Dollars are still strong and the ruling Establishment can hand out trillions of them in giveaways, boondoggles, and bribes. The public can still be exploited. The elites can still be enriched.
As a retired DoD federal employee, I can attest that we need to cut the federal government. Most of the good paying jobs added under the harris/biden admin were government jobs and that is unsustainable with our huge debt. The Defense Department needs huge reforms. It costs us three times as much as SK or Japan to build a ship due to corrupt unions and tons of needless regulations for example. The Dept of Education should be abolished since education in this country has declined substantially since it was created under Carter. The gaslighting media is licking its chops because these cuts will be painful and they would cut off their noses to spite their faces.
I was going to add them in fact. The DOE seems to just make energy cost more and is involved in trying to force Americans to abandon cheap and clean nat gas stoves.
Throw enough money at anything Bob and it'll get corrupted. You're going to find that most things are rotten to the core. Elon and Vivak are going to need to do a fair bit of sandblasting to get things back to bedrock I'm guessing and don't expect these people to go quietly into the night.
So logically, take the money away, and you reduce corruption. Understand the Federal government has no money. What they are using is ghost money. How did they put us into $36,000,000,000,000.00 ( ghost money) of debt?? While you weren't looking, you let them make a law permitting them to make loans on your behalf, giving them total control of your money. Ask Chat what happens when a government is permitted to print money. In a word...Corruption! Those loans are given to the elite, who in turn exchange the ghost money into hard assets. We proles get get expensive nonfiat benefits such as EID programs throughout our lives. Personal Freedom is a hard fight. Take your gloves off.
It was right that Is unfettered terrorist our damaging. However, when he refers to Chinese e VS that are less expensive, he does not delve into why. In fact, they are less expensive and can be shipped halfway across the world competitively. It is our bloated bureaucracy and high taxes. I was in the transportation and was active in trelocating of many factories to mexico and eventually china. I was even taken chinese language lessons. I was a huge supporter.I thought that it would make the world a better place. I've seen what it's done to america to main street to world main street. We need an even playing field. Unlike Tim walls I was not in Tienamen square. I was scheduled today a week or so later. The trip never happened and my language lessons ended. But most of our production capacity is still gone.
At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said: “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.” He said that would happen after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. And he keeps repeating the claim on the campaign trail.
Well many of the instances where Bill says the plum needs to fall in order for there to be successful change. Most of those cases are. actually pretty damning. When the plum falls most societies fail completely. Do you know any Chinese history? Do you know any roman history? Do you know how the dark ages became the dark ages?It wasn't because of sunshine. How about Italy, Greece, Syria, Sparta, Egypt, Babylon et al. Has the plum fallen and yet in Russia and Ukraine? We better harvest the plum before it rots .. that is what the attempt is now.
Lol 😂 nice to see that Mr Bill is still suffering from his TDS. Is it jealousy or just what? Praying his fever will eventually break, but not holding my breath.
Rather than simply explaining BB’s opinions as TDS why don’t you provide a cogent argument challenging his data & assumptions? I’m just wondering if there is an opposite condition to TDS. What might that be called?
Lol 😂 it’s been going on for YEARS my friend. It’s one thing to argue statistics but quite another when all you do is belittle and mock the man. It’s really getting old. Bill is a flaming liberal, if you haven’t figured that out yet.
An old school (i.e. Classical) Liberal, not the Marxist Highjacked version. You shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our most celebrated founding fathers were Classical Liberals. Think Washington and Thomas Jefferson. I'd argue that in this hyper Tribalized environment the only folks that have 2020 vision are the old school Classical Liberals.
Trump talks about wanting to do MANY of the things Bonner has said we need to do FOR YEARS. Yet we are subjected to his constant parade of hate and deception. Hmmmmm.
You know what is becoming apparent to MILLIONS of Citizens? The left doesn't want to see America successful and will actively subvert any and all efforts to make it happen. No Lie is too big, no Deception too far fetched and no Theft too blatant.
You people truly suck and ARE the domestic enemies our Founding Documents warn us about...
There never seems to be a shortage of these Marxists/Leftists/Democrats among us my Brother. I remember back when Bill referred to anyone and everyone as "psychopathic" for merely deciding to run for political office (power-mongering dictators them all!) A wise man once told me, "Stupid people tend to judge others by what they do or would do themselves in similar circumstances." I think Bill's foot fits perfectly in that shoe.
