Political Meme - Cartoon/Joke Thread...Part XXXIII

[mdb-tpet]

You could confiscate 100% of every billionaire’s wealth and still not operate the federal government for one year.

Yes, we need tax reform, but the spending is (and has been) completely out of control for decades.

And again, it’s a simple equation. I don’t care what you spend, if you never bring in enough revenues to cover expenses, you will go bankrupt. One party wants to invest and pay for things while taxing for those expenses, and the other party just cuts taxes and then wants to not pay for things we need to spend money on. But whatever, I’m never going to convince you of anything, like the fact that we spent $7.05 trillion last year federally, and the billionaires actually have more than that in assets they admit to at $7.5 or more.

 

[81usaf92]

Well Iranians are not typically Burka wearing Muslims. Thats more hard line Sunni countries like Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan, and African countries. Iran is more of a hijab place but the overall point makes sense if you want to make the comparison of the No kings protests to the Iranian protests.

 

[crimsonaudio]

And again, it’s a simple equation. I don’t care what you spend, if you never bring in enough revenues to cover expenses, you will go bankrupt. One party wants to invest and pay for things while taxing for those expenses, and the other party just cuts taxes and then wants to not pay for things we need to spend money on. But whatever, I’m never going to convince you of anything, like the fact that we spent $7.05 trillion last year federally, and the billionaires actually have more than that in assets they admit to at $7.5 or more.

The fact that you cannot admit that we have a spending problem, but instead insist that we just need to take more money from others, is telling.

No, you’ll never convince me we just need more taxes. We need spending cuts AND increases revenue.

The uniparty has gotten us here, and unless / until more people recognize that both parties are spending too much, the death spiral will continue.

 

[Bamaro]

The fact that you cannot admit that we have a spending problem, but instead insist that we just need to take more money from others, is telling.

No, you’ll never convince me we just need more taxes. We need spending cuts AND increases revenue.

The uniparty has gotten us here, and unless / until more people recognize that both parties are spending too much, the death spiral will continue.

I'll say it again. Its both, spending and revenue!!!

The United States Collects Less Tax Revenue Than Other G7 Countries​

The United States Collects Less Tax Revenue Than Other G7 Countries

The U.S. collects less tax revenues compared with other G7 countries, and that lower level of revenues is a key driver of the national debt.

www.pgpf.org

 

[mdb-tpet]

The fact that you cannot admit that we have a spending problem, but instead insist that we just need to take more money from others, is telling.

No, you’ll never convince me we just need more taxes. We need spending cuts AND increases revenue.

The uniparty has gotten us here, and unless / until more people recognize that both parties are spending too much, the death spiral will continue.

I'll be glad to say it. We spend FAR too much money...on defense, highways, oil and gas subsidies, and the like and not nearly enough on investing in our children in public education, nor enough in public health, not enough in making our cities more livable (easier and safer to move around). I'm not an expert enough in our budget to say whether or not the total expenditures is too high or too low in the long run, except that we should spend MORE on investing in our country in ways that pay for themselves such as bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and ways to make our communities more cohesive, connected and healthy (see Strong Towns for a coherent way to design our cities that are economically sustainable). And we should spend far LESS on things that cost us down the road like wars, automobile infrastructure, and polluting enterprises.

So, in the short, you and I agree we spend too much money on a lot of things, and not enough other places that will amplify our expenditures.

But in the end, whatever we spend, we have to pay for, one way or another. And letting the richest people and companies pay decreasing percentages of their wealth and earnings through tax chicanery and walk away with massive increases in wealth while we watch the deficit explode is one the MAIN issues to me. It's very difficult to only cut your way to solvency, as you should smartly tackle both sides of the equation, expenditures AND taxes. So, when all I see is, "we have to cut spending", it just smacks as only half the answer.

Lastly, here we are again, in a war, with the Pentagon asking for $200 Billion more money, yet no tax increase has even been mentioned. All primarily what we're going to see from the current administration and conservatives and the like is "we have to cut spending", but who's going to actually pay for the every increasing budget and wars? The bottom 60% of the country are already largely tapped out.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

How does this nitwit keep getting elected? Sheesh!

 

[Bazza]

 

[92tide]

I'll be glad to say it. We spend FAR too much money...on defense, highways, oil and gas subsidies, and the like and not nearly enough on investing in our children in public education, nor enough in public health, not enough in making our cities more livable (easier and safer to move around). I'm not an expert enough in our budget to say whether or not the total expenditures is too high or too low in the long run, except that we should spend MORE on investing in our country in ways that pay for themselves such as bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and ways to make our communities more cohesive, connected and healthy (see Strong Towns for a coherent way to design our cities that are economically sustainable). And we should spend far LESS on things that cost us down the road like wars, automobile infrastructure, and polluting enterprises.

So, in the short, you and I agree we spend too much money on a lot of things, and not enough other places that will amplify our expenditures.

But in the end, whatever we spend, we have to pay for, one way or another. And letting the richest people and companies pay decreasing percentages of their wealth and earnings through tax chicanery and walk away with massive increases in wealth while we watch the deficit explode is one the MAIN issues to me. It's very difficult to only cut your way to solvency, as you should smartly tackle both sides of the equation, expenditures AND taxes. So, when all I see is, "we have to cut spending", it just smacks as only half the answer.

Lastly, here we are again, in a war, with the Pentagon asking for $200 Billion more money, yet no tax increase has even been mentioned. All primarily what we're going to see from the current administration and conservatives and the like is "we have to cut spending", but who's going to actually pay for the every increasing budget and wars? The bottom 60% of the country are already largely tapped out.

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/gop-health-care-pay-iran-war

GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war​

Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

No kings, y'all.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

 

[Huckleberry]

 

[Bodhisattva]

 

[Bodhisattva]

 

[Bodhisattva]

And again, it’s a simple equation. I don’t care what you spend, if you never bring in enough revenues to cover expenses, you will go bankrupt. One party wants to invest and pay for things while taxing for those expenses, and the other party just cuts taxes and then wants to not pay for things we need to spend money on. But whatever, I’m never going to convince you of anything, like the fact that we spent $7.05 trillion last year federally, and the billionaires actually have more than that in assets they admit to at $7.5 or more.

You should care how much the government spends and want the feds to only spend money on constitutionally justifiable things. Federal spending is supposed to be limited in scope. The people spending money are the most retarded people with access to the nation's checkbook.

Waste is not investment. I have yet to write a government contract - in 17.5 years - that was not largely or completely waste.

I'm not sure where this faith in big government comes from. From the structure of Social Security to trillions of dollars yearly in unjustified spending, we are getting ripped off.

 

[Bodhisattva]

No kings, y'all.

Yeah, decrying billionaires while taking money from billionaires to throw a tantrum makes it just a bit difficult to take these clowns seriously.

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[Bamaro]

How does this nitwit keep getting elected? Sheesh!

That misses the point. He acts like a king and his cabinet and congress allows it to continue.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

 

[Huckleberry]

 

[crimsonaudio]