Politics Thread

[Caf]

"I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route. It saves some cities. And there’s no good reason for it not to be available. My guess is their first choice would be for the federal government to borrow money from future generations to send it down to them now so they don’t have to do that. That’s not something I’m going to be in favor of," McConnell said.

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"You raised yourself the important issue of what states have done, many of them have done it to themselves with their pension programs. There’s not going to be any desire on the Republican side to bail out state pensions by borrowing money from future generations," McConnell said, after Hewitt floated Illinois, California and Connecticut as examples of states that have overly generous benefits for public employees.

"We’ll certainly insist that anything we’d borrow to send down to the states is not spent on solving problems that they created for themselves over the years with their pension program," McConnell added.

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We are playing a game of hot-potato with insurmountable debt. Let's see if the boomers can get it to the millennials.

[bobbiemcgee]

Made me laugh. Congress has taken trillions from the SS Trust Fund.

[boozehound]

New HHS Spokesman Michael Caputo's Twitter History

Oops. This administration's ineptitude would be hilarious if the stakes weren't so high right now. Doesn't seem that hard to check someone's twitter history?

[Lloyd Braun]

New HHS Spokesman Michael Caputo's Twitter History

Oops. This administration's ineptitude would be hilarious if the stakes weren't so high right now. Doesn't seem that hard to check someone's twitter history?

It’s sad but this one is pure gold:
March 15: Caputo tweets at Daniel Goldman, a lawyer for House Democrats during impeachment, "Wow. I started out feeling badly for you. At least now we know the Wuhan Virus doesn't have any lingering effects on douchebags."
Goldman had tested positive for coronavirus and had tweeted, "One final note: I may be the first you know who tested positive, but I won't be the last. Let's take care of each other, listen to the experts and the cities, states and corporations who are taking the lead in the absence of the fed government, and get through this together. END."

[paulxu]

That guy will fit right in.

[boozehound]

It’s sad but this one is pure gold:
March 15: Caputo tweets at Daniel Goldman, a lawyer for House Democrats during impeachment, "Wow. I started out feeling badly for you. At least now we know the Wuhan Virus doesn't have any lingering effects on douchebags."
Goldman had tested positive for coronavirus and had tweeted, "One final note: I may be the first you know who tested positive, but I won't be the last. Let's take care of each other, listen to the experts and the cities, states and corporations who are taking the lead in the absence of the fed government, and get through this together. END."

It's an absolute goldmine of extremely childish internet trolling. Not only was this individual given a high ranking government role, he was given a role as the SPOKESMAN of the HHS. I think that when we look back on the Trump administration the greatest failure will be the unwillingness / inability to staff a functional government. It's also something we probably should have seen coming. Even with all of Trump's character flaws had he simply adequately staffed his government and then been content to be a figurehead things probably would have been fine.

[paulxu]

had he simply adequately staffed his government and then been content to be a figurehead things probably would have been fine.

He did have some good picks. Unfortunately they soon left.

[paulxu]

Speaking of picks, and with a little bit of deja vu, I remember Heckuva Job Brownie was head of an Arabian Horse Association before Katrina.

Not to be outdone, Azar apparently picked a labradoodle breeder to head up the HHS corona virus response.

[bobbiemcgee]

New HHS Spokesman Michael Caputo's Twitter History

Oops. This administration's ineptitude would be hilarious if the stakes weren't so high right now. Doesn't seem that hard to check someone's twitter history?

Unbelievable this guy could work anywhere in govt.

[xubrew]

Okay, when is enough finally enough? This might be the dumbest thing I have ever heard any adult actually say, and the fact that he appears to be entirely serious might make him certifiably mentally unbalanced. I mean, SERIOUSLY! What a freakin’ IDIOT!!!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...lungs-n1191216