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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by AdieuToLogic on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:06PM (#42927279)
What you describe is the insidious effect of repetitive use of the "Two Santas" strategy:

> Voted-in Conservatives: we are the party of fiscal responsibility.

Conservatives are provably not. See[0].

> Voted-in Libs: We were voted in to undo all this f*kery... gotta spend those $$$

This is a common misperception, fostered in large part by the effectivity of the "Two Santas" political strategy.

0 - https://www.investopedia.com/us-national-debt-by-year-749929...

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by rukuu001 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:05PM (#42938677)
Oh I very much agree the cons are bad at money. Just talking about what they say.