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US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

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Post by nickpeterson »

scarab92 wrote: post #352
nickpeterson wrote: post #301

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These firings will have no impact on your taxes. Instead of people having a job, the money will just get given to oligarchs and you’ll pay largely the same taxes but have moderately less government services. Socialism is needed to some degree for society to function. Capitalism alone is an awful system.

So, basically, left wing conspiracy theories? In reality, whether taxes fall or not likely depends on whether the savings are returned in the form of income tax cuts, or whether the savings are used to repay the massive debt that has accumulated from decades of deficits. Both outcomes are good in the long run.

Whom does income tax cuts help? Median US salary is 62k. That person pays ~12k in income taxes. Conservatives are going to ‘save’ that person 1k on their taxes or some other paltry sum and then cancel a bunch of services, fire a few hundred thousand workers, and raise tariffs to make the actual cost go up on everything that person buys.

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Post by jonstewart »

Since we are now being governed by the enthusiastic ignorant raised in the wake of Reaganism (or for the unfortunate Brits, Thatcherism), it would be a really good idea for us to rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Scary Nukes We Must Keep Secure. Then maybe GOP presidents would stop nominating oilmen to be Secretary of Energy.

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Post by 4ndrewl »

scarab92 wrote: post #365
someothherguyy wrote: post #311

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> If you got your information from economic facts comparing Europe to USA this comment it hilarious I don't understand what you mean. Can you please point me to resources to help inform me instead of pointing and laughing?

Much of Europe is in a recession, or has stagnant economic growth at best. They've had left leaning governments for too long, and economic stagnation is the natural result of that. You can't regulate your way to prosperity.

Not sure about that. We had 14 years of right wing government in the UK, and stagnant growth.

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Post by atq2119 »

kelnos wrote: post #149
franczesko wrote: post #20

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Cringe. How on earth this guy was elected again?

Half the people in the country either a) want to watch everything burn, because the system has served them poorly for too long, or b) are stupid enough to believe that Trump actually wants to help them. Or both. Many (most?) Americans don't seem to have ever learned how to think critically or question what authority figures tell them to believe. On top of that, COVID was rough for lots and lots of people. Even though…

> Half the people in the country either a) want to watch everything burn, because the system has served them poorly for too long

I believe this as well, but it still baffles me. Don't people have a sense that things can always get worse?

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Post by hermitcrab »

grandempire wrote: post #414
hermitcrab wrote: post #383

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I was living in the UK at a time. Nobody worth listening to was predicting war or famine.

So you agree that there was a large amount of hyperbole which was intended to create fear but not constructed in good faith? that’s what I would conclude from “it exists but wasn’t taken seriously”

No.

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Post by scarab92 »

4ndrewl wrote: post #423
scarab92 wrote: post #365

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Much of Europe is in a recession, or has stagnant economic growth at best. They've had left leaning governments for too long, and economic stagnation is the natural result of that. You can't regulate your way to prosperity.

Not sure about that. We had 14 years of right wing government in the UK, and stagnant growth.

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Post by achandlerwhite »

scarab92 wrote: post #379
LightHugger wrote: post #374

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Your use of the word "innocent" there is doing a lot of heavy lifting. He did not have a day in court, and what he did was indirect. However, a lot of people consider the supposedly "innocent" guy that got killed a mass murderer. Whether or not you agree with that assessment, it seems like you don't understand a few links in the chain there or are otherwise playing dumb. It is very reasonable for people to not care a…

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I’d say the general public got sick of the strawman version of the democrats presented by Fox News and other right media. The disinformation was epic.

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Post by XorNot »

shkkmo wrote: post #232
XorNot wrote: post #58

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Ah yes, sold Feb 15 2025[1]...right as the CEO took over running the US government and raided the US treasury department. I'm sure this is a completely above board sale that definitely does not represent a legal-if-you-don't-look-at-it way to bribe the de facto head of the US government / the expectation of massive corruption (ala: Tesla's stock price rising on the news Elon Musk was running DOGE - weird right? The C…

> a legal-if-you-don't-look-at-it way to bribe the de facto head of the US government / the expectation of massive corruption How does the sale of the debt help Elon Musk or Trump? They don't own that debt, they don't make money off that debt. Do you expect the fund managers to forgive the debt as a bribe? That would clearly be a bribe, but until that happens, it isn't and I don't think it is terribly likely. There a…

I'm saying when you see a lot of smoke coming from a house, the neighbours probably didn't just buy an industrial sized BBQ and suddenly decide to have a huge cook off after some kids threw a bottle through the window.

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Post by tim333 »

yeyeyeyeyeyeyee wrote: post #254

The US is busy making the biggest own-goal one could imagine. From a position of world-wide dominance and respect, it is being destroyed at a rate that is too quick for most to even start to comprehend what the outcome of these actions will be. I suspect the consequences of these actions will be carried for the rest of our lives, as they are not so easy to turn back. Lots of other countries are standing by watching w…

NYT sub headline just now:

>...concerns that the U.S. will abandon Europe and align with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

Nothing to worry about with Musk doing nazi salutes and Trump looking at hanging with the nearest we have to a modern reich.

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Post by celdon25 »

achandlerwhite wrote: post #427
scarab92 wrote: post #379

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I’d say the general public got sick of the strawman version of the democrats presented by Fox News and other right media. The disinformation was epic.

You say that as if everyone hasn’t had first hand experience with them. That’s a very out of touch perspective.
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