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The Contract on America

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  1. alex43578 · · focus · HN ↗
    Is the author under the impression that foodborne diseases didn&#x27;t spread under previous administrations? There&#x27;s dozens of examples here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_foodborne_illness_outbreaks_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_foodborne_illness_outb...

    Does the author realize that the cuts to USAID, foodstamps, welfare, and other entitlements and waste are a good thing?

    We just surpassed $40 trillion in debt, the bond market is blaring warning signs, and yet the government just keeps wasting money on both democrat and republican causes.

    We shouldn&#x27;t be wasting money on a $47k on a &quot;transgender opera&quot; in Colombia, $100B in food stamps, or $40B on the Iran War.

    Both republicans and democrats are jeopardizing the one thing that truly matters in our government: the ability to pay its obligations. Whether it&#x27;s wasting money on a Tomahawk or a welfare queen, it&#x27;s reprehensible.

    1. dented42 · · focus · HN ↗
      The idea that the point of government is to somehow make a profit seems absurd to me. Any money the government makes is by definition money wasted.
      1. maxerickson · · focus · HN ↗
        If you look at it in terms of abstract benefit rather than profit, it makes sense. We shouldn&#x27;t be doing things where the cost is much more than the benefit.

        A lot of political issues sort of boil down to how you estimate the upside of things.

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