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Republicans raise the debt ceiling by 4 trillion while kicking millions off insurance

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, May 12, 2025.

  1. Rileydog

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    So you typed a lot of words to say that yes, Trumps approach to immigration is performative and of course it is because it is politics. So he will perform for a while, so people get less unhappy about immigration, then he is going to roll back the performance?

    See, the word “policy” doesn’t mean what you think it means. You might want to look it up. Under your description, Trumps actually policy is not to enforce immigration laws and deport illegals. His policy is to allow illegal immigrants to stay because he cannot crater hospitality and agriculture. He is already there.

    He will play politics, create outrage, and perform by snatching people and performing. That isn’t policy.

    A real policy would be clear that our country exploits illegal labor and the agriculture and hospitality industries depend on it, provide a pathway to citizenship, and enact programs to spread the cost of addressing migrant communities across all states since everyone benefits from the exploitation. But nah, what fun would that be. He wouldn’t get to call brown people rapists and murderers.

    edit: You still seem quite obsessed with my SAT score, but you fail to remember the rest of my quote. I am smarter than you by every measurable criteria, whether it is SAT score, professional achievement, scholarly publications, respect of my peers, judges and opposing counsel. The SAT score is just the tip of the iceberg. Being smarter than you is no meaningful achievement, as you continually demonstrate the inability to read and exercise linear thought (You probably still can’t figure out why I live here, despite me explaining it to you slowly, in small words, multiple times).
     
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  2. Surfguy

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    How much money we planning on spending here to defend Israel?
     
  3. raining threes

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    OK, TDS

    Your dont hangout with MAGA but you hangout with not like minded people. Trump's so far off in your head. Are you doing better/worse/thesame financially? You do know that inflation/Gas/Food prices have dropped under Trump. Also the Stock Market is about the same, so tariffs have had no effect so far and maybe a positive effect in the long term since other countries/companies are investing in the USA by the dozens. (Unlike with the Biden administration) It's like you're rooting for the Trump agenda to fail. That's anti American.

    Anyways I'm going to go talk some Stros baseball now.
     
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    This is if you want these people to stay in our country.
     
  5. Rileydog

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    TDS is just like TLDR, which is just like fake news. Standard MAGA non substantive response.

    I explained it pretty clearly. I am worse off financially in 2025, but nothing I can’t handle. Biden, for all his senility and inability to complete a sentence, delivered great market performance. But that wasn’t your question.

    I am absolutely 1000 percent rooting for Trump to fail. Let there be no doubt about that. It is quite pro America to root for his failure because Trump has done nothing but harm the country. His failure might perhaps wake up the swing voters who thought, how bad can it be. We are finding out.

    Xi has made Trump his b****. Putin has also. And tonight, we learn that Bibi ignored Trump as well. Utter incompetence on the world stage.
     
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  6. Rileydog

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    And yes, I do because (1) the country needs this labor, and (2) these are good hard working people.

    apparently, Donald Trump agrees with me because today, he adopted the Rielydog policy of not deporting illegal immigrants who provide cheap labor on which agriculture and hospitality industries are built. Maybe I should be president since I posted it here before he copied me on truth social tonight.
     
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  7. astros123

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    @Nook 81% of total benefits from the tax bill will go to the top 10% according to the cbo. Eighty one percent. It is the largest transfer of wealth from poor to rich in modern history .

    @HP3 nd his cultists will gas light you that somehow its pro america legislation lol. Cultists
     
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    maga are anti-mask but don't have a problem with ice agents hiding their identity. it's time to unmask them.
     
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    Actually, the construction agency tops them all, which is why I'm surprised he hasn't mentioned them too. But yeah, plenty of folks mentioned that before Trump got persuaded by the right people (Probably big donors in the fields) that his narrow minded way of looking at things is going to hurt us in the long run.
     
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  11. Kemahkeith

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    Wait until low wage earning immigrants realize how essential they are.
    Unions will be incoming and that's when the true 180 will happen. Bringing it to a full 360.
     
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    2 bits, stop embarrassing yourself again.
    in less than 5 months in office, Trump 2.0 has gone TACO (Trump Again Chickening Out) at least twice.

    despite his convenient rhetoics of deporting undocumented workers, Trump 2.0 has TACO out again.




    In the Trump tariffs thread, there have been discussions citing pecific eg of TACO
     
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    I hope he keeps on chickening out and keeps on deporting at a higher rate than he currently is deporting at.

    The tariffs was always a negotiation with different countries and he got better deals than what were on the books before he took office.

    I'm just glad that the border is secure/inflation/gas/food prices are lower. Something many on here said wouldn't/couldn't happen.
     
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    None of that is true lol.
     
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    lots of words put together that, when taken as a whole, say nothing, the essence of 2 bits !
     
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    All these people do is lie 24/7 all day non stop. He just claimed we got better trade deals than before lol but we've only gotten one trade deal done so far and it was with UK whom we had a trade surplus with before lol

    @adoo yall keep letting the MAGA cultist gas light you. You him on ignore
     
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    It's only going to get worse with everything else going on right now, with thousands of hard working illegals being deported, tariffs, and the war in Iran. If we have a terrible heat wave again, droughts, or more hurricanes and flash floods this summer and fall it will only amplify the pain.

    Also, when millions lose their healthcare or aid and tens of thousands of government workers are fired, far too many people trying to make ends meet will suffer even more. But, Trump will continue taking in billions as he screws the rest of Americans who he thinks need to endure the pain for long term gain. The problem is that there is absolutely no proof that there will be a better life for most down the road for anyone but men like Trump. But, keep believing that pipe dream that Trump will make everyone's life better.
     
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    Why would you wear a mask?
     
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    It means I hope he keeps on deporting ILLEGALS and at a greater pace than he currently is.

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    This is what you're hoping for and that's sad.
     

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