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“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”

– George W. Bush

Maybe Dubya wasn't as dumb as he looked… or sounded… or acted…

A week after California phased out the sale of ICE vehicles, Governor Newsom asked people to stop charging their electric cars between 4pm and 9pm to conserve electricity.

At most, electric vehicles consume .04% of California's energy supply. If California's grid is that fragile, perhaps going all-electric is a bad idea.

California is solving its population exodus problem by switching to electric cars, ensuring that anyone who leaves the state gets stranded in Austin, Nevada.

The personal income tax reductions of 2017 expire in 2025, but the corporate tax cuts are permanent, contributing $221B to the federal deficit (read 'debt') in 2020 alone.

Comparatively, the loan forgiveness being bandied about by Mumbly Joe will cost $300B over ten years.

Why are people content to subsidize record-high corporate profits with their tax dollars, but get bent out of shape if a person receives help from the government?

No, it's not fair if a person paid off or never had student loans (or exceeds the income threshold), but should not people have been equally outraged by the corporate welfare handed out in 2017?

Personally, I would rather see my tax dollars help people rather than corporate fat-cat-rat-bastards — or spent on a silly telescope, or a ridiculous manned mission to the moon, or an inept military that costs more than the next ( 12 ) countries combined, including China, Russia, and most of Europe.

There are plenty of dumbass things the government spends money on besides helping people.

The U.S. State Department claims that it murdered Ayman al-Zawahiri last week with a James Bond-style bladed missile.

How do we know that's true? How do we know they didn't target some aid worker trying to give water to refugees?

The federal government has a credibility problem that can it never overcome.