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  And sadly,  that's all they plan to do...
context: Lol they want to help working class families by checks notes gutting the IRS, allowing rich tax cheats to continue breaking the law.
  Jesus fuck the GOP is corrupt as fuck. >
  
  The deficit only matters when Democrats control the house! >
  
  We'd still be running a surplus, even with the 2008 downturn if 
  
  Bush Tax cuts never happened
  Bush never got us involved in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Trump tax cuts never happened.
  
  the ever ballooning deficit is 100% the GOP's fault. >
  
  Government bailouts/ stimulus money that was taken advantage of by jerk offs like Trump with a lot of lawyers. >
  
  well the PPP is gonna go down as a disaster too. I mean, except for the people who got one/got one forgiven and manufacturers of luxury trucks, campers, boats and motorcycles. there's anecdotes all over the place of "small business owners" (I say that because a lot of them were seemingly paper businesses) being so concerned about the pandemic right up until the point the check cashed and the rolling up with a new truck and camper. We'll never be able to get that money back. All those stupid pandemic play toys will go for pennies on the dollar at some government auction, and that's if they ever get seized. >
  
  So, they will put up a show, so they can tell the base they tried. >
  
  “To whom it may concern, we tried to screw you over in the ass while your eyes are filled with hate, sometimes we fail.” - GOP probably >
  
  The GOP's playbook for decades.
  
  Win the election
  Cut taxes and deregulate Wall Street
  Crash the economy
  Lose the election
  Democrats fix the economy
  Republicans cause gridlock
  
  And the cycle repeats itself. >
  
  "The last two years have been tough on hard-working families as they have grappled with drastic increases in the cost of living, safety concerns with violent crime skyrocketing in our communities, soaring gas and home heating prices, and a worsening crisis at our Southern border," he added.
  And defunding the IRS helps how in all this?  LOL >
  
  When the GOP says "we're here to help" start checking your pockets. >
  
  The top 9 most terrifying words in the English Language are: I'm from the GOP, and I'm here to help. >
  
  
  Maxwell: Yes, my fellow Christians! We have come to save you!
  Civilian: Hooray, it's the Catholic Church!
  Maxwell: FROM YOURSELVES!!!
  Civilian: Oh no, it's the Catholic Church.  
  
  Helsing Abridged, Episode 8 >
  
  What about Hunter Biden’s laptop?!?!? Just practicing. >
  
  I hope they investigate Benghazi again. The 8th time is the charm! >
  
  These are useless bills that have no chance of passing the Senate, getting signed by President Biden or surviving a veto challenge. Just a complete waste of legislative time that could be used working for the country. >
  
  That’s the point. They wanna be able to point at dems and call them the obstructionists for a change >
  
  No shit republicans exist to get in the way of anything good. >
  
  Why are we acting like the House can do anything?  Other than shut down the government or threaten default every year or so, they're going to be nothing more than a screaming toddler in the corner.
  The only thing they can actively do is investigate, and they've already announced the dumbest possible targets - the same ones that flopped in 2020.  They can, and should, be ignored. >
  
  If House Repugs make legislating impossible, Senate Democrats should use the suddenly available time for investigations of their own. >
  
  
  "The American people spoke on November 8th and decided it was time for a new direction," Scalise wrote.
  
  then effectively with his next breath states that their focus will be gas prices, raging crime and the border crisis...that'll be refreshing >
  
  I guess the American people, by voting to keep Democrats in control in the Senate, also decided it was not time for a new direction. >
  
  Let me guess. You are about to introduce bills to make everyone’s lives harder. Raise everyone’s costs of living and overall expenses while lowering wages. Remove any and all social welfare programs because boot straps. Remove social security and Medicare because old people drain society. Remove abortion access and women’s healthcare because labor shortage. Lower the super wealthy taxes because why make them use their money for America when they can just give it to the politicians.  The list goes on and on about GOP direction of the USA. They live by 2 things. Keeping the money at the top and owning the libs. Beyond that, the entire GOP platform has nothing to offer. >
  
  Yep. But what are Dems gonna do to stop this endless cycle? They don’t seem to have much fight in them. Or their messaging sucks…Or the things they focus on sucks. 
  Why do you think Uvalde voted for Abbott in Tx? >
  
  It cold be both of those. But I think we have to also include the undemocratic electoral system as well.  From gerrymandering, electoral college, costly voting systems that suppress low income and marginalized voters. These are the things that keep GOP in power. >
  
  Absolutely…makes things seem almost hopeless… >
  
  Republican policy: anything the Democrats have done the past 4 years, we will undo. That’s it >
  
  This isnthe GOP attempt to target the middle class as well. Part of the reason why middle class is the focus for IRS is due to lack of resources.  It takes a lot more time and manpower to properly investigate millionaires and billionaires. So instead of focusing on them, they focus on middle-class.  By having adding more resources it means they can go after those people.
  But here is the thing, thisnis what they want to reverse. They want the IRS to be ran by a skeleton crew which means the focus on middle-class continues. There snake oil salesmen will do nothing to help most people, they just wish to promote their extremist ideology and protect the 1%. >
  
  Clown car pulling up to unload all the clowns so they can put on their clown act. >
  
  The Republicans don’t seem to realize that they have a razor-thin majority in the house and that a significant number of Republicans will not support these measures and will support some Democratic bills because they can see which way the wind is blowing and they want to get re-elected in two years. 
  Kevin McCarthy and his coalition of extremists will be the perfect combination to make the Republicans look idiotic while accomplishing nothing but driving fringe Republicans to vote against them. Go Kevin! >
  
  You see? 
  They're wasting time already. >
  
  Yep I’m glad I’m not a government teacher because I be: “so this is how bills are supposed to go unless you are a bunch of whiny babies who care about money and pointing fingers.” >
  
  “House Republicans prepare new ways to prevent our country from progressing into the future” >
  
  BREAKING: Dr Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Hillary Clinton were just spotted leading an Antifa caravan of 87,000 woke IRS agents and hordes of mask-wearing, pronoun-stealing immigrants over the open southern border, each one carrying a clone of Hunter Biden’s laptop. >
  
  Fox would like to offer you a job. >
  
  
  "These commonsense measures will address challenges facing hard- working families on issues ranging from energy, inflation, border security, life, taxpayer protection, and more," the congressman (Scalise) wrote. "They should garner wide support and provide an indication of our bold agenda to come."
  