I'm referring to the majority of leftist dimocrats in our Country. They are easy to identify - one merely listens to what they say and watches what they do. And they can't help themselves but come out flaming since the Election of 05NOV24...
PS - the Blue/Green/Pink hair, facial piercings and tattoos are also warning signs that you are dealing with a mentally-ill and likely Reality-Denying leftarde. But many of them have none of that and show up wearing a suit everyday. Those are TRULY dangerous ones...
The opposite condition is called common sense. Constant complaining About both sides, also without solutions other than catastrophe is less than helpful. Something's have already changed within the first two hundred hours..... Blue cities eliminating their illegal alien camps and hotel programs. Jacques smith paragon of Legal intellect on the left is Is resigning. So much for his commitment to justice..... Many other changes already taking place too long for here you just need to look for them. No panacea on the horizon for sure. But at least we're tapping the brakes on insanity.
Bill's a Classical Liberal who has no patience for Statolatry. This makes him an equal opportunity offender. Being of Irish decent makes him a world class equal opportunity offender. When you're pissing off both Tribes you know you're on the right track :-)
At the certainty of repeating myself the real dividend of a Trump administration versus a Harris administration over the next 4 years is all the things that a Trump administration will either stop or NOT do as compared to all the things(universally bad) that a Harris administration would continue to do or add to. The list is a long one. I call it government by negative versus positive action. Negative action(ie, not doing something that the opposition would have done) is impossible to quantify, or even estimate, but I believe it is much more powerful in toto than any positive actions(like onshoring manufacturing as an example) that may occur. But the point remains that however much or little the Trump administration accomplishes by positive or negative action, the country will be immeasurably better off than we would have been under the unmitigated and unrecoverable disaster that would have befallen the nation under Kamala Harris and her Marxist, globalist handlers.
Thanks Brian....well said...I keep hoping it sinks in to some others heads, but alas...I'm beginning to think it's just wishful thinking on my part... : /
Politics is team sport, and for some, the team is everything. The team, their team, is more important than the truth. Why? Because their team is the truth. This is both the beginning and the end of madness. In the beginning it all seems right and good. In the end, not so much.
Bill’s work with the National Taxpayers Union in the early 1970s has, rightly, given him a jaundiced view of reforming/reducing government. I am hopeful that Elon and Vivek will be more successful. And maybe the illumination provided by the internet will allow the citizens to demand it.
Yes jaundiced, but also realistic. Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping and praying for DOGE's success. We all need to understand that this is metastatic corruption. This is a monumental undertaking. I don't remember any President bringing something like this to the table. I totally agree that they need to engage citizens who will then demand the cuts be implemented. I honestly believe this may be our last chance to get out in front of the incoming credit crisis.
Trump will start his agenda the first day in office, on January 20. Stopping 2 wars within 24 hours of his election is stupid; impossible to accomplish and you know that. Give the man a chance. Furthermore, you remarked on trump’s first 4 years. Remember, he was inexperienced to how Washington worked, he had Covid to deal with and more importantly the Democratic Party put many roadblocks in his way, many of them faked. He still accomplished a lot even with all the distractions. As I mentioned to you before give Trump a chance; you will be amazed at what he will accomplish now that he appoints people he trusts and knows how Washington works. AP
“President Trump has given me three instructions,” Kennedy said. “He wants the corruption and the conflicts out of the regulatory agencies. He wants to return the agencies to the gold standard, empirically-based, evidence-based, science and medicine that they were once famous for, and he wants to end the chronic disease epidemic with measurable impacts on a diminishment of chronic disease within two years.”
Ask yourself this question: What American would be against this? Now hold your nose and go watch MSM :-)
I've been of the mindset for many decades now that the U.S. Government is terminally corrupt. The government will eventually collapse and each state within the former union will need to pick up the pieces. Yes, the U.S. Government could be cleaned up, but the task is monumental. Half the country, the Uniparty, and the unelected bureaucrat army is just fine with the terminal corruption. At this late stage the only person capable of pulling off this miracle would be a benevolent dictator, and we all know that a benevolent dictator is an oxymoron. As for me, I'm doubling down on a tried and true strategy; plan for the worst and hope for the best. Hope makes you feel good, but it isn't a strategy. Yes, I'm a cynical old curmudgeon luddite, but I wasn't born this way. A lifetime of experiences shaped what I've become. I'm very much hoping and praying for Trump's success (i.e. Especially DOGE), but I'm not betting on it. However, this is one bet I'd be happy to lose.
