Is this time different?

[FoxtArt]

The reason I asked the question in the title is that this time, we have an administration that is willing to handle the shutdown in a way that shows we don't need all of the vast bureaucracy that has been built up over decades, that life can go on with a more minimalist government -- and ironically, the Trump administration may be poised to make even deeper cuts in the bureaucracy than they could have if the Democrats went along with the House GOP budget.

For every admin it's all theator. I know you feel your position is truth and everything else is incorrect, but we'll have a 45T deficit by the end of this term. That's not an exaggeration and that's assuming we don't have further spending increases under Trump (we already have so far).

Even Musk dropped this charade, if you lay off 10% of the employees you have an issue with, you've generated headlines and saved 0.000001% of the federal budget, while people ignore that you're spending 5% more YOY. They could fire every federal employee and it really wouldn't make up for the increases in what they are already spending just this year.

The Big Borrowing Bill demonstrated to Musk that this admin cares not about deficit. Regarding spending, what's the adage? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me once, shame on me, fool me three times, I'll still vote for you, fool me four times... We're pretty much on #4 at this point.

[eddiememphis]

...fool me four times...

... Diana DeGette.

27 years and counting. Term limits? Perish the thought. Look at all the good she has done. Really, look. It's pretty easy to count to zero.

[FoxtArt]

... Diana DeGette.

27 years and counting. Term limits? Perish the thought. Look at all the good she has done. Really, look. It's pretty easy to count to zero.

Excellent example EM. Once someone's name is recognized well enough, little else matters. Term limits would help, but I wish there was an even better solution that mitigated the incumbent bias (I don't have one).

Plenty of other examples all throughout congress, of course.