  To come?  Why not now? >
  
  It's coming.. like infrastructure week, and the republican healthcare program
   WARNING: Don't hold your breath! >
  
  I think that agenda will wind up just like the wall that preceded it. >
  
  So... two years of chaos and histrionics, no bills passed and plenty of judged confirmed.  Sounds pretty much like what happened in Congress during Trump while McConnell held the Senate gavel. >
  
  What a waste of time, this is showmanship, ridiculous. They will never get through >
  
  Infrastructure week!? >
  
  MAGA's new healthcare plan will be announced in just 2 weeks! I think they went with, "all you need is th' Bible, some Ivermectin, and some prayers to the TrumpChrist and you'll be jus' fine". >
  
  Lol Chris rock “we used robitussin for everything when I was a kid.  Got a cold? Robitussin.  Got a broken leg?  Pour some ‘tussin on it.” >
  
  The problem is that the GOPe doesn't support the things their own party members are trying to get passed. It's all bullshit. >
  
  I'm sure their bills will be amazing. >
  
  We should start seeing them in, what, two weeks?” >
  
  Good chance this is putting the cart before the horse. Good luck picking a speaker first. >
  
  They want to ban birth control, cut Medicare and social security. Glad we kept the senate. >
  
  New Bills that won't even be discussed in the full Senate. >
  
  In other words, nothing will get done for 2 years (and hopefully we'll boot the GOP for a very long time in 2024).  
  Wouldn't it be amazing if the idiots would actually work with their reality, namely that they have a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president and they need to find common ground??  
  But, that would actually be governing, and the GOP these days is all about TV stunts and not governing. Heck that fool Comer who is heading up one of the "investigative committees" was giddy about having MTG and AOC on his committee so he could get TV ratings! They are so craven they are admitting it's not about anything other than getting on the news!!!
  I really dislike who the GOP has become, I really, really do. >
  
  GOP prepares to do more evil things. Fixed it. >
  
  Obstruction, cruelty, projection, and prideful ignorance abound, and yet not a single sign of governance is on the horizon.
  Stagnancy in biological creatures equals death and stagnance is all that conservatism has to offer. Sadly, though, it won't be those qualities from the Right that end up dooming us but, instead, the apathetic cowardice of the Center that incessantly enables and empowers the Right.
  Our collective tombstone will read, "but that could never happen here." >
  
  Who are they planning to screw this time? >
  
  Buttery males.... They plan on re-opening the Benghazi investigation as well. >
  
  
  "The last two years have been tough on hard-working families as they have grappled with drastic increases in the cost of living, safety concerns with violent crime skyrocketing in our communities, soaring gas and home heating prices, and a worsening crisis at our Southern border," he added.
  
  Imagine if Scalise had been around for the last six years that saw 1,000,000 Americans killed and $5T lost from economy by GOP anti-vax ideology.
  But we digress, what policies does Scalise propose for.
  
  "Drastic increases in cost of living" driven by the Trump/Putin/Saudi deal to jack up oil prices?
  "Violent crime" which is driven by gun violence due to GOP's ideology that claims private gun ownership is mentioned in US Constitution, it isn't.  Also drive by GOP's hate crimes against immigrants, minorities and political opponents.
  "Immigration" driven by GOP industries from farms to hotels to food processing hiring undocumented workers to get around wage and labor laws.
  
  With only a slim House majority, non of the GOP's universal solvent, tax cuts for rich and corporations will pass even if the fractious grifter GOP House members can agree on it. >
  
  I think those are just called "wastes of time". >
  
  Your life would be better off if Scalise didn’t make it… >
  
  They should put on clown suits to better explain their proposals >
  
  When you don’t stand for something, you counter everything. >
  
  Well having no platform and Hunter Biden's Laptop didn't work to produce "the red wave." This is their new tactic. They will have to use a few brain cells (and there are FEW brain cells in that think-tank) to actually come up with new legislation. It's gonna be an interesting year! >
  
  “We’re totally going to grind the government to a haul! All just to score political points with our small base and look good on Fox News! Fuck the People!” -House Republicans >
  
  You know what a shit barometer is, Bubbs? It measures the shit pressure in the air. You can feel it. Listen, Bubbs, hear that? Shit Winds are a Comin >
  
  What an excellent way to help reduce our Federal budget deficit...collect what is actually owed. >
  
  I doubt they will be very successful in turning the clock back. It also bodes ill for their future as a political party. Voters want to see progress - even conservative voters. But the GOP has no positive vision or goals for the future. Their party platform has become the 'NO' platform. >
  
  
  be gridlock which is not all bad....nothing is going to be done as that is NORMAL GQP'er mantra in governing, except to make things worse >
  
  so allowing the rich to get richer at the expense of everyone else ... ok got it >
  
  Yeah, ok. Good luck getting any of that done with your “majority” and not look like complete buffoons