How about you guys sack up and tell our Defense Secretary Tequila Pete to take a long walk off a short pier and hug an octopus?
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Okay, now I'm remembering the exchange in "Girl Genius" where a Jagermonster is telling Boris, the Baron's four-armed chief of staff, "Oh, go kiss an octopus. Oh, wait -- your momma already did."
I always think of that line from that Top Gun knock-off comedy, where the wife of the dead pilot is offered the pooled money from his squadron, she then mentions an extravagant inheritance she received on his death that will cover all her debts and leave her wealthy, she then takes the squad's money and vows to spend it all on hats.
Remember, for the unreconstructed, every Federal dollar squandered is one dollar less than could be used to sustain the lives (or give a modicum of comfort) to any of the minorities the unreconstructed hate...chief among them Black people.
Scott Perry is an arrogant POS with the intelligence of a rutabaga. He has no business talking about ANYTHING, let alone war financing. In fact, he is a treasonous SOB who was tightly involved with the phony electors scheme in 2020. He should be in fucking prison, not on Capitol Hill.
"We ask this because the war cost a bit over $11 billion its first week alone, and it is about to go into its fourth week..."
Even just extending that over the 4 weeks ( to $44 billion ), that is nowhere near that $200 billion additional requested. At the rate of spending so far, that $200 billion would last another 18 weeks - so much for "it's already over" and/or "it'll take 4 to 6 weeks".
Sure, I know that most of that money would probably be earmarked to replace all the sophisticated weapons they've squandered chasing drones, etc. - but it still seems like an amount with its own built-in slush fund.
I just watched a video with Justin Wolfers, who estimates the war could end up costing hundreds of billions over the next couple years, when all the elevated gas and food prices are added in, along with a lot of intangibles, such as investments that aren't made because of market volatility, and so on.
The worst part is that they already wanted 500 billion more before the war. And it was widely reported that they had no idea how to spend it. It’s just a big money grab. As usual with Republicans.
This is exactly in accordance with the Marcos approach that Trump is following- stripmine all the countries economic resources for your own personal gain and destroy the overall economy, leaving it in shambles so that you remain the most powerful and everyone else is reduced to a dependent penury.
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How about you guys sack up and tell our Defense Secretary Tequila Pete to take a long walk off a short pier and hug an octopus?
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Okay, now I'm remembering the exchange in "Girl Genius" where a Jagermonster is telling Boris, the Baron's four-armed chief of staff, "Oh, go kiss an octopus. Oh, wait -- your momma already did."
https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030324 (last panel)
As many have said if we have already won this war why do we need to spend more money on it?
You could buy two hundred seats on the peace board and vote trump out
I always think of that line from that Top Gun knock-off comedy, where the wife of the dead pilot is offered the pooled money from his squadron, she then mentions an extravagant inheritance she received on his death that will cover all her debts and leave her wealthy, she then takes the squad's money and vows to spend it all on hats.
Well shit; we're fucked.
"the US has added about $1 trillion to its debt in the last five months alone."
WHAR FISCAL CONSERVATIVES NOW?!
https://en.meming.world/images/en/thumb/e/e0/Mocking_SpongeBob.jpg/300px-Mocking_SpongeBob.jpg
What's $200 billion among friends? I mean, honestly--you're complaining?
Hey, Elon: pony up! Your government needs you!
Maybe Hic!seth can throw a bake sale to pay off the war.
Remember, for the unreconstructed, every Federal dollar squandered is one dollar less than could be used to sustain the lives (or give a modicum of comfort) to any of the minorities the unreconstructed hate...chief among them Black people.
That's right, can't spend on those people, the takers!
Two things Republicans will never bring up while Dotard is in office.
1- Epstein
2- Budget deficits
Why would you want to torture an octopus like that?
To see what they know.
Scott Perry is an arrogant POS with the intelligence of a rutabaga. He has no business talking about ANYTHING, let alone war financing. In fact, he is a treasonous SOB who was tightly involved with the phony electors scheme in 2020. He should be in fucking prison, not on Capitol Hill.
"We ask this because the war cost a bit over $11 billion its first week alone, and it is about to go into its fourth week..."
Even just extending that over the 4 weeks ( to $44 billion ), that is nowhere near that $200 billion additional requested. At the rate of spending so far, that $200 billion would last another 18 weeks - so much for "it's already over" and/or "it'll take 4 to 6 weeks".
Sure, I know that most of that money would probably be earmarked to replace all the sophisticated weapons they've squandered chasing drones, etc. - but it still seems like an amount with its own built-in slush fund.
I just watched a video with Justin Wolfers, who estimates the war could end up costing hundreds of billions over the next couple years, when all the elevated gas and food prices are added in, along with a lot of intangibles, such as investments that aren't made because of market volatility, and so on.
The worst part is that they already wanted 500 billion more before the war. And it was widely reported that they had no idea how to spend it. It’s just a big money grab. As usual with Republicans.
This is exactly in accordance with the Marcos approach that Trump is following- stripmine all the countries economic resources for your own personal gain and destroy the overall economy, leaving it in shambles so that you remain the most powerful and everyone else is reduced to a dependent penury.
In short, they WANT to break the economy.
I know travel prices are high, but this is one hell of an excursion.