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They’ve got money to throw at ICE and build their alligator Auschwitz, they’ll just print more money to throw at the Guard. Republicans love blowing budgets on punishments.
If only the US Federal departments were set up to stop operations when budgets run out. But alas, the US government loves debt.
POV: When you built too many units in your Civ game and your gold and happiness goes to negative and rebel units start spawning. (Except it's in IRL with real human suffering)
That's the best time to invade your neighbors. Unfortunately.
Nice
I thought one of the first rules about being an evil dictator is to make sure to pay your troops decently so they don’t turn on you.
He’s gonna find out pretty quick that loyalty goes out the window when they’re not getting paid.
It's Trump, the guy who bankrupted a casino and regularly doesn't pay people he contracts.
If he started paying people and keeping anything without going to insolvency I'd think he'd been killed and a lizard was wearing his skin suit.
They'll keep getting paid. And this admin will keep stealing money to do it.
Shhhhhh that's for the educated to know and him to fibd out.
Oh no! Sounds like a good year for Maralago to get hit with a hurricane.
Knowing the fucked up universe we live in, we’ll have a good 4 year stretch of no major disasters while Trump is President. God loves a good joke.
Maybe the Dems will fire up the ole weather machine /s
pretending USD is going to have value as the empire is attacking itself while charging itself bills for it
"oh its costing a millions yankee doodleys every day to hit ourselves, this is real and money has value, your student loans are definitely real, oh no now he's in chicago spending a zillion doodleys everyone"
Sure a good thing that the responsible and conscientious conservatives elected a right-thinking president who's going to cut wasteful spending and balance the budget, hmm?
Imagine what it would be like if instead a rabble of petulant, frightened assholes elected a deranged overgrown toddler who pissed away billions on whatever idiocy happened to trigger his stunted emotions on any given day.
I thought the idea was that Trump wasn't paying them? As in that's the point, the Federal government is forcing the states to foot the bill as a sign of fealty.
Even if that's the case, these are largely states that are in the red financially. They may be fine throwing national guard money at DC, LA, and their blue cities, but wait till it hits them in the basic functions.
Military deployment is expensive, and state budgets weren't written with the idea that the national guard was going to spend the bulk of the current administration deployed
Exactly. It’s easy to say “make the states pay for it” until the states start pulling from their primary services to fund it.
Oh, you need to renew your car registration? Too bad, because the DMV is only open one day a week now, and they’re by appointment only. The earliest appointment you can get is six months from now. But at least we have boots on the ground, right?
I agree, but that really is the point. Strain government services so they are shit, then use that as an excuse to privatize it as much as possible and funnel the funding to the oligarchs.
So what I'm hearing is, "ICE needs more funding?"
- Trump
There was a report that D.C. is costing $1 million a day. If he does 19 more cities, it's $20M a day. I guess those DOGE cuts are gone.
The doge cuts actually cost us money. And that's not counting all the damage the lack of services will cause the economy by no longer existing
im still 100% that doge actions raised costs and did not save squat.
The numbers agreed with you -- severance ate a lot of the proposed savings, and the wrongful termination or constructive dismissal lawsuits haven't even ramped up.
Add this in and The US will be sorely equipped to fend off the next coup.
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Those cuts were never about the money. They'll just print more
IMO Doge activities were a smoke screen for a massive data grab
I'd bet money you ain't voicing an opinion. It's a fact
DOGE, what a joke!
this is what the government is good at, printing money and skyrocketing inflation.
Dont worry they can just print more /s
I cannot describe how much I hate this cheeto looking dipshit.
Good. Hope it impacts readiness across the board.
Just tax us more and set up a parade for the kid's bday.
Why are they paying for it themselves when operating under federal orders?
yeah I don't get this. one reason govenors request federalization during emergencies is because when under fed control they use fed funds.
Sounds like some people about to get fired.
If anyone, it'll be this guy Gen Porter reporting the bad news