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Hang on.

Author: jakers (13891 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:37 am on Feb 6, 2025

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(This is a genuine question, so I hope you don't lash out at me again like earlier in the week).

What is "dictatorial" so far? You and I have both agreed that we will need to tackle the debt issue through a combination of both tax reform and spend reduction. I want a simpler tax code and higher incremental taxes at the highest marginal rates....I would hope that we all can align that this is a good idea.

But we have got to take down spend. We have an I.R.S. that audits our citizens' income and requires receipts and diligence during an audit. There is no justification to not have even greater transparency with how our tax dollars are being spent. And accountability for those are wasting billions.

Furthermore, our trade balance is and has been badly tilted outward. We need to correct this as well.

What specifically has you concerned about dictator-like direction?

Replies to: "Hang on."

This is what a dictator would do - Chris94 - 8:03am 2/6/25 (41) [View All]
- Yes, dictators try to restrict the power of government; make it answerable to the citizenry [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:18pm 2/6/25
  - Now …. back to Earth I. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 1:10pm 2/6/25
  - One problem, he wants to make it answerable only to him. That is what dictators do. - Frank L - 12:53pm 2/6/25
    - So, you think the Executive wants to control the Executive Branch? Shocking. - NedoftheHill - 1:20pm 2/6/25
      - No he wants to control the government and make it answerable to him. Big difference in words there. - Frank L - 1:58pm 2/6/25
- In the Constitution, Congress and the Judiciary are the checks on executive power, not bureaucrats! - Curly1918 - 10:24am 2/6/25
  - . [NT] - Frank L - 1:55pm 2/6/25
  - Correct. Calling Trump "unchecked" is a blatant lie. [NT] - Hensou - 10:56am 2/6/25
  - So you agree that a governmental entity established by Congress can only be eliminated by Congress? - Frank L - 10:54am 2/6/25
- Is there anything you think your cult could have done differently? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 9:55am 2/6/25
- Hang on. - jakers - 9:37am 2/6/25
  - When one lashes out at FBI field agents who took assignments… - RocketRay - 7:24pm 2/6/25
  - Forget the issues for a minute. We can agree or disagree on them. That's not the point. [LINK] - Chris94 - 10:46am 2/6/25
    - I'm about to go into meetings, but I will respond later. [NT] - jakers - 1:00pm 2/6/25
    - Trump reflects the will of the people. Dems challenge his actions at their peril. [NT] - LanceManion - 12:53pm 2/6/25
      - So did Chavez. And Orban. And Putin. And Hitler. - Chris94 - 2:57pm 2/6/25
        Sunlight is the best disinfectant. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:37pm 2/6/25
        Goes well with bleach. [NT] - Frank L - 10:14pm 2/6/25
    - “You don’t have the legal right to eliminate our political graft” & give taxpayers back their money" - BaronVonZemo - 12:18pm 2/6/25
    - Maybe Congress gave up too much of its power to the executive branch? - Curly1918 - 10:55am 2/6/25
      - Absolutely right. And if Trump establishes a sovereign wealth fund, they will cede more. - Chris94 - 1:48pm 2/6/25
        "Democracy is eroded little by little by little by little...." - iairishcheeks - 2:00pm 2/6/25
        You would have a point...if that ever happened, anywhere (except in cult fever dreams) - Chris94 - 2:56pm 2/6/25
        Denial and Isolation is Stage 1. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:33pm 2/6/25
      - This is correct, Chris acts like the bureaucracy is some constitutionally protected necessity. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:07am 2/6/25
      - No it isn’t the way things happen. Agencies and departments established and funded by Congress - Frank L - 11:05am 2/6/25
- Or someone who believes this is a republic of states with specific limited Federal power. Either/or. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:37am 2/6/25
  - Is banning trans athletes by executive order, a specific, limited power granted to the federal - Frank L - 1:09pm 2/6/25
    - I don't think the framers contemplated that we'd be having a debate about what is a man/woman. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:37pm 2/6/25
      - Thanks for making my point. It is and should be a states issue. [NT] - Frank L - 4:21pm 2/6/25
- Hysterical nonsense. He's doing what he was elected to do. [NT] - Hensou - 8:41am 2/6/25
- it's not like he's waiving off college debt against SCOTUS rulings or commuting the sentences of - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:21am 2/6/25
  - There is no need to use Whataboutisms - we are right on this, and can easily defend it. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:23am 2/6/25
- This is what dismantling a bureaucratic dictatorship of unelected, entitled lifers looks like. - BaronVonZemo - 8:12am 2/6/25
  - That is not a thing. And the Civil Service is there for a reason - you should read more history. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:31am 2/6/25
    - An election doesn't go your way, and you give up on democracy. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:20pm 2/6/25
  - imagine how many lib supporters have been drinking at the grifter trough for years and years? [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:23am 2/6/25
    - Agree, via their chosen skewed information sources. But unlike them.... - BaronVonZemo - 8:26am 2/6/25
- This Board is filled with enablers. [NT] [IMAGE] - conorlarkin - 8:08am 2/6/25
  - Yes, they lost the election. [NT] - Hensou - 8:43am 2/6/25
  - The way forward is to allow you to spend all of our money on your radical causes, eh? - BaronVonZemo - 8:21am 2/6/25