US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Just presenting it without comment, nothing more.
You can't just present it without comment. Tell me why I should care what this literal who thinks.

I care about what YOU think @Fatpacks, because it's been documented that whatever you predict, the opposite happens. You'ur are turbo-tard, burger-bound crystal-clad lucky charm.

Go on. Do the thing. Say Trump won't abolish the Federal Income Tax. Say it for me. I need this.
 
I don't know about this one, fixing the government wasting money problem by spending a bunch of money seems like it might not be the best idea. I thought the covid checks were a dumb idea too and was one of the people getting pointed at and being told, "Haha money printers go burrrrrr". Then massive inflation happened.
It is a life changing amount of money for many people and will directly help convert people to our side on cutting government waste. Its much easier to sell people on cutting spending when you give it back instead of spend it elsewhere.

Its my money I want it back if I can't have it back fuck you were spending it on trannies and gay frogs not whatever you want. Spend your share on what you want not mine.
 
I'm hearing about Elon Musk having access to student loan borrower debt in an attempt to combat government spending. I know that student loans are not a priority with the Trump admistration, but I'd like to know the why and how of this.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Department of Education handles student loans with them picking the lenders for the FASFA application. I have doubts that DOGE or Musk would want to rehaul the student debt system, rather it's a justification to abolish the DoE.

If the loans default, then who is responsible for it? The lenders? The colleges? The states?

The money comes directly from the federal government, for federal student loans. The government is the lender for federal student loans - that's why they're holding the bill if a borrower defaults (or gets rid of it under bankruptcy, yes it's possible contrary to popular belief). That's also why they're able to cancel them relatively easily (setting aside political and cost issues).

Indirectly, loan servicers are also affected, as they contract with the feds to help manage and oversee student loans.
 
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At SBA, Loeffler will oversee the entity that describes itself as the only Cabinet-level federal agency “fully dedicated to small business” by providing “counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.” Typically, the agency — which was founded in 1953 — offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by a disaster, loans that can be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other expenses that would have been met if not for the disaster. The Senate confirmed Loeffler on a 52-46 vote.
 
You can't just present it without comment. Tell me why I should care what this literal who thinks.

I care about what YOU think @Fatpacks, because it's been documented that whatever you predict, the opposite happens. You'ur are turbo-tard, burger-bound crystal-clad lucky charm.

Go on. Do the thing. Say Trump won't abolish the Federal Income Tax. Say it for me. I need this.
The whole point of luck is that you can't game it. If you force fatpacks to say it, it won't come true. He needs to reply from his cholesterol filled heart and mean it.
 
You guys remeber when I told you our Truman aircraft carrier got run into by a bulk carrier, we now have some images of the damage.

Ship nerds, you know how bad damage like this is? is this more or less superficial or will require more serious repair?
At first glance it looks fairly superficial, doesn't look like any of the major members flexed or otherwise gave much at all. Don't see any cracks in the paintwork or aberrations in the beams that'd indicate something bent when it shouldn't have. Probably did more damage all over the place when it listed and knocked shit over than it did to the main body itself.

That being said, it'll probably be laid up for a full inspection for a few months once it makes it to port, just to be sure. Its not like there's a screaming need to have it on the sea right this moment, and the command staffs probably gonna be off getting grilled for the fuckups leading to this moment.
 
I don't think anyone should have kids after age 35 because of personal experience being the kid of older parents.
It sucked seeing other parents doing things with their kids that my parents were too tired and/or apathetic to bother with. Having to explain that yes, those were my parents and not my grandma and grandpa was unpleasant too.
We don't need to go into dealing with the health problems of the elderly and what it does to their kids.

Don't have kids if you're old. Just admire your friends' pictures of their grandkids and call it a day.
Orrrrrrr

If you’re a dude you can just have kids whenever, and raise them so that they love you and aren’t ungrateful little shits
 
I don't think anyone should have kids after age 35 because of personal experience being the kid of older parents.
It sucked seeing other parents doing things with their kids that my parents were too tired and/or apathetic to bother with. Having to explain that yes, those were my parents and not my grandma and grandpa was unpleasant too.
We don't need to go into dealing with the health problems of the elderly and what it does to their kids.

Don't have kids if you're old. Just admire your friends' pictures of their grandkids and call it a day.
Sorry you had shitty parents. Their age isn't an excuse for that, you can be plenty active in your 40s and 50s.
 
Orrrrrrr

If you’re a dude you can just have kids whenever, and raise them so that they love you and aren’t ungrateful little shits
Not to mention, there's no rule saying your parents have to be infirm and exhausted in old age. Just because its the norm that people slide into out of apathy, doesn't mean you gotta. If you decide to have kids late, that just means you should work harder as a parent to be physically there for them as much as everything else.
 
I don't know who made this post, but portraying Trump as a snake-handler protected by the Don't Tread On Me rattlesnake makes him look way cooler than intended. It's like one of those old propaganda posters from WWII that made Axis powers look like wrathful gods.
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I don't think anyone should have kids after age 35 because of personal experience being the kid of older parents.
It sucked seeing other parents doing things with their kids that my parents were too tired and/or apathetic to bother with. Having to explain that yes, those were my parents and not my grandma and grandpa was unpleasant too.
We don't need to go into dealing with the health problems of the elderly and what it does to their kids.

Don't have kids if you're old. Just admire your friends' pictures of their grandkids and call it a day.

Ungrateful little fuckwit, aren't ya?
 
I'm hearing about Elon Musk having access to student loan borrower debt in an attempt to combat government spending. I know that student loans are not a priority with the Trump admistration, but I'd like to know the why and how of this.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Department of Education handles student loans with them picking the lenders for the FASFA application. I have doubts that DOGE or Musk would want to rehaul the student debt system, rather it's a justification to abolish the DoE.

If the loans default, then who is responsible for it? The lenders? The colleges? The states?
None of them. It always falls on the student. Federal student loans cannot be forgiven through bankruptcy. Worst case the debt dies with the student, in which case it gets written off by the DOEd.
 
Not to mention, there's no rule saying your parents have to be infirm and exhausted in old age. Just because its the norm that people slide into out of apathy, doesn't mean you gotta. If you decide to have kids late, that just means you should work harder as a parent to be physically there for them as much as everything else.
I’m in my forties, work in a factory that is slowly tearing my back and hips apart, and still have to spend an hour bench pressing my kids when I get home so they don’t feel neglected.

I wouldn’t change a thing, other than possibly the factory part
 
The money comes directly from the federal government, for federal student loans. The government is the lender for federal student loans - that's why they're holding the bill if a borrower defaults (or gets rid of it under bankruptcy, yes it's possible contrary to popular belief). That's also why they're able to cancel them relatively easily (setting aside political and cost issues).

Indirectly, loan servicers are also affected, as they contract with the feds to help manage and oversee student loans.
Under DOGE/Trump, I doubt that Trump would just default $1.74 trillion in debt with the federal government being the majority lender. If the DoE goes, what happens to that debt? That's the part where I'm missing.
 
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