(Governing via manufactured crisis. Never let a good crisis go to waste, they are taught. It gives them the opportunity to get things done they otherwise couldn't. The national funding bills ALWAYS go down to the wire and government shut-downs are looming right around the bend every single time. This is the 'crisis' which they themselves manufacture.)
from the AP
President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out...
... The president-elect made an almost unrealistic proposal that combined some continuation of government funds along with a much more controversial provision to raise the nation’s debt limit — something his own party routinely rejects. “Anything else is a betrayal of our country,” they wrote...
...Already, the massive 1,500-page bill was on the verge of collapse, as hard-right conservatives rejected the increased spending. They were egged on by Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk, who rejected the plan almost as soon as it was released...
... “This should not pass,” Musk posted on his social media site X in the wee hours of Wednesday morning...
... Musk, who is heading Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, warned, “Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!”
It’s not an idle threat coming from Musk, the world’s richest man, who helped bankroll Trump’s victory and can easily use his America PAC to make or break political careers.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said this is the problem with “an oligarchy — a handful of wealthy people run everything and everyone is supposed to live in fear of them.”...
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These shutdowns have become a thing of regularity. This scamming, Ponzi scheming ass, Musk needs to just shut the hell up, and get this, "Go the fuck back to Africa!"
ReplyDeleteAs a Black American I never would've thought that I'd utter that bullshit phrase, especially to a White South African. Unfortunately, I didn't get the enjoyment out of it as I suspect the majority of those who stand by it does. Bummer.