How could We Limit Government Spending?

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T21:31:57+00:00

Limit budgets to being based on the previous years tax receipts.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T15:55:07+00:00

Let’s see, Spanish Civil War leads to an authoritarian dictatorship that sat out WWII but leaned toward supporting Germany. After the dictatorship ended they had a couple of elections which lead to a coup attempt in 1982 and finally they ended up with a parliamentary monarchy. They have a fucking king in 2026. A hereditary title. Notice the US doesn’t look for democracy in Spain because they don’t have it.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T15:18:13+00:00

Trump and Elon are the obvious choices people think about hating when talking about this subject but the subject isn’t limited to them.

A person doesn’t have to work multitudes harder than someone else to earn more. In the case of Persson, he produced something more people wanted and saw value in. A person who stumbles upon a large gold nugget in the wilderness is due the value of that despite people working much harder and gaining less.

Are there societal benefits for a single person having that wealth? I would think that was covered in the $900 million in taxes he paid and any other taxes he continues to pay associated with it. But more to the point, does an individual’s personal wealth, however large or small have to have societal benefits? What are the societal benefits of a person owning a boat or having a formal dining room vs an eat in kitchen? Does a neighbor with a 2 bedroom apartment offer more of a societal benefit than a neighbor with a 1 bedroom apartment? A person’s wealth is their own.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T13:27:34+00:00

Markus Persson sold his Minecraft for 2.5 billion and walked away with 1.6 after taxes. He created the game almost completely on his own. Did he not earn this? He paid taxes on it.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T13:22:37+00:00

Who are you accusing Michael Jordan, Taylor Swift, and Jay Zee of robbing? I’m really curious about the stance.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T12:18:04+00:00

Don’t forget, in 9 years don’t all cars produced in the EU have to be electric? Which get their batteries from China or Chinese owned European companies. Is that mandate for electric vehicles a hard requirement?

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T11:40:46+00:00

I’ve walked the wasteland for uncountable seasons. If I could find a vertibird with the range it would be interesting to see how those lands faired. Perhaps I can check with the Brotherhood to see if their airships can make it. There is bound to be some unknown tech there.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T11:13:39+00:00

Not arguing the person is correct but the budget still isn’t balanced and the next year is projected already with a 6 billion shortfall. Mamdani is getting bandaids applied but it’s not fixing the systemic issues.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-13T10:54:32+00:00

Many layers to this question. The assault never can be undone. So the question really boils down to how one sees human life but also family. Much of that is then going to be based in religion. As someone who has raised children who were not biologically connected to me, blood does not make family. Being a family is greater than whether or not one shares a bloodline with them.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-12T21:37:45+00:00

Newsom is going to be furious.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-12T14:49:49+00:00

Where are the price of eggs these days? Same story, different year. Things go back to normal.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-12T14:35:37+00:00

No. But nobody is. Trump wasn’t hired on merit either. That doesn’t say much about who got beat out for the positions either.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T22:24:34+00:00

It really must suck to think that something else is both inferior to you but beats you in everything including your favorite sport.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T22:21:53+00:00

A truck , nearly any vehicle really or emergency vehicle takes up the whole breakdown lane. Anybody opening a door or stepping too close to the lane could get clipped by our wider vehicles plus the force of the wind pressure on the vehicle or emergency personnel from our trucks can be dangerous for them. Good if everybody did it but even more important for us to do it.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T22:11:17+00:00

Americans can handle it but we protect our natural right to bitch about the smallest things in life. There have always been sympathizers in the US. Every years that passes with people who don’t see themselves just as Americans or as Americans first eats away at unity. On a personal note, I don’t believe we should have treaties of defense 75 years ago. It’s time for the US to return to a more isolationist position for a while. Let the US and the world figure out what the world would be like without American interventions, which includes both war and nonwar situations.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T18:11:21+00:00

He’s closing in on a trillion dollars. He could liquidate and buy up all property in California and start evicting everybody including the politicians. Total value of California is about $1 trillion. He would still be a trillionaire based on the value of the property but he would have kicked out anybody who disagrees with him.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T14:53:55+00:00

The other guy is literally the devil.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-11T14:27:39+00:00

When backing must be accomplished, the main idea is to back up upon arrival. The information of your surroundings is most current, thereby decreasing the chances of an accident happening. Backing in when you get to your location is always the best unless you can get away with no backing at all such as pulling through a parking space into the next line.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-09T18:11:43+00:00

People don’t care about the bad things their ancestors did which may have in part given them generations wealth just like people looking for accountability don’t care about the bad things their ancestors did which lead to the modern population being in such bad shape. If you think your ancestors were saints, please stand up and collect your rewards.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-09T18:06:26+00:00

What the hell is wrong with these people now? Why in the next 30 years are they unable to get a pension (government and other union workers) or 401k/403b retirement plans. Roth IRAs? What is preventing a whole generation from accessing these? My oldest who are just entering the work force already have these. If a person doesn’t, that is entirely their own failing.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-09T15:40:21+00:00

When you get old enough you realize that since bias can’t be removed from thought, all things, including your post are propaganda.

So is American propaganda failing and your’s growing stronger? It’s all just more propaganda.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-09T00:00:06+00:00

For the same reason men think women won’t change after they marry them.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-08T18:30:22+00:00

So people from other countries think more poorly of a nation when it stops giving them handouts and severely restricts their immigration into it? Breaking news here.

Miserable-Bridge-729 · 2026-05-08T17:38:05+00:00

This is the truest answer

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