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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by jrs235 on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:01AM (#43126944)
Less than 50% of voters voted for him and what was total voter turn out? 60%? So maybe a 1/3 of eligible voters voted for him. A plurality does not equate to a mandate.
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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by ty6853 on Friday February 21, 2025 @10:25AM (#43128509)
The populace is always arguing about how I have to pay up for taxes for muh roads and schools whether I want them or not, or else go in a tiny cage.

Now they have to eat their crow of what it's like to legitimize the violence of a republic.

It may not be right, and I also disagree with our governance, but by god the schadenfreude is off the chart.

I hope the 2/3 learn something from this.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by trog on Friday February 21, 2025 @04:51PM (#43133503)
I hope the 1/3 learn something from this
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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by core_dumped on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:09PM (#43134726)
They never do
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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by Izkata on Friday February 21, 2025 @09:48PM (#43135601)
By that logic, no president is ever allowed to do anything - because IIRC that turnout is slightly higher than the historical average.
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