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[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck your kids, billionaires need yet another tax break. -Republicans.

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[–] Whar@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

What a weird priority to have.

[–] theDuesentrieb@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

thinner kids are harder targets /s

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[–] MikeHfuhruhurr@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The one bright side of this article is that it's coming from The New Republic, which is traditionally more conservative. And the author is calling out how sad this plan is.

edit: I'm wrong? This never happens! see reply below.

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[–] MaxPower@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I love the poorly educated"

They sure do. Dumb people vote for dumb candidates.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

These chucklefucks always seem to choose the more expensive way of going about it in the name of saving taxpayers money. Abject morons.

[–] awwsom@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and this is developed nation XD

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[–] SnowboardBum@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very on brand for them. Especially after they denied free school lunch in North Dakota and turned around a week or so later and raised their daily meal allowance.

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[–] albert180@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Republicans ensuring the US will continue wandering the path to a 3rd world country.

[–] KnittingTrekker@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not American... But I have to say, this sounds just so comically evil it seems something only a badly written cartoon villain would say, like "I will kick all puppies and banish chocolate"

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[–] miroppb@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • cut Social Security and Medicare
  • make Trump’s tax cuts for the top 1 percent permanent
  • impose work requirements on “all federal benefit programs,” like food stamps and Medicare
  • extend work requirements on those aged 55–64
  • bring back all of twice-impeached and twice-arrested former President Donald Trump’s deregulations, including the weakening of environmental protection.

Well then

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[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Using public funds to help people? Not on the GOP's watch.

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[–] pocahontas@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's a weird priority to have... even weirder to be so proud to announce it

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[–] alottachairs@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Vote em out! not voting is complacency. Not voting is showing that this is acceptable.

I'm not saying voting is the only action needed, but it is an absolute bear minimum.

[–] SmugBedBug@lemmy.iswhereits.at 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's like they say, universal free school meals leads to a lazy population and communism.

Jokes aside, I really don't understand their fear of anything that resembles socialized programs.

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[–] Zelsabriel@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But I thought they were so worried about the children... /s

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[–] LordGloom@vlemmy.net 7 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, they literally get free lunch. It's some ridiculous stipend over $100 a day. Tax corporations and the 1%, no never. Starving children though, excellent idea. Can't get kick backs from a single parent who's struggling. Plus we can use the money we saved to give Uvalde another armored vehicle. That'll help the children. We are truly screwed.

[–] levochemist@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

How is this a thing that people rally for? Like WTF

[–] brunskillZ@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More orphans for the the orphan crushing machine

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