Hey Craig. I am much the same as you, Completely disgusted Buy this American century. I have relocated to a very very red state and like you I am hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. I like many of trump's appointments so far , but Marco Rubio???
Bonner's drivel-thon continues for day 2. Not that some of his points aren't valid, it's just that he focuses only on the negative and assumes Trump's 2nd term will be an exact replica of his first. As if the situation hasn't changed and Trump has learned nothing. I beg to differ. Just look at his cabinet appointments to date. I will agree that DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) is misnamed. Replace "Efficiency" with "Eradication". Or come up with a whole new acronym about reducing government intrusiveness in our lives. But, on reflection, I think they chose DOGE so as not to be so controversial and are actually looking at eradication. As suggested by others on this page, many Departments and Cabinet positions should be eliminated. And as far as energy, we need to build numerous nuclear power plants. My understanding is that (assuming we actually will build nuclear power plants) it takes the US ten years to build a plant where it takes South Korea three. This is all due to unnecessary regulation. Nuclear power is capital intensive to build, and these delays increase the cost. Nuclear power can be very competitive if allowed to happen in a sane regulatory environment.
I find it interesting that you choose to project the future (next four years) as if it will certainly repeat the past (2016-2020, Trump's previous presidency). He is perhaps the same man in many ways, but he is a much different man in many more, and the voters are much more informed (at least 51-52% of them are).
First, he will be a lame duck. He has a strong mandate to implement policy and no concern for reelection.
Next, he has the congress (at least most of it, because there's always a Trump-hater RINO or two that will vote against him) that he needs to pass his agenda.
This time, he won the popular vote, even if only by a couple percent (this ignores the FACT that the blue states not requiring voter ID undoubtedly have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of fraudulent votes -- where did the extra 20 million votes from 2020 go?). I think more importantly, he was completely (probably due to arrogance) blind to the workings of Washington in his first term. He trusted folks with different beliefs to "reach across the isle" and work together. Now he knows how it works, and is filling his cabinet with hard charging, loyal, like-minded leaders.
Additionally, the MSM that has vilified him since his 2016 nomination, has been exposed to many of the centrists in this country. If the MSM is talking, they are lying. More people get their news from sources sought out, then those once only available like networks and newspapers. Consider the "free speech promoters" of social media that have been outed as censorship advocates. Then there's the "threat to our democracy" that the sheeple will see never existed. People will see this woke agenda for the lies that they are.
He has two years to make significant changes and stomp down the woke, open border, vote cheating left. I'm optimistic that some of this will create momentum for a better economy. I wish you could grant him the chance.
He can only himself to blame if He hangs himself. As is said by many comments on this , or these pages, He has knowledgeable , competent people around Him. Hope He can do what is just and proper.
Hey Bill, take a deep breath, and why don't you tell us what Joe Biden/Kamala Harris and the rest of your Democrats ought to do in the last 60 days of their mess, to show us that a mistake was made. We would probably get a missive from the past to look over for a day or two, because there would be nothing to report. We got to get Trump into the White House before he can end any wars. I don't trust them (whoever they are), and I wouldn't let my guard down.
What will they do? They have already imposed more regulations on methane gas. The best thing the DOGE men will do is take a knife to all of these outrageous regulations that strangle business's.
I agree with BB . Except why He has not stopped the war in Ukraine. He is not president as Yet. The down fall is correctly stated from What I know and can see . History repeats if not it rhymes. Some things a government can control. Like the mess they create. Other than that stick to Your knitting . Roads water and sewer. things after this fashion. But what do I know . I am just an observer, with no power to change things , but Myself!
There is something you can do. Join an action group engaged in changing something you believe in and become active in it. Remember, freedom is a hard fight. Take this opportunity to join the wagon!
To quote j d vance In an earlier interview. "Do you hear yourself?" BB I Is complaining that the president elect has not stopped a war. Have we lost our minds? There's a long way between foreign entanglements and efficient government. Monetary corruption covers the distance.
Man o man is Trump throwing us Americans some prime red meat; RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services!!! Pay very close attention to the criminals that will attempt to block this one. These are the miscreants that need to be removed from society with extreme prejudice and promptly made into gear oil.
