Subj : Re: Tariffs have purpose
To   : Mike Powell
From : Gregory Deyss
Date : Thu Feb 20 2025 22:11:18

On 20 Feb 2025, Mike Powell said the following...
 
 MP> > In addition to that going on. Doge IS finding Billions of fraud, waste an
 MP> > abuse.  But if you listen to liberal networks and lefty media they sugges
 MP> > there is nothing to see here.
 MP> 
 MP> DOGE has found some low-hanging fruit (USAID) but they've also announced
 MP> other "fraud" that involves their misunderstanding of system default
 MP> dates and would indeed be "nothing to see here" if it were not so
 MP> worrisome.
Low hanging fruit?  - I think its more than that. 
Several initiatives - many of them were outside the the United States.

It is also concerning that there are Millions of people on the Social Security rolls that are past 130 years old and older. 
One of them is older than the United States itself. 

 MP> Just because it is "approved spending" doesn't mean it is not wasteful.
 MP> The Republicans have also approved many things that are a waste, too, I
 MP> am sure.  Hint - DOGE is also suggesting cuts to Defense spending, which
 MP> is typically not something Democrats race to spend money on.
well, when we see The final List that DOGE has on the who's who - 
that could show who sponsored the spending, as in what party they belong to.

For the moment it is mere speculation based on who are these people are. 
It is my opinion it is the Democrats that need victims. 
Republicans - not so much.  

 MP> > The last election makes what liberals want irrelevant. Completely!
 MP> Not really.  A lot of people voted for Trump because they were tired of
 MP> seeing their grocery bills go up and were tired of being unheared.  So
 MP> far, they've not received *any* relief at the grocery store.  Others
 MP> voted for him as the lesser of two evils... it was either him or someone
 MP> who was completely incompetent as VP.

I just remember the Biden Administration telling us that issues from 
Rising Costs at the Supermarket
Illegal Immigration 
Inflation 
Other Problems  
That these issues were all resolved. They said "Things were better now."
They were not.

We all eat Mike. People in Blue States as well as Red States. 
We all have stomachs. Help is coming. 
Trump has only been in office for about 30 days.

In 30 days Trump has done more positive things then Biden has done in his entire Presidency / I would even wage to say that Trump has done more in 30 days than Biden has done in his entire 50 year political career. 

 MP> Only the most partisan of Trump voters were looking for someone to "stick
 MP> it to the liberals/left/Democrats."  The rest just didn't want 4 more
 MP> years of what we already had.
After how vile they were and everything that they tried to do. You Betcha!
No more calling a reporter a stupid SOB. 
No more mumbling or shuffling off, ignoring questions being shouted - ignored. 
No more Reporters being treated like cattle 
 - w/ White House staff shouting Out! Everyone Out! 
No more words like malarkey, or phrases like "lying dog face pony soldier" 
No more "come on man" or "heres the deal"
No more falling up a set of stairs or falling off a bicycle. 
and best of all No more Chinese Spy Balloons traversing across the country.  

Do I need to play this tune for the next four years, like a democrat pulls out the same set chapters from their playbook. Every Four Years.  
No. But then again Our Victory Lap - has only just begun. 

.... Still waitng for that Coffee :)

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