Remember when you were a kid, playing games with friends—there was always that one kid who tried to change the rules mid-game just to win… but still lost, and everyone knew they were cheating?
That’s DOGE.
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Life in Post Democracy Era: The Trump 2/Elon Dictatatorship
'I did not vote for a neutron bomb': Pro-Trump CEO makes major backtrack
Craig Fuller, the CEO of FreightWaves, a freight-focused organization that analyzes the freight and logistics market, has regretted "enthusiastically" supporting President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election, warning that the administration's policies are likely to "wipe out supply chains and small businesses within 100 days."
"I did not vote for a neutron bomb to wipe out supply chains and small businesses 100 days in," he wrote on the social platform X on Sunday.
"I thought I was voting for pro-business policies and small, targeted, and incremental tariffs that would encourage the production of strategic industries to return to the Americas," Fuller said, adding that this is what happened under Trump's previous term.
Last month, investment adviser Steve Rattner, who served as a counselor in the Treasury Department under former President Barack Obama, said many businessmen who supported Trump may come to have buyer's remorse in the months ahead.
"While very few businessmen have been publicly praising the president and his actions, in private, many of them voice support for him…. The business community is also heartened by the number of corporate executives who have been brought into the administration, in stark contrast to the Biden team, which was almost bereft of such individuals," he told MSNBC.
Rattner added that the country is now in "an economic tug of war between the optimism felt by investors and executives and the worrisome potentialities of Mr. Trump's incoherent policies."
"My business friends may yet come to regret their support for the president," he added.
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Craig Fuller, the CEO of FreightWaves, a freight-focused organization that analyzes the freight and logistics market, has regretted "enthusiastically" supporting President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election, warning that the administration's policies are likely to "wipe out supply chains and small businesses within 100 days."
"I did not vote for a neutron bomb to wipe out supply chains and small businesses 100 days in," he wrote on the social platform X on Sunday.
"I thought I was voting for pro-business policies and small, targeted, and incremental tariffs that would encourage the production of strategic industries to return to the Americas," Fuller said, adding that this is what happened under Trump's previous term.
Last month, investment adviser Steve Rattner, who served as a counselor in the Treasury Department under former President Barack Obama, said many businessmen who supported Trump may come to have buyer's remorse in the months ahead.
"While very few businessmen have been publicly praising the president and his actions, in private, many of them voice support for him…. The business community is also heartened by the number of corporate executives who have been brought into the administration, in stark contrast to the Biden team, which was almost bereft of such individuals," he told MSNBC.
Rattner added that the country is now in "an economic tug of war between the optimism felt by investors and executives and the worrisome potentialities of Mr. Trump's incoherent policies."
"My business friends may yet come to regret their support for the president," he added.
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'Baby bonuses': Trump admin devising ways to trigger 'traditional' family population boom
President Donald Trump's administration is on the hunt for ways to coax women into having more babies.
The United States' birth rate has been falling since 2007 and New York Times reporter Caroline Kitchener called it, “A warning of a future in which a smaller workforce cannot support an aging population and the social safety net," adding, “If the birthrate is not turned around, [different groups] fear, the country’s economy could collapse and, ultimately, human civilization could be at risk.”
One of the ideas under consideration is a "baby bonus," which would provide new parents with $5,000 after the baby is born.
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Sound familiar? Trump is getting his ideas from Vlad:
Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ low
President Donald Trump's administration is on the hunt for ways to coax women into having more babies.
The United States' birth rate has been falling since 2007 and New York Times reporter Caroline Kitchener called it, “A warning of a future in which a smaller workforce cannot support an aging population and the social safety net," adding, “If the birthrate is not turned around, [different groups] fear, the country’s economy could collapse and, ultimately, human civilization could be at risk.”
One of the ideas under consideration is a "baby bonus," which would provide new parents with $5,000 after the baby is born.
Click on the link for the full article
Sound familiar? Trump is getting his ideas from Vlad:
Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ low
Russia’s federal government offers maternity payments that went up at the start of the year. First-time mothers can now receive 677,000 rubles ($6,150) in 2025, up from 630,400 last year. And women who have a second child can get 894,000 rubles ($8,130), up from 833,000 rubles.
GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump’s costly agenda
Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.
Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing Trump’s agenda, something many conservatives are loath to do.
Outside observers are expressing pessimism the Republicans will land on ideas that have enough support to get passed into law.
“I just don’t see them getting the money. There’s no ‘there’ there, to be quite honest about it. If they want to spend money, they’re going to end up putting it on the debt,” said former Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), who previously served as the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
“They’re not going to get it out of tariffs, either. You have [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro running around saying they’re going to get $600 billion in tariff revenue. That’s absurd. It’s basic economics. You raise the price on it, people stop buying it,” he said.
“It’s all a joke, to be honest with you, when it comes to money-saving and reducing debt,” he added. “This president doesn’t care too much about debt.”
Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said lawmakers need to steel themselves to political blowback and make significant cuts, even though it will reduce some benefits.
“If you take all the big pots of money off the table, it becomes very hard to find enough savings to offset $4 [trillion], $5 — or more — trillion in tax cuts, let alone bring the debt down, which is the stated goal of many members,” she said.
“People say you can’t touch benefits for anything, you can’t raise taxes. OK, then we’re going to have a debt crisis. That is the result of not talking about benefits and/or taxes,” she warned.
The most ambitious plan floated so far, to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, now appears all but dead after a dozen House Republicans informed their leadership this week that they would not support a bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage to vulnerable populations.
Republicans who have balked at Medicaid cuts say they’re willing to support new work requirements for the program, which would save an estimated $109 billion over 10 years, and to root out “fraud.” But that would achieve limited savings.
Budget experts say the proposed discretionary spending cuts recommended by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which would still need to be approved through a vote by Congress, will end up saving relatively little money over the long term compared to the huge projected cost of Trump’s agenda.
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What a clown show.
Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.
Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing Trump’s agenda, something many conservatives are loath to do.
Outside observers are expressing pessimism the Republicans will land on ideas that have enough support to get passed into law.
“I just don’t see them getting the money. There’s no ‘there’ there, to be quite honest about it. If they want to spend money, they’re going to end up putting it on the debt,” said former Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), who previously served as the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
“They’re not going to get it out of tariffs, either. You have [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro running around saying they’re going to get $600 billion in tariff revenue. That’s absurd. It’s basic economics. You raise the price on it, people stop buying it,” he said.
“It’s all a joke, to be honest with you, when it comes to money-saving and reducing debt,” he added. “This president doesn’t care too much about debt.”
Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said lawmakers need to steel themselves to political blowback and make significant cuts, even though it will reduce some benefits.
“If you take all the big pots of money off the table, it becomes very hard to find enough savings to offset $4 [trillion], $5 — or more — trillion in tax cuts, let alone bring the debt down, which is the stated goal of many members,” she said.
“People say you can’t touch benefits for anything, you can’t raise taxes. OK, then we’re going to have a debt crisis. That is the result of not talking about benefits and/or taxes,” she warned.
The most ambitious plan floated so far, to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, now appears all but dead after a dozen House Republicans informed their leadership this week that they would not support a bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage to vulnerable populations.
Republicans who have balked at Medicaid cuts say they’re willing to support new work requirements for the program, which would save an estimated $109 billion over 10 years, and to root out “fraud.” But that would achieve limited savings.
Budget experts say the proposed discretionary spending cuts recommended by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which would still need to be approved through a vote by Congress, will end up saving relatively little money over the long term compared to the huge projected cost of Trump’s agenda.
Click on the link for the full article
What a clown show.
Cool, we might finally get some of the help we need to raise kids in this country. Paid Parental Leave...dare to dream of bringing that expansion of the child tax credit back?China wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:06 pm'Baby bonuses': Trump admin devising ways to trigger 'traditional' family population boom
President Donald Trump's administration is on the hunt for ways to coax women into having more babies.
The United States' birth rate has been falling since 2007 and New York Times reporter Caroline Kitchener called it, “A warning of a future in which a smaller workforce cannot support an aging population and the social safety net," adding, “If the birthrate is not turned around, [different groups] fear, the country’s economy could collapse and, ultimately, human civilization could be at risk.”
