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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The CR That Wasn't

Interesting few days in congress and actually a good class on government corruption. The ugly sausage-making of the system is completely exposed by these shenanigans. Trying to back the people into a corner, the resident GOP/POS Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to dump a 1,547 page “continuing resolution” (CR) which should contain a few lines of text stating simply that current funding will be extended for a specific period of time. Instead it included a pay raise for Congress, funding of a key part of the government censorship of the people and a defense for the January 6 committee from investigation.

The leadership of the House: Johnson, Scalise, et al praised it as a tough but fair bill. It wasn’t, it was pork. It wasn’t even particularly good for the GOP. Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and other conservative bloggers and influencers rose up against it. This is the key point, this was the people rebelling against a horrible omnibus bill disguised as a CR, not the dictates of Musk, Ramaswamy or Trump.
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4 comments:

  1. yeah. it is bullshit like this that makes me wish for a nuke to drop on the fuckers there.
    over half of the country is broke and can't make ends meet and they want a 40% raise ???
    granted making 174,000 plus is peanuts in DC today, but after you add in all of the perks and other "write offs" they get every year is just insane.
    just look at AOC. 6 years ago, she was a in debit bartender with a 450 credit score.
    and now ? I think I saw her net worth was north of 26 million ??? like fucking HOW ?
    those assholes better stay in their "safe areas" as if they get out around real people.
    they just might not make it out alive.
    we need to get term limits NOW. this shit is beyond broken.

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  2. “ this was the people rebelling against a horrible omnibus bill..” This is theoretically what we send our reps to do. Look out for the best interests of the nation and their constituents; not to be so self-serving and corrupt that we have to keep an eye on every move they make. But here we are…

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  3. Congress.........the best money making scam ever.

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