all trump cares about. Even though 90% of Americans did not want the tax cuts last time they voted him in again. He grifts off of the little guy, but he has to keep the rich on his side to get him out of trouble. Same old song and dance
Increase the national debt, to reduce the significance of Elon/Trumps debt. If they fuck things up enough, they can start from scratch owing nothing, whilst the rest of us owe ourselves to the company store.
Call your legislators red or blue and let them know what’s on your mind. This is a tool recommended by the Meidas Touch Network who says calling makes politicians cave more than emails.
Remember writing a letter “to any soldier“? Reposting something doesn’t do much. I look on Google maps for different federal agencies & mail them a postcard that says “to any public servant, you are appreciated. hold the line.” #HoldTheLine. #chaoticgood
Republicans scream about the deficit—until Trump blows it up. The hypocrisy is staggering. How do they keep getting away with this? Their entire party is built on lies, and yet they expect us to take them seriously. Weak, dishonest, and completely shameless.
Also cancelling the Presidential Management Fellowship which has been an fantastic programming for attracting young talented people to work in government
It's a massive wealth transfer exercise from the state to the oligarchy. You can't expect the oligarchs to take on such a large amount of debt for a land they're about to perpetually rule over, right? No buying company would ever do that during a takeover.
The goal is clearly to eliminate the middle class. He wants Americans to be forced to work until they die and he doesn't want them living long enough to be an expense.
That is evident in everything he and RFK are doing with healthcare.
That is evident with putting billionaires in power.
Add all the jobs in gov he's eliminating that will become privatized contracts so A- billionaires can become more rich and B- the people doing the work won't get a pension so can't retire.
I believe he proposed not to establish a debt ceiling or at the very least made the suggestion. What if we organized a March on Mar a Lago before hurricane season starts?
oh you know, writing tax loopholes, tariffs and all sorts of crap that will make them feel more awesomerrr…it’s like the coolest board game for turds. all the ways & means guys get to make fun laws for their friends in the spirit of generating ‘revenue’…
Those poor billionaires need that money for there sex islands and adreineichrome factories. Us poors can't pretend to understand the burden taxes put on them.
So much for ‘fiscal responsibility.’ Trump’s budget isn’t about reducing the deficit—it’s about slashing public programs while handing out massive tax cuts. The numbers don’t lie. Stay engaged, stay informed: https://timothyscott.org #Protests #DefendDemocracy
Not a surprise, considering that in his first term he accrued 25% of the current deficit. In only one term. I know I wasn’t a beneficiary of any tax cuts.
There has not been a republican president since Ike that reduced the federal deficit. Every one of them has made it worse, and every time they try to blame it on the democrats.
oh yeah...his last iteration shoved the nation into debt so far we could see the innards of our rectums without even leaning backwards. This time we'll be able to see it from orbit and it'll morph into a black hole.
This needs to be called out for what it is, domestic terrorism. They are purposely terrorizing Federal employees who are faithfully doing our jobs and honoring our oath to uphold the constitution. Every email making our heart stop until we see if it’s our turn. When will Congress honor their’s?
That is WHY he wanted Joe Biden to RAISE the debt ceiling. So he could lay the blame and remind us of how 'Sleepy' President Biden was. Except Pres. Biden was not sleeping. He was observing his surroundings.
He doesn’t care None of them do. Byron Donald is such a Florida idiot. He thinks that by kissing the golden diaper will get him the gubernatorial shoe in. Sorry Byron. He hates blacks. So, dance monkey dance
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Why would a terrorist pay $5mil to enter the country when they can just use forged/stolen passports? Also this country has plenty of its own terrorists
The closest he comes to speaking the truth is when he's accusing someone else of something....it means he's either doing the thing or about to do the thing .
May this regime's demise be swift and severe.
That's efficiency. 🙄
"See, stupid lib! Told ya government can't do anything right! Nobody even works there!"
Then sell you on neoslavery once capitalism shuts down.
None of what they are doing is building anything.
The ability to install AI.
The layoffs are just part of the grand distraction.
They’ll cave in March and offer Dems a deal.
Dems: play their game, negotiate, pretend to back cuts. At the last moment pull all support and do a massive news conference outing magas plan to gut benefits
https://youtu.be/VEmenogfqaQ?si=sYfq35XsQICywOGd
If it was about saving money, DOGE wouldn’t be blowing through $10 million a week. Or $520 million a year.
For reference, on average, DOGE employees are getting in a month the annual salary of US president.
Just curious, seeing as how we're all going to be very homeless, very soon.
two buzzwords that trigger republicans to vote against their own interests
every...single...time...
They're using the system as a poorly veiled front to siphon the remaining $ they haven't yet siphoned from us.
They are mafia thugs & should be treated as such.
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Oh, the scandal of it all.
We're in a "Children of Men" timeline.
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The deficit only matters to the GOP or the media when Democrats are in power
in all Departments. Medicare and Soc Sec fairly safe. Medicaid where the poor and most vulnerable are (elderly, too) will be hit pretty hard.
Deficits will soar!
But why do they still plan to raise the debt ceiling??
Because it’s another hoax; it’s all about a GIGANTIC tax cut for the wealthy.
Projected cost of these tax cuts?
$19 TRILLION added to the debt over the next 10 years.
“Fiscally conservative” my ass.
Does this mean I don't have to pay taxes this year?
I'll gladly give that same money to the nat parks directly.
These are hypocrites - do as WE say, not as we do.
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That is evident in everything he and RFK are doing with healthcare.
That is evident with putting billionaires in power.
Add all the jobs in gov he's eliminating that will become privatized contracts so A- billionaires can become more rich and B- the people doing the work won't get a pension so can't retire.
This is how we become a third world country with nuclear weapons....