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White House orders pause on all federal grants and loans (www.wishtv.com)
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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 123 points 1 week ago

“The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.”

🤮 🤮 🤮🤮 🤮 🤮

I fucking hate these people so much... "The things that aim to improve peoples lives don't enrich my donors or please the hateful heritage foundation so they're bad."

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

"those we serve" aka shareholders

[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 101 points 1 week ago

This is absolutely bonkers, halts 10% of the US GDP overnight and will spark civil unrest if it goes on too long.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 80 points 1 week ago

... will spark civil unrest ...

Don't tease me.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago

They want that so they have an excuse to deploy the military against civilians.

[-] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

He’s already said he’s thinking of using the insurrection act to invoke martial law within the next 90 days.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago

Sadly, the civil unrest will be from Republicans who somehow blame everyone else for their dear leader taking a shit on the country, again.

[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Might actually break the spell. Granted, they’re morons, so it might not.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

It won't. These people are stupid enough to cheer him on after his first term in office ended with a fucking insurrection. They don't give two shits about law or anyone else.

[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

They do care about their own pocketbooks. Halting 10% of the economy is as bad or worse than Covid.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

These morons were fine with covid except when it affected them personally, and even then they didn't care enough to vote against the person who undermined the covid response. They never blamed the Republicans for shutting down the government multiple times for no reason other than to obstruct a Dem president.

They are too stupid to link this to their suffering. They will just blame Dems based on whatever the orange turd says.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago

Jesus... This will directly and unequivocally shrink the economy. That money? It's paid to businesses for services. He just fucked our GDP.

And it's going to disproportionately affect red states, because those are the states that receive the most federal grants.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They want to kill off the little fish that need that money. Also, this is a death nail for most nonprofits. Nonprofit, is a dirty word to oligarchs. Why do good things for no personal gain?! Watch for profit large corporations snap up assets and market shares of services previously provided by nonprofits and charities.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Everything he's done so far, and most of what he will do, will be bad for our economy

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Which is the point.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Where the fuck is Congress?

[-] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 20 points 1 week ago

Enjoying the fruits of their investments.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

People get butthurt when you blame Democrats around here instead of the people doing it, but Democrats are just watching this shit go down.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Watching silently or outright supporting it. Harris swung to the right because that's what leadership Dems saw Republicans doing and it worked for them. Any critisism of the tactic, here there everywhere, was silenced. The result was one of the most spectacular political losses of all time, but also..

That fake ass Democrats who were only ever using the party as cover now has been given space to step right.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He makes the ferengi look generous and benevolent.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I saw in another post on this that it could also impact ~~student loans~~ federal college grants since those funds are given directly to universities. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out as spring term begins in a month or two.

Edited to use the right terminology.

[-] BigPotato@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

OMB clarified that VA benefits and PELL Grants are not included.

I'm sure that'll change in... Forty seconds or so but as it stands now, the leopards have delayed eating those faces for now.

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

As spring term begins in a month or two.

Me preparing for midterms: Eyes look to side, look forward meme.

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Trump advisor: "Sir, the debt limit is looming! Soon we won't be able to pay out money to anything!"

Trump:" Even if the congress approved it to be spent, we could just not spend it? Legally?"

Advisor:" Well, yes, that is what the debt limit does..."

Trump:" How about just stop spending on the stuff we don't like? You just said we could do that, even if it was approved..."

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