Yes, Musk and ??? will find stiff resistance to any "cuts", and B Bonner did decades ago. I wouldn't bet against Musk of finding a way around the resistance, though, given his plucking "Twitter" out of the Censorship Industrial Complex, firing the 80% of the staff engaged in accomadating Administrative State alphabet security agency demands for information suppression, and transforming the "Censorship Death Star" into a public square where gaslighting posts could be "Community Notes" fact-checked. The struggle should at least be entertaining now that the Fed lawfare on Musk enterprises is at least dialed back a lot.
Well what are we gonna do? Nothing? Start cutting government and set some direction. Everything needs to be cut so get started and see what works best. I can't see much competition for journalists from China but I've sure see Chinese stealing IP. So how you gonna stop em? Tariffs, that's about it as opposed to negotiating. Trump should be saying he got handed a huge pile of shit and it is gonna be a real difficult time to get rid of it for everyone. He can still last for 4 years and some chainsaw action will be gained.
As a retired DoD federal employee, I can attest that we need to cut the federal government. Most of the good paying jobs added under the harris/biden admin were government jobs and that is unsustainable with our huge debt. The Defense Department needs huge reforms. It costs us three times as much as SK or Japan to build a ship due to corrupt unions and tons of needless regulations for example. The Dept of Education should be abolished since education in this country has declined substantially since it was created under Carter. The gaslighting media is licking its chops because these cuts will be painful and they would cut off their noses to spite their faces.
Bob:
You are so right
AP
Don’t forget the department of energy; worthless and very expensive
I was going to add them in fact. The DOE seems to just make energy cost more and is involved in trying to force Americans to abandon cheap and clean nat gas stoves.
Don't stop there: Ever heard of the Department of Housing & Urban Affairs?
Yum. I LIKE this game.
I'ma nominate the ATF...
USDA/FDA
Atf should be a convenience store, not a federal department.
How about the biggest sham of them all spelled E P A.
Throw enough money at anything Bob and it'll get corrupted. You're going to find that most things are rotten to the core. Elon and Vivak are going to need to do a fair bit of sandblasting to get things back to bedrock I'm guessing and don't expect these people to go quietly into the night.
So logically, take the money away, and you reduce corruption. Understand the Federal government has no money. What they are using is ghost money. How did they put us into $36,000,000,000,000.00 ( ghost money) of debt?? While you weren't looking, you let them make a law permitting them to make loans on your behalf, giving them total control of your money. Ask Chat what happens when a government is permitted to print money. In a word...Corruption! Those loans are given to the elite, who in turn exchange the ghost money into hard assets. We proles get get expensive nonfiat benefits such as EID programs throughout our lives. Personal Freedom is a hard fight. Take your gloves off.
It was right that Is unfettered terrorist our damaging. However, when he refers to Chinese e VS that are less expensive, he does not delve into why. In fact, they are less expensive and can be shipped halfway across the world competitively. It is our bloated bureaucracy and high taxes. I was in the transportation and was active in trelocating of many factories to mexico and eventually china. I was even taken chinese language lessons. I was a huge supporter.I thought that it would make the world a better place. I've seen what it's done to america to main street to world main street. We need an even playing field. Unlike Tim walls I was not in Tienamen square. I was scheduled today a week or so later. The trip never happened and my language lessons ended. But most of our production capacity is still gone.
Trump didn't say he would end the Ukraine War within 24 hours "of being elected". Bill is once again delusional.
At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said: “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.” He said that would happen after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. And he keeps repeating the claim on the campaign trail.
To Dave's point - Trump would also be guilty of violating the Hatch act were he to engage in Diplomacy prior to being Inaugurated.
Only dimocrats, like Kerry, Blinken, Milley and Clinton (to name but a few) are allowed to do that without consequence...
Exactly
I don't see "of being elected" in your quotation. And, he hasn't met with Putin at this point. Thanks for corroborating my point.
and has he met with Putin? NO
Ok, Bill is rushing things on this one point. But everything else? Nobody - neither D nor R - can fix this system until it implodes.
Well many of the instances where Bill says the plum needs to fall in order for there to be successful change. Most of those cases are. actually pretty damning. When the plum falls most societies fail completely. Do you know any Chinese history? Do you know any roman history? Do you know how the dark ages became the dark ages?It wasn't because of sunshine. How about Italy, Greece, Syria, Sparta, Egypt, Babylon et al. Has the plum fallen and yet in Russia and Ukraine? We better harvest the plum before it rots .. that is what the attempt is now.
