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Not only that, but the companies being disconnected have been ignoring the FCC since February. They were given a new deadline in April that they also ignored.

by dpifke 2y ago

Not only that, but the companies being disconnected have been ignoring the FCC since February. They were given a new deadline in April that they also ignored. Why did it take an additional seven months to start the process of cutting them off?!

Dalewyn 2y ago
Probably because the incoming administration actually has credible possibility of firing public servants who just steal and waste tax dollars. For once in the modern(?) history of the Republican party, the incoming administration is hellbent on pursuing one of the party's core values: Small government. You bet public servants who want to keep enjoying the nectar will frantically try to make themselves look useful.
- RajT88 2y ago
  Listen - without fail, the folks who want to make huge budget cuts because of the face value of certain programs, do not understand what those programs actually do and how the budgets add up. Government waste exists, but not in the quantities that detractors claim it does. Bookmark this comment, and check on how you feel about everything in 4 years. "Small government" is dumb for any highly developed country, and the people that want that are about to find out this harsh reality. The very wealthy and big corporations probably benefit - for a while - until things start happening like CEO's being assassinated in the street. Good thing stuff like that is not happening.
  - Dalewyn 2y ago
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    - RajT88 2y ago
      You don't need to tear down the government to put an end to deficit spending. Thank you for demonstrating: > Listen - without fail, the folks who want to make huge budget cuts because of the face value of certain programs, do not understand what those programs actually do and how the budgets add up.
    - CyberDildonics 2y ago
      Only scientists and retards continue doing the same thing expecting different results, What did you mean by this?
    - astrange 2y ago
      The federal government budget is not a household budget. There's no such thing as having money or not having money. It's a mixed economy and they're the command economy part of it. (This isn't true of state/local governments, those have limited budgets.) More to the point, if you shut down 100% of everything that looks like spending it wouldn't save anything important. The federal government is an insurance agency and all the money goes to Medicare/Social Security payments and military wages. You could shut down the miltary I guess.
      - Dalewyn 2y ago
        >The federal government budget is not a household budget. There's no such thing as having money or not having money. Entire countries default fairly often, the USA is no exception if such a fate befalls us. We've already had our security ratings dropped once before. >More to the point, if you shut down 100% of everything that looks like spending it wouldn't save anything important. So you're saying reducing expenditures won't reduce expenditures. Also, war is peace and freedom is slavery; I implore you to consider WTF you're actually saying. >The federal government is an insurance agency and all the money goes to Medicare/Social Security payments and military wages. You could shut down the miltary I guess. As cited[1] by another commenter, Social Security + Medicare account for 36% of the budget with the military accounting for 14%. Together they're 50% of the budget. Meanwhile, we are $35.46 trillion dollars in debt.[2] These crazy numbers must be balanced sooner or later, and the costs to do so will be cheaper the sooner we do it. Every single part of the government needs to be cut and likely in most cases eliminated outright, that includes Social Security and Medicare and the military. Spending even more money (that we don't have) in the hopes that we get more money and more efficient government as we've been repeatedly doing for fucking decades is a fool's errand. The bottom line if we are borrowing money to make ends meet is: We. Do. Not. Have. Money. Tear the government down until that red ink is no more. It's stupid that even this basic piece of financial logic is considered crazy and controversial. [1]: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... [2]: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/natio...
        2y ago
- delfinom 2y ago
  The joke is, the federal government isn't big due to employee headcount, it's big due to all the shit it spends money on. The headcount is only 2.87 million. Cutting that headcount isn't going to do a thing for "small government". Meanwhile, between NY State and NY City, there are a total of almost 1 million government employees. I can tell where the inefficiency lies and it's not the fed headcount lol. But who knows, maybe they'll finally cut social security and medicare that makes up 55% of the federal budget. We'll have rampant homelessness on every street from old people, just like the pre-1800s, but that's the vibe they are going for.
  - RajT88 2y ago
    SS & Medicare is 36% btw: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... Healthcare system reform would go a long way to reducing those costs, if somehow we could muster the political will.
  - Sohcahtoa82 2y ago
    Social security is self-funded from the social security payroll tax. If the tax collected isn't enough to fund it, maybe we could eliminate the cap on that tax for starters. Eliminating SS or cutting benefits is going to utterly screw millions of elderly.
- astrange 2y ago
  No, they want to pass $3 trillion in tax breaks by extending TCJA. DOGE is 100% fake. If it was real Musk would be appointed at the real thing, OMB, which is an actual agency. He's just going to put up reports saying they should fire individual people for being too woke (or trying to prosecute him for his habit of harassing young women at SpaceX) and nobody is going to read it. But that one isn't real either because government spending is controlled by Congress. The executive branch has little power to reduce it.

by dpifke 2y ago

Dalewyn 2y ago

Probably because the incoming administration actually has credible possibility of firing public servants who just steal and waste tax dollars. For once in the modern(?) history of the Republican party, the incoming administration is hellbent on pursuing one of the party's core values: Small government. You bet public servants who want to keep enjoying the nectar will frantically try to make themselves look useful.

