• Re: Debt Ceiling

    From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Mike Powell on Mon May 29 10:01:54 2023
    On 29 May 2023, Mike Powell said the following...


    He does not seem to understand the negotiation process that is going
    on... "we will pay this debt if you stop spending so much and putting us in (more) debt..." He is not able to make the connection between the
    two.


    What did we learn from the Twitter buyout ... we learned that you can fire ~80% of your staff and still run a company ... Washington should take note...

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALAN IANSON on Mon May 29 10:36:00 2023
    This is not about sides. This money has already been spent, the bills have >> arrived and it's due now.

    Again, why did they spend money they didn't have?

    That's what govt's do. The collect revenue and they spend it on the nations in
    rests.

    Governments should spend money they don't have, and don't have the revenue streams to cover.

    US STATE governments cannot do this. They have to cover the debts.

    At the end of the month the bills arrive and they need to be paid.

    With money from where? Not revenue streams, since it is DEBT that they
    have BORROWED.

    When you go deeply into debt, does the bank allow you to keep borrowing and spending?


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to IB JOE on Mon May 29 10:35:00 2023
    I think you might be retarded...

    At the very least, not very attentive for someone who spouts off so many opinions as facts.

    And it'll get paid... The GOP has said they'll raise the celling but there wil
    have to be a review of the discretionary spending... That's it... Democrats w
    t to spend like a drunken sailor... GOP says spend money like a sailor who's j
    t had a few...

    He does not seem to understand the negotiation process that is going on...
    "we will pay this debt if you stop spending so much and putting us in
    (more) debt..." He is not able to make the connection between the two.


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Mike Powell on Mon May 29 11:41:36 2023
    That's what govt's do. The collect revenue and they spend it on the nations >> in rests.

    Governments should spend money they don't have, and don't have the revenue streams to cover.

    Is that so?

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mike Powell on Mon May 29 19:31:06 2023
    Mike Powell wrote to IB JOE <=-

    He does not seem to understand the negotiation process that is going
    on... "we will pay this debt if you stop spending so much and putting
    us in (more) debt..." He is not able to make the connection between
    the two.

    Alan is Canadian. No matter how he pretends to know US politics, he has no clue. I don't pretend to know everything about Canadian politics (to me, an insider, it looks pretty much like a dictatorship, just like the US right
    now). That is why I twitted him. Ignorance is no excuse for an arguement.

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to IB Joe on Mon May 29 19:36:08 2023
    IB Joe wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    What did we learn from the Twitter buyout ... we learned
    that you can fire ~80% of your staff and still run a
    company ... Washington should take note...

    Congress is a voter-endorsed prison. So many career criminals like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Shumer (sp?), Mitch McConnell (and his Chinese wife)...I could
    go on and on. Let's not forget the Biden crime family. Heck, even the
    Dimmies don't want Biden anymore. He needs to be in a nursing home enjoying ice cream and not being an empty vessel for Obama's third term.

    -- Sean

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Mike Powell on Tue May 30 11:15:24 2023
    He does not seem to understand the negotiation process that is going on...

    What some people obviously fail to understand, is the huge difference between raising the debt ceiling (yes or no) and discussing the budget.

    Someone really should tell them that the budgetary debate comes later this year.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Tue May 30 07:44:39 2023
    IB Joe wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    What did we learn from the Twitter buyout ... we learned that you can
    fire ~80% of your staff and still run a company ... Washington should
    take note...

    This has been well known for decades.

    I had a book on careers about 20 years ago. One of the things they talk about is the danger of going into management. Because when a company purges, it's middle management that goes first because they often do nothing - and in many cases, the company works great without them.


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Sean Dennis on Tue May 30 09:48:37 2023
    On 29 May 2023, Sean Dennis said the following...


    Congress is a voter-endorsed prison. So many career criminals like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Shumer (sp?), Mitch McConnell (and his Chinese wife)...I could go on and on. Let's not forget the Biden crime family. Heck,
    even the Dimmies don't want Biden anymore. He needs to be in a nursing home enjoying ice cream and not being an empty vessel for Obama's third term.


    This is why Trump was hated... because he wouldn't tow the line of the Uni-Party.

    Country is so divided after Barry & Michael came to be known.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALAN IANSON on Tue May 30 15:25:00 2023
    Governments should spend money they don't have, and don't have the revenue streams to cover.

    Is that so?

    Sorry that should say:

    Governments should NOT spend money they don't have, and don't have the
    revenue streams to cover.

    I left the NOT out.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to SEAN DENNIS on Tue May 30 16:35:00 2023
    Alan is Canadian. No matter how he pretends to know US politics, he has no clue. I don't pretend to know everything about Canadian politics (to me, an insider, it looks pretty much like a dictatorship, just like the US right now). That is why I twitted him. Ignorance is no excuse for an arguement.

    I don't mind hearing from folks outside of the USA so long as they are
    making an effort to keep up with what is going on, and are also willing to honestly discuss what might be going on in their own countries.

    If they are not willing to do either, it makes it a lot more difficult to
    have a conversation with them that will ever amount to anything.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Wed May 31 03:07:48 2023
    Hello Bj”rn,

    He does not seem to understand the negotiation process that is going
    on...

    What some people obviously fail to understand, is the huge difference between raising the debt ceiling (yes or no) and discussing the budget.

    Someone really should tell them that the budgetary debate comes later this year.

    Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Just in time for Christmas!

    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Right down Santa Claus Lane!

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Wed May 31 11:17:12 2023
    Lee Lofaso -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2023-05-31 03:07:
    Someone really should tell them that the budgetary debate comes later
    this year.

    Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Just in time for Christmas!

    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Right down Santa Claus Lane!

    Sorry Lee. Here's a secret: this lefty Euro Trash Pacifist Shit Pig Pussy actually knows, that the budgetary debate must be ended on October 1st.

    Yeah, if not the MAGA idiots come up with another stunt to try to make the Dems look bad. After all, that's the only card they've had for five decades now. I think that eventually someone is able to call their bluff.

    Not to say that all the brainwashed idiots will ever understand what hit them.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Wed May 31 18:47:21 2023
    Hello Bj”rn,

    Someone really should tell them that the budgetary debate comes
    later
    this year.

    Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Just in time for Christmas!

    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Here comes Santa Claus!
    Right down Santa Claus Lane!

    Sorry Lee. Here's a secret: this lefty Euro Trash Pacifist Shit Pig Pussy actually knows, that the budgetary debate must be ended on October 1st.

    Say wha'? You mean to tell me I won't see Mommy kissing Santa Claus?
    Please tell me that ain't so!

    Yeah, if not the MAGA idiots come up with another stunt to try to make the Dems look bad. After all, that's the only card they've had for five decades
    now. I think that eventually someone is able to call their bluff.

    Joe Biden beat the pants off their orange god by over 7 million
    votes in 2020, with the Dems gaining control of the House and the
    Senate. Imagine that. Their orange god lost control of all three
    branches of government in one evening.

    Could be a redux next year, with the Dems retaining control of the
    Senate, retaking control of the House, and Joe Cool winning a second
    term.

    Not to say that all the brainwashed idiots will ever understand what hit them.

    The Grinch who stole Christmas? Only in this case, an orange one?

    For Life,
    Lee

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