If Chris wasn’t clear, then Chris apologizes.
Maybe all these corrupt old fucks think they'll be dead by the time the system collapses. Do they hate their children and grandchildren? The Greatest Generation spawned the worst generation, the most selfish, power hungry and corrupt generation. 4 more years!
Link: https://budget.house.gov/press-release/americas-fiscal-crisis-unveiled-cato-calls-for-urgent-fiscal-reform
"But you’re the Deep Thinker, so I guess you’ve detected some line toward unsustainability that the rest of us can’t grasp."
That's what you said. You've been telling me the debt doesn't matter for over a decade now. And as long as people view it as a binary choice between two parties, neither of which will solve the problem, see Simpson-Bowles, we are fucked. So the idea that there is only one threat to democracy is silly.
The way that democracy works, is that everyone gets a vote. I choose not to use mine on either horrible choice. A vote for Trump is a vote for January 6th, a vote for Biden is a vote for Chaz. But neither is a vote for setting the country back onto a sustainable path. Neither is a vote for a return to something resembling a functioning democracy.
Here's a small example of how we no longer function: a few years ago, the Senate passed a bill to eliminate daylight savings 100-0, the house didn't even take it up for a vote. Depending on the poll you look at, 80% of people want it changed. This is not a functioning democracy.
Am I a political shill who will say anything to get my candidate elected, including bald faced lies to people I think I'm smarter than?
Or, do facts matter to me?
TDS is real, Chris.
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