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[-] Freeposity@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."

Nevermind that Trump and the rest of the congressional Republicans increased the national debt by 3 trillion dollars already, fuck you kid for wanting something good for everyone instead of only wanting good stuff for the Epstein class.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Fun fact:

(Add 2 trillion to this pie... wait 3 trillion? No wait.. almost 4, Now? Well, add 4 trillion to this chart for the ole pedophile just for good measure...)

[-] crozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That chart is pre-ballroom and Iran war, too.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

His base: "we need a president to run this country like a business!"

Their guy: bankrupts every business he runs... including 6 casinos. (CASINOS! Fucking literal money printers...)

[-] zeroConnection@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."

Well, she is absolutely right about that. She should know, because it's her generation's fault.

Foxx, who voted for the spending bill that the Congressional Budget Office projected would add $3.4 trillion to the national debt, told a 10-year-old that he and his classmates would be responsible for paying it down.

How are these people in charge of anything?

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

How are they in charge? They get voted in because better people are not running or not getting voted for in many cases. Gerrymandering protects some of them.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago

Because we select our leaders via rigged popularity contests then let them sit in office with zero accountability, zero modern standards for hiring or work oversight, and "performance evaluations" every 2-6 years. Imagine running a company that way.

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

There's also more of them.

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

There are not more boomers anymore. Maybe a higher percentage vote.

[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

A big reason the DNC didn't want a primary in 2024 is because boomer votes probably can't carry primary candidates any longer.

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[-] blitzen@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

I don't even need to look up her party affiliation to know that she's a republican. I mean, the average age of congress can be blamed equally on both parties, but an octogenarian who talks shit on education, is super "concerned" about the national debt, and speaks in a shitty manner toward a child is definitely republican.

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[-] brownsugga@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

this is age-ism, but i really don't think anyone past 80 should be in charge of anything beyond self-care

[-] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Old people who are smart, retire and enjoy their later years as much as they are able. Shitty con artists grab on until the last breath of their rotting corpse. It's not about age, it's about character.

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[-] dan69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m sorry, but why isnt* grandma retired? Like I hate it when I seek the elderly working!

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure she opposes social programs like social security

[-] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

If you pitched this as a scene in a satirical movie, you'd be told to tone it down a bit.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No prizes for guessing this congresswoman’s party affiliation.

Not that “Yahoo Entertainment” (news is dead, i know) even bothered to put it in the entire article, much less the headline.

The congresswoman started by thanking Christian for writing. She said they agreed about the importance of innovation in the automobile industry.

That was the last kind thing in the letter.

Foxx told the 10-year-old that his request meant taking money out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who might not be able to afford an electric vehicle themselves. She told him the country was heading toward bankruptcy and economic failure. She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."

She capitalized "YOU." She was writing to a fourth grader.

Then she linked him to six articles from Fox News, National Review, The Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal editorial board — articles about the failures of climate change policy.

And then she turned on his teacher.

What a fuckwit piece of shit.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

She will be high on Luigi 2.0's list

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Its Virginia Foxx. Hard to be shocked. The idea of children being raped brings her joy.

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We need age limits on politicians.

[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

it should be tied to whatever is legally the earliest you can get social security. If the government thinks your at an age that's reasonable to retire, maybe you should not be making our rules anymore.

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[-] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

She’s bought and paid for by the petro union.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Also she's like a bazillion years old. Who the fuck even is she?!?

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

No, she's an elder boomer who is literally brain damaged by lead poisoning, she really believes what she's saying.

Boomers should be excluded from positions of authority for that one fact alone.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8307752/

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

An 82 year old congresswoman.

Christ.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

More importantly, another group of dumb voters supporting a corrupt old coot that does not give a shit about the future.

[-] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Have fun in hell you rotten old Bitch.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That kid should get the top grade for the project. She really proved his thesis that this is something she needs to learn about

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This bitch runs the district north of me. I say this a native of WNC. Fucking hillbillies are stupid. Edit--- and me saying this is why I could never run for public office. I think my own people are mouth breathing morons who will vote for any dipshit that has a bible in their hand. This bitch is not even from WNC but yet but every Popcorn Sutton from the holler licks her festering taint.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Because of course

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