Some of these have been expired for 40 years, how has no one audited it for 40 years?

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    14 days ago

    Seems like the idea of being fiscally conservative has been absent from parts of the government through both parties’ watches. Doesn’t validate the method here of a non-elected billionaire having free access to everything. He’s hardly going to get the money back to the people, he’s just found a quicker route to collect it all for The Club.

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    13 days ago

    It’s not like the people in the government didn’t know about it. If anyone objected to these programs continuing all they had to do was say something. Seems like a bunch of necessary programs nobody in their right mind would object to.

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          13 days ago

          It was a general comment based on history. Read ‘basic economics’ from Thomas Sowell and you will know how many mistakes governments make and how much money is wasted on useless projects. If a company makes a mistake it goes bankrupt, the government is never out of capital. It can raise taxes or print money.

          There is no end to spending and government control if you think with a Democrat/socialist mindset. You must be a monster if you are against an ‘every student succeeds act’ right? Who doesn’t want every student to succeed.

          Why don’t we create an ‘every human on earth succeeds act’? Doesn’t everybody deserve that?

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            12 days ago

            Ah yes, the author that argues there shouldn’t be a minimum wage and that systemic racism isn’t real. He knows how to make money by telling wealthy white people what they want to hear.

            Usually when I hear people complain about the government funding “useless projects” it is either something they don’t understand or something that ends up saving money in the long run.

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    13 days ago

    How much did they give to the Jews to spend on space lasers? I think that summarizes it quite well.

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      13 days ago

      I know right? Some of the stuff they spent money on is ridiculous! And it’s our taxpayer money.