[HN Gopher] Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck from the GOP Policy ...
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       Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck from the GOP Policy Bill
        
       Author : JumpCrisscross
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2025-06-29 17:21 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | https://archive.today/IV3SL
        
       | mindslight wrote:
       | This is good and all. But if they were to remove _all_ of the
       | bits aimed at giving up on the United States, chopping it up, and
       | giving away the pieces to corpos, there would be nothing left. So
       | maybe it 's just better to stop trying to pass any of this big
       | ugly spending bill, and start coming to terms with having put a
       | con artist in the White House who doesn't have the first clue of
       | how to actually solve any of the problems he campaigned on.
        
         | valianteffort wrote:
         | If congressmen never voted on double edged swords or poison
         | pill legislation out of principle, they'd all be labeled do-
         | nothing grandstanders like Thomas Massie. While it may work for
         | Massie, as his constituents are smart enough to know voting no
         | on every bill is better than voting yes on a bad one, most
         | congressmen would not survive that for long.
         | 
         | It is, solely, the fault of disinterested constituents that
         | congress get away with passing laws for special interests and
         | corporate lobby rather than the country at large.
        
           | mystified5016 wrote:
           | It might have something to do with the systematic dismantling
           | of our education system and associated propaganda campaigns
           | convincing the now-uneducated masses that education is evil
           | brainwashing, everyone except white billionaires are actual,
           | literal monsters, voting is pointless, and there's no chance
           | at ever changing anything for the better.
           | 
           | Or maybe several hundred million individual Americans are
           | each bad, lazy people. That sounds more likely.
        
       | burnt-resistor wrote:
       | Well, late Saturday night, secretive _$500B in Medicare cuts_
       | were added, in addition to further _Medicaid_ cuts topping $1
       | trillion, for a combined $1.5T in cuts to poor, disabled, and
       | elderly people who will die or go homeless as a result. No one is
       | paying attention.
        
         | theandrewbailey wrote:
         | The next generation's inheritance has already been spent. Let's
         | not spend any more of their kid's inheritance. We can't afford
         | to kick this can down the road forever, because the road isn't
         | infinite. If we run out of road, everyone might be homeless.
         | 
         | https://usdebtclock.org/
        
           | linotype wrote:
           | Great, raise taxes and cut spending even further. But taxes
           | never get (meaningfully) raised.
        
             | foenix wrote:
             | Exactly. Any discussion about US debt as a barrier to
             | economic process when there are so many other avenues for
             | the state to make revenue is either ignorant at best or
             | disingenuous at worst.
        
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