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[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 174 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Edit: I'm listening to AOC talk about that speech, and she is, of course, one million percent right. Not once did he mention Medicaid. They're bringing up this other bullshit to distract us. They distracted me. If you upvoted my comment in its original form, you were probably distracted, too. We should be focused on what they're REALLY doing: Gutting Medicaid.

I listened to his address. He listed off some 19 items where they slashed the so-called "waste, fraud, and abuse." The first thing was like 22 billion and the next eighteen added up to another 2.5 billion. So all in, they saved 24.5 billion.

Trump's requested 2018 budget (pre-pandemic, pre-inflation spike) was 4.094 trillion. Adjusted for inflation, it'd be 5.247 trillion today, which means they've saved basically nothing.

Well, 0.47% to be more precise. Another way of putting it, if the government was spending $100.00 in 2018, now it's spending $99.53. And if most people saw a thing that costs $99.53, they're probably gonna tell you, "That thing's a hundred bucks."

Meanwhile, a dozen of the bottom shelf eggs I bought this morning cost me six dollars. Four weeks ago, these were $1.89. My favorite brand isn't even available anymore. Also, the store limits you to two cartons at a time. They do sell packages up to five dozen, though. Those cost $42. And yes, that is a worse deal. Much worse. But if you need 60 eggs at once, that's probably how you're go about it.

Not to mention the planes falling out of the sky right now. But at least I still have my freedom, I guess?

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 3 weeks ago

Rep. David Schweikert gave a speech on the floor in the beginning of february regarding the federal debt. He pointed out that 52 billion in spending cuts only covers about a week of the borrowing we're planning to do for the budget.

All these cuts to critical infrastructure and we're only shaving off the very tip of our federal debt, while adding a mountain more of it.

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck Schweikert. He’s almost never voted for more taxes. Just a clown running cover for the destruction of the federal government.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, he's a scumbag. His math makes sense here, though. You can be right sometimes.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 25 points 3 weeks ago

You're also assuming he was truthing about the savings amount. He wasn't. lol

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I absolutely made the assumption in my calculation that he wasn't lying. He can't even lie a meaningful amount his administration has supposedly saved.

But you and I both know the dopes who voted for him ate. that. shit. up.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, absolutely. They would rather be given reason to feel like they're better than others than live in reality.

[-] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

What in the actual fuck!! Your store allows TWO cartons of eggs at a time?!?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Moneybags over here can probably bake a cake.

[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

The fuck is the driving factor of egg prices in the us? It is not just a meme?

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 24 points 3 weeks ago

Bird flu running rampant with little oversight or control of the problem. Or, it is using that as an excuse to constrict supply and make $$$. Take your pick.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 20 points 3 weeks ago

Little bit of A, a fuckload of B.

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

iirc, the Biden admin threatened to step in last time this happened. We all know Trump is gonna do fuck all to alleviate the problem.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Bird flu killing off flocks

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like it'd be a lot cheaper to buy a chicken farm in the long run 😅

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Are you sure? I thought a lot of what he listed was actually millions, not billions.

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