She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."
Nevermind that Trump and the rest of the congressional Republicans increased the national debt by 3 trillion dollars already, fuck you kid for wanting something good for everyone instead of only wanting good stuff for the Epstein class.
Fun fact:
(Add 2 trillion to this pie... wait 3 trillion? No wait.. almost 4, Now? Well, add 4 trillion to this chart for the ole pedophile just for good measure...)
That chart is pre-ballroom and Iran war, too.
His base: "we need a president to run this country like a business!"
Their guy: bankrupts every business he runs... including 6 casinos. (CASINOS! Fucking literal money printers...)
Well an educated populace has always been a threat to those in power so I understand why the old bat would be so volatile.
this is age-ism, but i really don't think anyone past 80 should be in charge of anything beyond self-care
Old people who are smart, retire and enjoy their later years as much as they are able. Shitty con artists grab on until the last breath of their rotting corpse. It's not about age, it's about character.
I'd argue this bitch is lacking character
You don’t have to apologize. Fuck old people. Let them die miserably in their gold filled coffers which they can’t take with them when the worms are eating their innerds 6 feet under. Greedy fucks.
"YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."
Well, she is absolutely right about that. She should know, because it's her generation's fault.
Foxx, who voted for the spending bill that the Congressional Budget Office projected would add $3.4 trillion to the national debt, told a 10-year-old that he and his classmates would be responsible for paying it down.
How are these people in charge of anything?
How are they in charge? They get voted in because better people are not running or not getting voted for in many cases. Gerrymandering protects some of them.
he and his classmates would be responsible for paying it down.
Kids these days know. That's why the birth rate keeps dropping.
No prizes for guessing this congresswoman’s party affiliation.
Not that “Yahoo Entertainment” (news is dead, i know) even bothered to put it in the entire article, much less the headline.
The congresswoman started by thanking Christian for writing. She said they agreed about the importance of innovation in the automobile industry.
That was the last kind thing in the letter.
Foxx told the 10-year-old that his request meant taking money out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who might not be able to afford an electric vehicle themselves. She told him the country was heading toward bankruptcy and economic failure. She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."
She capitalized "YOU." She was writing to a fourth grader.
Then she linked him to six articles from Fox News, National Review, The Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal editorial board — articles about the failures of climate change policy.
And then she turned on his teacher.
What a fuckwit piece of shit.
Cute, the National Debt that HER and HER generation allowed to run rampant so that SHE could make off with mad bank? Not to mention the debt that HER party has incurred the last few years alone?
Good observation. They almost gave her party affiliation, but they stopped short.
Foxx now chairs the House Rules Committee and is running for re-election in 2026 with Trump's endorsement.
It's not exactly ambiguous, but it's also not explicit. That's a weird choice.
I feel like she would be surprised that her stocks in "Consolidated Slave Trading" are no longer liquid.
Ooohhh, I imagine Rep. Virginia Foxx has stocks in private prison companies. Modern day slave traders.
This is the old woman who shouted, "shut up" at reporters right? She literally reminded me of a witch in that video
typical fox news geriatric unfortunately, they degrade to elementary level cognition when challenged
We need age limits on politicians.
I'd thought about this and I came up with term limits instead. Holding office should be limited to 30 years over a lifetime. This should go across specific appointments such as federal reserve and senate.
This prevents people from just staying on forever and accumulating too much power and favors. It also increases the turnover of politicians a lot more without breaking continuity and getting rid of the most qualified politicians.
Not sure what the exact structure would be but I'd also increase the senate term lengths but add a 2 term limit. Governors also 2 term limits, house of reps 7 terms and president 2.
I believe 100% that people in power become more corrupt over time and this fixes that but allows for long careers.
And minimal education requirements
No doubt her own grandparents firmly believed that the future was the Buggy Whip industry.
Age is not at all the same as Wisdom.
In fact I'm starting to think that if you don't get a broad life experience and recognize the need to and start walking down the path of Wisdom early enough, the natural calcification of habits and thinking, and increased emotional comfort from what is familiar that come to all of us with aging, will actually result in one becoming less wise with age.
Even when the brain is sharp, if one is not wise enough one's comforting feelings from certain beliefs will shut off accepting all evidence or conclusions leading elsewhere. When the brain is not sharp enough, this is pretty much guaranteed, IMHO.
It is so selfish to hold on to power when you clearly have no understanding of the present or future. There should be a ceiling age. politics is for people with a stake in the future.
I don't even need to look up her party affiliation to know that she's a republican. I mean, the average age of congress can be blamed equally on both parties, but an octogenarian who talks shit on education, is super "concerned" about the national debt, and speaks in a shitty manner toward a child is definitely republican.
There was a similar story/video a few years back of (the late) Diane Feinstein being a dick to kids when they tried talking to her about climate change. -But I don't think she ever attacked education.
If you pitched this as a scene in a satirical movie, you'd be told to tone it down a bit.
This bitch runs the district north of me. I say this a native of WNC. Fucking hillbillies are stupid. Edit--- and me saying this is why I could never run for public office. I think my own people are mouth breathing morons who will vote for any dipshit that has a bible in their hand. This bitch is not even from WNC but yet but every Popcorn Sutton from the holler licks her festering taint.
She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Just goes to show you that even higher education can't overcome religious brainwashing. She's deeply religious and dumb as a fucking rock. Dumb people sure know how to pull levers of power though, she's in there doing a bang-up job and even has time to propagandize a child she doesn't know (by claiming he's a victim of propaganda, naturally, as projection in one form or another appears to be the sole play in their playbook).
I am so ready to move on from the boomer generation.
There are still stupid millenials and Gen Z. This isn't a problem with a lifespan.
That kid should get the top grade for the project. She really proved his thesis that this is something she needs to learn about
The lesson I am learning: the elderly should have the congressional keys taken away from them, before they can drive the nation into stupid.
Over 20% of our reps are over 70 years old last time I looked, 120 or so.
Mitch McConnell is absurdly impaired and still won't step down.
One our many problems in the USA, we are definitely long past our prime, so perhaps it's suitable that Mitch stays in office. May as well elect him as President at this point, Maxine Waters can be VP, she's almost 90.
I’m sorry, but why isnt* grandma retired? Like I hate it when I seek the elderly working!
I'm pretty sure she opposes social programs like social security
The rage bait is strong with this one
She really is a troll though, just rotten. She's shitty to her neighbors, mean to those in her community, and cowardly to her constituents.
I'm surprised the kid even got a response. I only ever get form letters, if that, when I've contacted her. I'll again be voting against her in November.
Its Virginia Foxx. Hard to be shocked. The idea of children being raped brings her joy.
none other than virginia foxx she belongs in a nursing home, along with Kay IVES.
Better stop spending on gasoline and pay off that Republican debt instead!
Have fun in hell you rotten old Bitch.
This treasonous MAGA pedophile is more proof that only the good die young.
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