artificialfish

lol maybe I’ll just ride slower

Aventure 2, default tires.

Can I go somewhere and just get fit and buy a set of good gear? I may want a motorcycle anyway

Ok, where do you go for that? Do you get fit?

The bike is going it’s designed specs. It’s an Aventon Adventure 2. I haven’t modified it. I can just pedal it up from motor 20 to man power 30.

Pants are kinda hard to get on and off and I might not want to wear them all day. Do they have like “overpants”?

I got these boots

ILM Motorcycle Leather Shoes for... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWXMX2GW

I wasn’t told steel toe was necessary

Good point

Well that’s what they say they are doing but it’s still not flawed. If I wanted to pay off my debt effectively and quickly I’d get a better job AND reduce my spending. So higher taxes (preferably on the rich) and reduce spending (preferably on non essentials like the military overspending)

All I’m saying is as my parents let’s say you would question my decisions if I did what you suggest, cut my hours but cut my spending MORE. That would be kinda sus.

That’s a much more logical approach, and I think the argument makes it pretty clear that fixing the deficit is not in Republican interests, it’s just lip service. Which is a big problem since the deficit could destroy the economy in the near future.

Lemmy, Mastodon (but don’t care for it), Pixelfed

But do you actually have friends on friendica?

I try to stay on federated platforms that don’t require a social network effect from people I know irl.

The budget is the death nail to those agencies so they are going away shut down or not.

But if we shutdown EVERYTHING we might be able to show how stupid that is and make it temporary or get some concessions.

From what I’ve heard it’s just a complete funding cut to all the agencies he’s promised to “destroy”, whose firings have already affected lives like with USAID, the EPA, etc. Idk if there’s medical cuts in there, but there’s definitely cuts to research grants on medicine. And instead of using the savings to pay off the deficit, he’s using it to fund tax cuts to his billionaire friends.

I will never understand how Americans are dumb enough to believe you can cut taxes and pay off the deficit. It’s like if you had credit card debt then quit your job. Oh and in this case you don’t get to quit your job, it’s your neighbor in the mansion next door who probably got us into debt to begin with or owns the debt.

Pretty much. And if you take this view, why not go down fighting? Dems really need the advertising. Schumer is basically rolling over for big donors, and unwittingly opening the door for more progressive politicians to take over the mindshare in the party more permanently.

Unlike in 2016, there definitely won’t be a moderate “Hillary bro” crowd in 2026. There will be the people who literally want to behead Trump in the White House lawn, and the AoC/Bernie party.