Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency

[Hawaiian]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

Forget his lying, the wonga.........🤑

Please translate.

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, BE88 said:

 

Elon Musk

Dis he back Biden in 2020?

Look at the post I was reffering to!

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

How do you run up $35T deficit ... I know, by borrowing money and giving it away to foreign countries while your citizens are living in the streets 

 

And the idiots keep reelecting the same career politicians and wonder why nothing changes 

The running up a huge deficit is a strange one by any logic. I guess it's on the principle that if I owe $100 it's my problem, but if I owe $100 trillion it's your problem. Whatever, it's never going to be repaid, EVER.

 

In the US there isn't any difference between parties or politicians- all out of the same box. Any difference is only window dressing to pretend the voters have a choice.

The US is a strange one- proclaims itself to be capitalist, but isn't, the people are frightened by the word "socialism" but want social security and medicaid.

 

I liked NZ in the 70s, actual socialised public health, the state owned the railways, and the power system, the telephone system, then they went and privatised everything and it's been a disaster.

[transam]

Just now, Hawaiian said:

Please translate.

Well, I was talking to someone else, but as you did not understand my reply, I will make it a bit longer....🤭

 

......"Forget all the lies that Trump spouted to get the big chair, how much money did Trump get donated to him to go towards his lying to get there".......?

 

It was the billion dollar thing......😉

[Hawaiian]

8 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

Funny, never heard anything like this with all of Soros's billions donated to Democrats or buying odd DAs in Democrat areas to given lenient punishment to criminals. 

Would he think differently if the Pope made the contribution instead of Musk?

[Hawaiian]

13 minutes ago, transam said:

Well, I was talking to someone else, but as you did not understand my reply, I will make it a bit longer....🤭

 

......"Forget all the lies that Trump spouted to get the big chair, how much money did Trump get donated to him to go towards his lying to get there".......?

 

It was the billion dollar thing......😉

More like Canadian dollars and not USD's.

[KhunLA]

35 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

The biggest problem with government run programs and facilities, other than waste and corruption, is how long it takes to get anything started.  Too many layers of bureaucracy.

Yep ... perfect example is San Fran's $1.7 million public toilet.  Emphasis on toilet (1), not toilets.  A bit of outrage, and supposedly getting more, in that budget ... BUT, is there any left over ?

 

The toilet and construction, though silly priced, wasn't the problem.  The proposal, study, approval, regulation process, and all the BS, was the cost drivers.

 

Some more silliness

[WDSmart]

The worst thing about this IMO is that so many of the voters in the USA were swayed by him and Trump's rhetoric. I still just can't understand how anyone would vote for Trump, regardless of who was running against him. 

[candide]

On 12/16/2024 at 7:11 PM, simple1 said:

 

Remember trump promised oil executives he would take care of them if they donated a billion dollars towards his election. Not long after we heard trump promising to "drill baby, drill'

Actually, they 'only' gave 75m, which shows they are not that stupid.

https://worldecomag.com/how-oil-interests-are-powering-trumps-campaign-with-75-million-in-funding/

 

It confirms they don't really need more drilling opportunities as they are not using the thousands of drilling permits already issued  On top of it, oil prices have already gone down so the profitability  of new drilling is not obvious.

[donmuang37]

On 12/16/2024 at 3:02 PM, simple1 said:

Interesting opinion piece...

 

GOP legislators are toying with reducing payouts under the system, including raising the retirement age and other benefit cuts. As one GOP representative recently told Fox Business Network, “we're going to have to have some hard decisions” on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

 

Trump’s GOP will be making “hard” choices, meaning they will be cutting benefits, in order to fund tax cuts for wealthy donors.

 

Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency | Opinion

Do your homework on election:

Republicans spent 3.5 billion

Democrats spent a staggering 4.5 billion - ONE BILLION more!

 

The working class elected Trump because they are sick of Woke, liberal failed policies. Simple as that!

[G_Money]

On 12/16/2024 at 5:35 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

 

And more billions sent to Israel. 

Would you prefer that money went to Hamas?