Oh LA get ready to find your safe spaces! What am I? Well if you’re a conservative, I’m American AF. If you’re a lib, I’m “offensive.” Let’s go.

When you already know how something works it’s pretty easy to find confirmation everywhere you look. But I wonder why you expect an institution to be perfect? Or why your personal opinion on what is “responsible” spending is at all meaningful? Probably because you feel it’s “taxpayers’ money” so your special status as…

It’s good to know there are still people out there that believe the government is completely accountable and responsible with how it spends our money. Such innocence is... refreshing.

“The idea that those two numbers should be in balance is holdover thinking from the gold standard, a system that was fundamentally based in fetishism and magical thinking.”

Taxes aren’t theft. By definition they aren’t since “theft” is a legal term of art and not just “something that I don’t like”.

What is money and/or currency

Yeah, that’s empirically, mathematically not how fractional-reserve banking works. Read the article. Read Keynes. Read a newspaper. Read this:

Okay. Pretend I’m a third grader then. Explain them to me.

That’s not actually true. Plenty of government funding comes from debt spending, plenty of it comes from corporate taxes and foreign taxes, but when people say “tax payers” that’s not who they refer to.

If you spend enough time in comment sections for posts about public policy, you’ll realize pretty quickly that there’s plenty of people who think a large segment of the population doesn’t pay taxes.

That’s a completely relative perspective though. What’s the barometer for “good” road improvement? Or “good” value? In a state as large as PA? With several very large cities, mountains, major bridges, waterways and a port? How does one define a “faster rate” and what are we comparing it to? What’s the long-term plan…

Problem - What is money? And who are taxpayers?

In 2007 I shook Barack Obama’s hand for .25 seconds in a long line after a rally. I still remember that vividly! And yet, I am 100% certain that he does not remember shaking my hand.

I’m Barack Obama and that handshake was the defining moment of my life. I was going to take everyone’s guns and destroy democracy at the command of my Muslim overlords, but after shaking your hand, I changed my mind. Thank you for saving America. I approve this message.

Sort of related: My favorite poem by Countee Cullen

IDKKKKK he was a pretty hot-shit-it-boy in the 90s. I bet he is exaggerating some, tho.

He might, that’s a pretty distinctive hat.

It is really common for bullies to not remember what they have done because it doesn’t mean anything to them. They were “just having fun” and weren’t the one who was traumatized. I have read several accounts of people who confronted their high school or junior high tormentors, and the people often don’t even remember…

Of course he says he doesn’t remember anything. Why would he? When you are a famous person meeting a non-famous person, it’s far more likely that the interaction would just fade into the background of your memory, as opposed to when you are a non-famous person meeting a famous person. In 2007 I shook Barack Obama’s…

You know it’s possible to say things and not remember saying them because you grew up your entire life being able to say those things without repercussions or thinking about how your words/actions impact others. This is commonly known as privilege.