DJ: Then what did Trump say??
Go up to Tom DeArmond's post above where he quotes Trump verbatim (and makes my case for me).
Bill's not dumb. He left out "being elected" to try and make his point. Trump can't do something like that if he is not president.
Lol 😂 nice to see that Mr Bill is still suffering from his TDS. Is it jealousy or just what? Praying his fever will eventually break, but not holding my breath.
Hell Bill, he doesn’t take over until January……cut him just a little slack…..
Rather than simply explaining BB’s opinions as TDS why don’t you provide a cogent argument challenging his data & assumptions? I’m just wondering if there is an opposite condition to TDS. What might that be called?
Lol 😂 it’s been going on for YEARS my friend. It’s one thing to argue statistics but quite another when all you do is belittle and mock the man. It’s really getting old. Bill is a flaming liberal, if you haven’t figured that out yet.
An old school (i.e. Classical) Liberal, not the Marxist Highjacked version. You shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our most celebrated founding fathers were Classical Liberals. Think Washington and Thomas Jefferson. I'd argue that in this hyper Tribalized environment the only folks that have 2020 vision are the old school Classical Liberals.
Ok.
Square this circle rKf -
Trump talks about wanting to do MANY of the things Bonner has said we need to do FOR YEARS. Yet we are subjected to his constant parade of hate and deception. Hmmmmm.
You know what is becoming apparent to MILLIONS of Citizens? The left doesn't want to see America successful and will actively subvert any and all efforts to make it happen. No Lie is too big, no Deception too far fetched and no Theft too blatant.
You people truly suck and ARE the domestic enemies our Founding Documents warn us about...
There never seems to be a shortage of these Marxists/Leftists/Democrats among us my Brother. I remember back when Bill referred to anyone and everyone as "psychopathic" for merely deciding to run for political office (power-mongering dictators them all!) A wise man once told me, "Stupid people tend to judge others by what they do or would do themselves in similar circumstances." I think Bill's foot fits perfectly in that shoe.
I think they are deceived.
What people are you referring to?
I'm referring to the majority of leftist dimocrats in our Country. They are easy to identify - one merely listens to what they say and watches what they do. And they can't help themselves but come out flaming since the Election of 05NOV24...
PS - the Blue/Green/Pink hair, facial piercings and tattoos are also warning signs that you are dealing with a mentally-ill and likely Reality-Denying leftarde. But many of them have none of that and show up wearing a suit everyday. Those are TRULY dangerous ones...
The opposite condition is called common sense. Constant complaining About both sides, also without solutions other than catastrophe is less than helpful. Something's have already changed within the first two hundred hours..... Blue cities eliminating their illegal alien camps and hotel programs. Jacques smith paragon of Legal intellect on the left is Is resigning. So much for his commitment to justice..... Many other changes already taking place too long for here you just need to look for them. No panacea on the horizon for sure. But at least we're tapping the brakes on insanity.
Bill's a Classical Liberal who has no patience for Statolatry. This makes him an equal opportunity offender. Being of Irish decent makes him a world class equal opportunity offender. When you're pissing off both Tribes you know you're on the right track :-)
It's reality ... and reverse TDS ((he's the bestest ever ... maybe 4 zio-Isn'treal) is reality too.
The joke's on you.
At the certainty of repeating myself the real dividend of a Trump administration versus a Harris administration over the next 4 years is all the things that a Trump administration will either stop or NOT do as compared to all the things(universally bad) that a Harris administration would continue to do or add to. The list is a long one. I call it government by negative versus positive action. Negative action(ie, not doing something that the opposition would have done) is impossible to quantify, or even estimate, but I believe it is much more powerful in toto than any positive actions(like onshoring manufacturing as an example) that may occur. But the point remains that however much or little the Trump administration accomplishes by positive or negative action, the country will be immeasurably better off than we would have been under the unmitigated and unrecoverable disaster that would have befallen the nation under Kamala Harris and her Marxist, globalist handlers.
^^^THIS^^^ X 1000
It is inarguable...
