makes me think of doctor's visits too. doctor will dig until he finds something that can be treated with pills, preferably forever pills ! As to the govt, it is interesting to see what is in those holes. I am curious to read, where the millions upon millions that cannot be accounted for went. That must indeed be a very deep hole. Or may be it is just a hole in a pocket?
The. Sad part of this excavation is that that some seriously destructive programs ( operations ) will be shielded by National Security. On the flip side contracts that are given as a reward, such as recently reported, condoms to Gaza seems baffling at first glance but to big pharma subsidiaries, it is a golden balloon.
So many of the disbursements are clearly a jobs program; much of it crackpot and also, in a bizarre way, very necessary. Deindustrialisation has gutted the real economy and credentialing sector bloat has created an enormous pool of people who expect white collar jobs. This is not going to be easy.
Who knew federal judges had that much power?! And why didn’t they exercise that to stop spending on a whim? If they can block the executive branch from suspending spending, any and all spending should be fair game as well, no?
Perhaps I'm too pessimistic, but I see this [spending pause] as something that is arguably reasonable in conception, but doomed to be carried out in a horribly destructive way.
makes me think of doctor's visits too. doctor will dig until he finds something that can be treated with pills, preferably forever pills ! As to the govt, it is interesting to see what is in those holes. I am curious to read, where the millions upon millions that cannot be accounted for went. That must indeed be a very deep hole. Or may be it is just a hole in a pocket?
Historically, when the Government doesn't provide details about what it is doing, it is doing something illegal, or immoral, or both.
I thought the spending pause was just an attempt to analyze the dirt that had been dug out of the hole and maybe shovel some of it back in.
The. Sad part of this excavation is that that some seriously destructive programs ( operations ) will be shielded by National Security. On the flip side contracts that are given as a reward, such as recently reported, condoms to Gaza seems baffling at first glance but to big pharma subsidiaries, it is a golden balloon.
So many of the disbursements are clearly a jobs program; much of it crackpot and also, in a bizarre way, very necessary. Deindustrialisation has gutted the real economy and credentialing sector bloat has created an enormous pool of people who expect white collar jobs. This is not going to be easy.
💯The good old professional managerial class!
Yes, exactly. With maybe one reasonably good administrator for every ten thousand miserable, mediocre hacks.
Judge be doing this: A fine example of the Professional Managerial Class protecting itself. (From rational/reality)
Who knew federal judges had that much power?! And why didn’t they exercise that to stop spending on a whim? If they can block the executive branch from suspending spending, any and all spending should be fair game as well, no?
Yes, especially spending on Israel to support genocide, a crime.
Rat has captured the very essence of American domestic and foreign policy here!! Bravo!! I adore Rat!!!
Perhaps I'm too pessimistic, but I see this [spending pause] as something that is arguably reasonable in conception, but doomed to be carried out in a horribly destructive way.
Well, at least we’re finding out quite surprising things U.S. government has been paying for:
https://x.com/RigasDome/status/1884173475465552213 (Google translation mostly good)
“Closing event”.
Really liked this one. A great little satire on the myopic rational mind.