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  Was actually thinking, lite more shit on fire. But I’m not saying you’re wrong 😬
context: McCarthy commits that House Republicans will create a plan for a balanced federal budget within 10 years
  
  It only took Bill Clinton 8 years to create a budget surplus. >
  
  Democrats get us closer to balancing the budget, then a Republican gets elected and after 4 years it’s back to square one. >
  
  All this. Except there's almost nothing left to take from those at the bottom. They've already milked that cow nearly dry. >
  
  That's because they don't want a democracy. They really do want to concentrate wealth and bring in an authoritarian New World Order of global serfdom disguised as conservatism and libertarianism. >
  
  From article:
  At some point this year, Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling to prevent a potentially catastrophic default on the national debt. Conservatives want to use this must-pass bill as leverage, to force Democrats into accepting spending cuts they want. >
  
  “We need you to cut healthcare and education spending so we can give Lockheed and Raytheon more contracts and to spend our time creating evidence that backs up the conclusions we’ve already arrived at in investigations against our political opponents k thx bby” -Kevin McCarthy 2023 >
  
  McCarthy actually wants to cut defense spending... >
  
  Maybe he says that. I'll believe it when I see it. >
  
  What do you mean? You're not taking him at his word? >
  
  Who would right now?  Kevin would clearly sell his soul for the House leadership.  Who is left to believe he'd not concede the whole enchilada to Maggie Traitor for a sip of Flavour Ade? >
  
  McCarthy is such a fucking spineless worm. He doesn’t stand for anything other than acquiring  power for himself. >
  
  All he’ll end up with is the empty title. He bargained away any power that might usually go with that title. He will be one of the weakest Speakers in history. >
  
  And next week they will vacate him. >
  
  Yes, right after they get sworn in and get Committee assignments, then the first of dozens of no confidence votes start. >
  
  is that before, after, or between the motions to impeach Biden and the motions to vacate all investigations into Donald Trump and make up a new SuperHonor to bestow upon him? >
  
  They’re going to use the debt ceiling impasse to cut Medicare and Social Security. >
  
  And seniors will still vote for them. I say we let Republicans give them exactly what they appear to want. >
  
  Current seniors won't feel those cuts, Gen-X will. It's generational warfare and we should walk out and revolt if they do it. >
  
  McCarthy: Guys, I physically cant bend over any further.
  Holdouts: Not with that attitude you can't >
  
  Oh they're back to pretending they care about debt again? Better investigate those PPP loans then >
  
  I'm reminded of this interview with Ted Cruz shortly before the 2020 election, where he said that, unlike under Trump, if Biden won then Republicans would suddenly care about debt again. >
  
  Cut$75 billion from a $750 billion defense budget? OMG, the horror the horror; it's impossible! >
  
  I'm all for that. But I want it cut from the right things, not Ukraine. We're in a space race with China and a nuclear arms race with Russia. Now is not the time to give the ball to our enemies and walk away from allies.
  Also, Dems should use the fuck out of this against Repubs who think they're the defense crowd. Cut the military's pay? How awful! Campaign campaign campaign. >
  
  You know that it's 100% gonna be all about Ukraine for them. And that's not a coincidence. The conspiracy/PR pipeline on biolabs and Hunter was built for this. It's pretty obvious what the recurring common denominator is here. >
  
  “McCarthy agreed to committee assignments demanded by the holdouts, including placing Republicans associated with the hardline Freedom Caucus on the powerful Rules Committee.”
  Some of the same Republicans who tried to help Trump overturn a US election will now be in charge of the powerful Rules Committee.  God help us all. >
  
  And thus we may get a speaker compromised by the twenty idiots compromised by Putin. >
  
  Are there some Republicans who aren't? >
  
  One or two, perhaps >
  
  Weakest speaker in the history of this country. >
  
  Kevin McCarthy: Whisperer of the House >
  
  
  McCarthy commits that House Republicans will create a plan for a balanced federal budget within 10 years, including “long-term reforms” to mandatory spending programs (entitlements like Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid), as well as capping discretionary spending where it was during the first fiscal year of the Biden administration.
  
  Yeah, good luck with that. I'm not even sure why they want it as that's not going to be good optics and any plan that includes that is DOA in the Senate.
  
  McCarthy’s proposal, then, is that the House would not pass any Senate appropriations bills that don’t comply with the House’s own budget resolution. That is — they’re saying Democrats must cave to their demands on spending levels. Democrats will not want to do this, so if they stick to it, it probably means a government shutdown.
  
  That's a hallmark of the republican party, so what's new?
  
  If McCarthy violates his spending agreements in a way some conservatives dislike, they’ll have a way to put him through the wringer.  
  ...  
  Still, there’s a reason almost nobody has ever used this in the House’s history — it would still take 218 votes to elect someone else speaker, and if the vast majority of House Republicans remain loyal to McCarthy, there will just be gridlock.
  
  So he's giving them a de-facto filibuster? I can't see how that will be abused. 🙄
  
  Finally, McCarthy made an offer of some kind involving committee assignments that the rebels were demanding.  
  ...  
  So handing over some committee seats to firebrand conservatives who have a tendency to try and muck up party leaders’ agenda would be quite a change.  
  ...  
  There have been rumors of other promises made about committee seats and subcommittee chairmanships. Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), one staunchly conservative holdout, reportedly wanted to chair the appropriations subcommittee on labor and health and human services, but other Republicans objected. Harris finally backed McCarthy in a speaker vote Friday afternoon, but there was no word on whether a deal had been struck on that.
  
  So he's basically making the republican party more extreme, something swing voters, "moderates" and independents clearly don't want, in exchange for becoming the speaker. Sounds like a plan that is going to hurt the party in the long term. >
  
  And how many tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations will this take? >
  
  Deal explained: 
  Republicans 1 through 9* will have their sex-trafficking scandals mysteriously disappear
  Republicans 10 through 200* were in the process of arranging sex-trafficking/arranging surreptitious abortions for their mistresses, so didn't really notice what was going on
  The remainder were furiously masturbating behind their lecterns, highly aroused by the dysfunction, mounting the word "unity" as they reached ecstatic completion. 
  = 
  McCarthy becomes speaker.
  *Numbers are approximate >
  
  Imagine collectively bargaining healthcare and education for millions just so you can hold a gavel and stalemate every fucking bill for the next 4 years. How these boomers sleep at night is beyond me. 🙄 >
  
  on pillows embroidered with their mantra, FYIGM. >
  
  Starting to think we should look at the history of France for some pointers 🤨 >
  
  Get overrun by Nazis?  Too late.