Thanks Brian....well said...I keep hoping it sinks in to some others heads, but alas...I'm beginning to think it's just wishful thinking on my part... : /
Politics is team sport, and for some, the team is everything. The team, their team, is more important than the truth. Why? Because their team is the truth. This is both the beginning and the end of madness. In the beginning it all seems right and good. In the end, not so much.
Finishing the previous thought:
… This is both the beginning and the end of madness. In the beginning it all looks right and good. In the end not so much.
Bill’s work with the National Taxpayers Union in the early 1970s has, rightly, given him a jaundiced view of reforming/reducing government. I am hopeful that Elon and Vivek will be more successful. And maybe the illumination provided by the internet will allow the citizens to demand it.
Yes jaundiced, but also realistic. Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping and praying for DOGE's success. We all need to understand that this is metastatic corruption. This is a monumental undertaking. I don't remember any President bringing something like this to the table. I totally agree that they need to engage citizens who will then demand the cuts be implemented. I honestly believe this may be our last chance to get out in front of the incoming credit crisis.
Bill:
Trump will start his agenda the first day in office, on January 20. Stopping 2 wars within 24 hours of his election is stupid; impossible to accomplish and you know that. Give the man a chance. Furthermore, you remarked on trump’s first 4 years. Remember, he was inexperienced to how Washington worked, he had Covid to deal with and more importantly the Democratic Party put many roadblocks in his way, many of them faked. He still accomplished a lot even with all the distractions. As I mentioned to you before give Trump a chance; you will be amazed at what he will accomplish now that he appoints people he trusts and knows how Washington works. AP
I'm starting to get the sense that the very LAST thing Bonner wants to see is Trump (and by extension, the rest of us) be successful.
What an ODD impression to take from a "Financial" newsletter/research service...
The comment section is the most interesting part.
“President Trump has given me three instructions,” Kennedy said. “He wants the corruption and the conflicts out of the regulatory agencies. He wants to return the agencies to the gold standard, empirically-based, evidence-based, science and medicine that they were once famous for, and he wants to end the chronic disease epidemic with measurable impacts on a diminishment of chronic disease within two years.”
Ask yourself this question: What American would be against this? Now hold your nose and go watch MSM :-)
I've been of the mindset for many decades now that the U.S. Government is terminally corrupt. The government will eventually collapse and each state within the former union will need to pick up the pieces. Yes, the U.S. Government could be cleaned up, but the task is monumental. Half the country, the Uniparty, and the unelected bureaucrat army is just fine with the terminal corruption. At this late stage the only person capable of pulling off this miracle would be a benevolent dictator, and we all know that a benevolent dictator is an oxymoron. As for me, I'm doubling down on a tried and true strategy; plan for the worst and hope for the best. Hope makes you feel good, but it isn't a strategy. Yes, I'm a cynical old curmudgeon luddite, but I wasn't born this way. A lifetime of experiences shaped what I've become. I'm very much hoping and praying for Trump's success (i.e. Especially DOGE), but I'm not betting on it. However, this is one bet I'd be happy to lose.
Well said Craig....I'm right there with you! 👍
Hey Craig. I am much the same as you, Completely disgusted Buy this American century. I have relocated to a very very red state and like you I am hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. I like many of trump's appointments so far , but Marco Rubio???
Bonner's drivel-thon continues for day 2. Not that some of his points aren't valid, it's just that he focuses only on the negative and assumes Trump's 2nd term will be an exact replica of his first. As if the situation hasn't changed and Trump has learned nothing. I beg to differ. Just look at his cabinet appointments to date. I will agree that DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) is misnamed. Replace "Efficiency" with "Eradication". Or come up with a whole new acronym about reducing government intrusiveness in our lives. But, on reflection, I think they chose DOGE so as not to be so controversial and are actually looking at eradication. As suggested by others on this page, many Departments and Cabinet positions should be eliminated. And as far as energy, we need to build numerous nuclear power plants. My understanding is that (assuming we actually will build nuclear power plants) it takes the US ten years to build a plant where it takes South Korea three. This is all due to unnecessary regulation. Nuclear power is capital intensive to build, and these delays increase the cost. Nuclear power can be very competitive if allowed to happen in a sane regulatory environment.
Bet that Elon could get it done in under two years - if he didn't have the Regulatory chokehold to deal with...
I agree!