RajT88 2y ago
Listen - without fail, the folks who want to make huge budget cuts because of the face value of certain programs, do not understand what those programs actually do and how the budgets add up. Government waste exists, but not in the quantities that detractors claim it does. Bookmark this comment, and check on how you feel about everything in 4 years. "Small government" is dumb for any highly developed country, and the people that want that are about to find out this harsh reality. The very wealthy and big corporations probably benefit - for a while - until things start happening like CEO's being assassinated in the street. Good thing stuff like that is not happening.
- Dalewyn 2y ago
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  - RajT88 2y ago
    You don't need to tear down the government to put an end to deficit spending. Thank you for demonstrating: > Listen - without fail, the folks who want to make huge budget cuts because of the face value of certain programs, do not understand what those programs actually do and how the budgets add up.
  - CyberDildonics 2y ago
    Only scientists and retards continue doing the same thing expecting different results, What did you mean by this?
  - astrange 2y ago
    The federal government budget is not a household budget. There's no such thing as having money or not having money. It's a mixed economy and they're the command economy part of it. (This isn't true of state/local governments, those have limited budgets.) More to the point, if you shut down 100% of everything that looks like spending it wouldn't save anything important. The federal government is an insurance agency and all the money goes to Medicare/Social Security payments and military wages. You could shut down the miltary I guess.
    - Dalewyn 2y ago
      >The federal government budget is not a household budget. There's no such thing as having money or not having money. Entire countries default fairly often, the USA is no exception if such a fate befalls us. We've already had our security ratings dropped once before. >More to the point, if you shut down 100% of everything that looks like spending it wouldn't save anything important. So you're saying reducing expenditures won't reduce expenditures. Also, war is peace and freedom is slavery; I implore you to consider WTF you're actually saying. >The federal government is an insurance agency and all the money goes to Medicare/Social Security payments and military wages. You could shut down the miltary I guess. As cited[1] by another commenter, Social Security + Medicare account for 36% of the budget with the military accounting for 14%. Together they're 50% of the budget. Meanwhile, we are $35.46 trillion dollars in debt.[2] These crazy numbers must be balanced sooner or later, and the costs to do so will be cheaper the sooner we do it. Every single part of the government needs to be cut and likely in most cases eliminated outright, that includes Social Security and Medicare and the military. Spending even more money (that we don't have) in the hopes that we get more money and more efficient government as we've been repeatedly doing for fucking decades is a fool's errand. The bottom line if we are borrowing money to make ends meet is: We. Do. Not. Have. Money. Tear the government down until that red ink is no more. It's stupid that even this basic piece of financial logic is considered crazy and controversial. [1]: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... [2]: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/natio...
      - 2y ago
delfinom 2y ago
The joke is, the federal government isn't big due to employee headcount, it's big due to all the shit it spends money on. The headcount is only 2.87 million. Cutting that headcount isn't going to do a thing for "small government". Meanwhile, between NY State and NY City, there are a total of almost 1 million government employees. I can tell where the inefficiency lies and it's not the fed headcount lol. But who knows, maybe they'll finally cut social security and medicare that makes up 55% of the federal budget. We'll have rampant homelessness on every street from old people, just like the pre-1800s, but that's the vibe they are going for.
- RajT88 2y ago
  SS & Medicare is 36% btw: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... Healthcare system reform would go a long way to reducing those costs, if somehow we could muster the political will.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y ago
  Social security is self-funded from the social security payroll tax. If the tax collected isn't enough to fund it, maybe we could eliminate the cap on that tax for starters. Eliminating SS or cutting benefits is going to utterly screw millions of elderly.
astrange 2y ago
No, they want to pass $3 trillion in tax breaks by extending TCJA. DOGE is 100% fake. If it was real Musk would be appointed at the real thing, OMB, which is an actual agency. He's just going to put up reports saying they should fire individual people for being too woke (or trying to prosecute him for his habit of harassing young women at SpaceX) and nobody is going to read it. But that one isn't real either because government spending is controlled by Congress. The executive branch has little power to reduce it.