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Re:U.S. government debt passes $40T, more than doubling in a... by fragmede on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @06:25PM (#49367970)
I mean, there's fiscally responsible but the welfare department is never gonna make money at the end of the day spending is a political football. Trump's ICE got $10 billion, because what? So now in addition to DEA we have ICE and the TSA, and well, we can't un spend that money and shut them down so, well, shit.
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Re:U.S. government debt passes $40T, more than doubling in a... by pstuart on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @07:52PM (#49368733)
ICE got $75 billion, with $45 billion of that allocated for concentration camps. And somebody's got to build those camps and supply them, and their CEOs are all buddies with Trump.
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Re:U.S. government debt passes $40T, more than doubling in a... by rbanffy on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:13AM (#49371804)
> the welfare department is never gonna make money

No, but taxes make money and if you just stop spending on things like ICE and their concentration camps or overpriced and ineffective military action and equipment, you’ll see there is a lot of money left for giving everyone healthcare and a college education.

As an engineer, things like the F-35 are beautiful, and I want them to be developed - but war is changing fast and what was effective a generation ago is now vulnerable to cheap drones.

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