One of the ideas under consideration is a "baby bonus," which would provide new parents with $5,000 after the baby is born.
Click on the link for the full article
Sound familiar? Trump is getting his ideas from Vlad:
Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ low
Russia’s federal government offers maternity payments that went up at the start of the year. First-time mothers can now receive 677,000 rubles ($6,150) in 2025, up from 630,400 last year. And women who have a second child can get 894,000 rubles ($8,130), up from 833,000 rubles.
Nevermind it's not working in any country trying any of this, we jus so far behind catching up to the conversation of what to do next would be nice...
We don't know what we think...
We don't know what we know...
All we have to go on is what we say and what we show...
We don't know what we know...
All we have to go on is what we say and what we show...
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of HHS knows how active their inspectors have been, working with third party data analytics and forensics experts and the DOJ to identify and prosecute Medicare and Medicaid fraud for several decades.China wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:14 pmGOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump’s costly agenda
Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.
Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing Trump’s agenda, something many conservatives are loath to do.
Outside observers are expressing pessimism the Republicans will land on ideas that have enough support to get passed into law.
“I just don’t see them getting the money. There’s no ‘there’ there, to be quite honest about it. If they want to spend money, they’re going to end up putting it on the debt,” said former Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), who previously served as the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
“They’re not going to get it out of tariffs, either. You have [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro running around saying they’re going to get $600 billion in tariff revenue. That’s absurd. It’s basic economics. You raise the price on it, people stop buying it,” he said.
“It’s all a joke, to be honest with you, when it comes to money-saving and reducing debt,” he added. “This president doesn’t care too much about debt.”
Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said lawmakers need to steel themselves to political blowback and make significant cuts, even though it will reduce some benefits.
“If you take all the big pots of money off the table, it becomes very hard to find enough savings to offset $4 [trillion], $5 — or more — trillion in tax cuts, let alone bring the debt down, which is the stated goal of many members,” she said.
“People say you can’t touch benefits for anything, you can’t raise taxes. OK, then we’re going to have a debt crisis. That is the result of not talking about benefits and/or taxes,” she warned.
The most ambitious plan floated so far, to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, now appears all but dead after a dozen House Republicans informed their leadership this week that they would not support a bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage to vulnerable populations.
Republicans who have balked at Medicaid cuts say they’re willing to support new work requirements for the program, which would save an estimated $109 billion over 10 years, and to root out “fraud.” But that would achieve limited savings.
Budget experts say the proposed discretionary spending cuts recommended by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which would still need to be approved through a vote by Congress, will end up saving relatively little money over the long term compared to the huge projected cost of Trump’s agenda.
Click on the link for the full article
What a clown show.
These programs identify and save about 5%. This is real money but a drop in the ocean compared to total government expenditures and the debt.
I would expect that any substantive victories that DOGE claims in this domain are work in progress that predate their existence.
Eliminating expenditures at the level Musk/Trump have promised can only be done by cutting programs, not by avoiding waste/fraud.
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How about you try not deporting brown people, anyone you disagree with, and supporting incels, mmmkaaay?China wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:06 pm'Baby bonuses': Trump admin devising ways to trigger 'traditional' family population boom
“A warning of a future in which a smaller workforce cannot support an aging population and the social safety net," adding, “If the birthrate is not turned around, [different groups] fear, the country’s economy could collapse and, ultimately, human civilization could be at risk.”
The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. -John LesCroart
Even better, with a functioning immigration system you get highly-motivated foreigners to boost the workforce and for highly skilled roles you save a fortune on every one because you don’t pay for their education.The Sisko wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:56 amHow about you try not deporting brown people, anyone you disagree with, and supporting incels, mmmkaaay?China wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:06 pm'Baby bonuses': Trump admin devising ways to trigger 'traditional' family population boom
“A warning of a future in which a smaller workforce cannot support an aging population and the social safety net," adding, “If the birthrate is not turned around, [different groups] fear, the country’s economy could collapse and, ultimately, human civilization could be at risk.”
And they create companies where your less educated and less driven ‘muricans can be gainfully employed.