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The GOP is the grievance party with no agenda beyond power

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Sweet Lou 4 2, Aug 20, 2024.

  1. ROXRAN

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    Vote for King Trump !
     
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    He's told us that if he wins, people won't ever have to vote again.
     
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    I just read your whole snopes article. The context doesn't change it. He still said it.

    Extending my prior analogy, that would be like telling your wife that I'm going to cheat on you but only once. That husband can't then say, "Oh, honey, I was just joking." What?! She wasn't even thinking it but now he brought it up so it can't be unsaid. It's a non-negotiable subject that is a third rail topic. That context doesn't help ...even if Hannity baited him. Joe Biden would never have walked into that trap.

    Further, the "both sides" quote is one of the worst things I've ever heard. There were no good people marching with Nazis on that day. No good person would think that is cool and be surprised if they got fired at work the next day.

    So again, this reason why Trump elicits Hitler comparisons is because he himself promotes it.
     
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  4. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    You include a lot of non-discretionary spending in that.

    Reality is that of the gov'ts 4.5 million employees, half are in the military, and of the remaining 2.25 million civilians, 60% are related to the military. That's the fact you guys like to ignore to paint the picture you want.

    Fact is 80% of people in the govt are associated with the military.
     
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  5. ROXRAN

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    @AroundTheWorld
     
  6. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    You're welcome
     
  7. ROXRAN

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    No problem I'm also glad to enlighten you to know that federal spending on defense Amounts to an average of 13% of the federal spending and that's been that way For a while-
    Repeat the line end of quote per Biden
     
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    He didn’t mean it he was just joking you’re taking it out of context…lol.
     
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  9. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Already know the breakdown on that. If you looked at my original post, you'd see I was talking about employees, not spending. You are lumping social security and medicare into that. If conservatives want to cut back on the number of people and shrink gov't drastically like they say, you are basically going to go after the military. So you need to talk to those people, not me.
     
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    Made by Odeon.
    Illegal in 9 countries.
    It's made with bits of real panther, so you know its good.
     
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    A more inappropriate analogy would be like joking/bragging to your buddies who hate her that you wouldn't beat your fiance, except on Day One.
     
  12. ROXRAN

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    This post is so stupid. It's not even funny.... lol
    Your argument is basically the military is "big" Because a military requires a large amount of people just Like every premier country - But something is not considered big if it's not a large expenditure-
    I'll break it down - Let's say I have a budget for my business and I spend 13% of my annual budget on weed trimmer line-
    You Can say based on the linear foot that the trimmer line is a big part of the business- But I'm only spending 13% of my annual budget on trimmer line. It doesn't matter that the trimmer line takes up a lot of linear feet- That's not a big part of my slice of pie

    13% is NOT big and never will be regardless that there's a lot of people involved in the military because it's a vital numerical Personnel requirement

    So when I'm saying the government keep it small, you have to keep vital aspects - Which includes our defense, which yes does involve a lot of people but also only cost 13% of our annual budget and that's indisputable.
    Weed trimmer line requires a lot of linear feet but it's a SMALL vital aspect of my YEARLY BUDGET!!!!
    I don't know how else to argue with you. You're not making sense - your effing nuts-:confused:

    If you're for small government- This obviously includes something that is vital such as a military especially When it's only 13% cost factor
     
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    Conservatives are corrupt, hateful, immoral and taking the country in the wrong direction
     
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    Dang, tell us how you really feel About us ;)
     
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    13% is a very large % of a budget.
     
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    If you own judgment is leading you to support Trump, then you're already voting blindly.
     
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    Gotta get a real man in there to balance this goofballs out. They've went too left
     
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    When it's a vital component of a government function - Not really- But we can agree to disagree

    If I'm only spending 13% on something for my business, but it's still vital - To me that's a win
    When I advocate for small government or most people in my position, we consider something such as the military as vital and if we can keep it 13% or less, that's fantastic
     
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    A real narcissist, liar, grifter, conman, racist, convicted felon, sexual deviant, traitor to the constitution and pedophile!

    That's what you consider a real man? You seriously need to reexamine who you look up to and where your morality lies.
     
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  20. subtomic

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    I rest my case
     
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