I find it interesting that you choose to project the future (next four years) as if it will certainly repeat the past (2016-2020, Trump's previous presidency). He is perhaps the same man in many ways, but he is a much different man in many more, and the voters are much more informed (at least 51-52% of them are).
First, he will be a lame duck. He has a strong mandate to implement policy and no concern for reelection.
Next, he has the congress (at least most of it, because there's always a Trump-hater RINO or two that will vote against him) that he needs to pass his agenda.
This time, he won the popular vote, even if only by a couple percent (this ignores the FACT that the blue states not requiring voter ID undoubtedly have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of fraudulent votes -- where did the extra 20 million votes from 2020 go?). I think more importantly, he was completely (probably due to arrogance) blind to the workings of Washington in his first term. He trusted folks with different beliefs to "reach across the isle" and work together. Now he knows how it works, and is filling his cabinet with hard charging, loyal, like-minded leaders.
Additionally, the MSM that has vilified him since his 2016 nomination, has been exposed to many of the centrists in this country. If the MSM is talking, they are lying. More people get their news from sources sought out, then those once only available like networks and newspapers. Consider the "free speech promoters" of social media that have been outed as censorship advocates. Then there's the "threat to our democracy" that the sheeple will see never existed. People will see this woke agenda for the lies that they are.
He has two years to make significant changes and stomp down the woke, open border, vote cheating left. I'm optimistic that some of this will create momentum for a better economy. I wish you could grant him the chance.
He can only himself to blame if He hangs himself. As is said by many comments on this , or these pages, He has knowledgeable , competent people around Him. Hope He can do what is just and proper.
Hey Bill, take a deep breath, and why don't you tell us what Joe Biden/Kamala Harris and the rest of your Democrats ought to do in the last 60 days of their mess, to show us that a mistake was made. We would probably get a missive from the past to look over for a day or two, because there would be nothing to report. We got to get Trump into the White House before he can end any wars. I don't trust them (whoever they are), and I wouldn't let my guard down.
I know what joe biden should do in the last sixty days. You start wearing Jill's red pantsuit.
Bill: Stupid stupid remark!
What will they do? They have already imposed more regulations on methane gas. The best thing the DOGE men will do is take a knife to all of these outrageous regulations that strangle business's.
The way Bill has to constantly keep putting Trump down, I’m starting to think Bill might actually be jealous of Trump.
Yes, that thought has crossed my mind many times while trying to figure BB out.
S/GM: No jealousy. just knows Trump’s history better than most people.
I agree with BB . Except why He has not stopped the war in Ukraine. He is not president as Yet. The down fall is correctly stated from What I know and can see . History repeats if not it rhymes. Some things a government can control. Like the mess they create. Other than that stick to Your knitting . Roads water and sewer. things after this fashion. But what do I know . I am just an observer, with no power to change things , but Myself!
There is something you can do. Join an action group engaged in changing something you believe in and become active in it. Remember, freedom is a hard fight. Take this opportunity to join the wagon!
Thanks for Your input. Perhaps if I wore a Younger mans shoes!
To quote j d vance In an earlier interview. "Do you hear yourself?" BB I Is complaining that the president elect has not stopped a war. Have we lost our minds? There's a long way between foreign entanglements and efficient government. Monetary corruption covers the distance.
Man o man is Trump throwing us Americans some prime red meat; RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services!!! Pay very close attention to the criminals that will attempt to block this one. These are the miscreants that need to be removed from society with extreme prejudice and promptly made into gear oil.
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Yes, Musk and ??? will find stiff resistance to any "cuts", and B Bonner did decades ago. I wouldn't bet against Musk of finding a way around the resistance, though, given his plucking "Twitter" out of the Censorship Industrial Complex, firing the 80% of the staff engaged in accomadating Administrative State alphabet security agency demands for information suppression, and transforming the "Censorship Death Star" into a public square where gaslighting posts could be "Community Notes" fact-checked. The struggle should at least be entertaining now that the Fed lawfare on Musk enterprises is at least dialed back a lot.
Well what are we gonna do? Nothing? Start cutting government and set some direction. Everything needs to be cut so get started and see what works best. I can't see much competition for journalists from China but I've sure see Chinese stealing IP. So how you gonna stop em? Tariffs, that's about it as opposed to negotiating. Trump should be saying he got handed a huge pile of shit and it is gonna be a real difficult time to get rid of it for everyone. He can still last for 4 years and some chainsaw action will be gained.