Why NOT to vote Republican

[frugal-one]

Don’t worry. The administrative state will still swell with $60 billion worth of new troops.

That is what the republicans wanted... more military spending.

[Alan]

That is what the republicans wanted... more military spending.

He was talking about IRS troops, that's what the Democrats wanted.

[LDAHL]

So what is it Republicans don't like about VP Harris? That she once dated Willie Brown? Wears pantsuits? Is a pretty woman of color? As far as I can tell, she's just as unremarkable as most veeps.

I first heard about her when as the California AG she tried forcing non-profits to provide their donor information. Fearing the information would be used by government and activists to harass or intimidate their donors, they fought back and ultimately won in the courts. Her presidential primary campaign was pretty unremarkable, except to trying to brand Joe Biden as a racist. Ever since taking office, we mainly hear about her being assigned grandiose tasks and making incoherent public statements.

She seems to be a fairly untalented hack, which is not all that unusual.

[frugal-one]

Don’t worry. The administrative state will still swell with $60 billion worth of new troops.

And much more gained by investigating tax evaders!

[frugal-one]

I first heard about her when as the California AG she tried forcing non-profits to provide their donor information. Fearing the information would be used by government and activists to harass or intimidate their donors, they fought back and ultimately won in the courts. Her presidential primary campaign was pretty unremarkable, except to trying to brand Joe Biden as a racist. Ever since taking office, we mainly hear about her being assigned grandiose tasks and making incoherent public statements.

She seems to be a fairly untalented hack, which is not all that unusual.

meaning?

[bae]

He was talking about IRS troops, that's what the Democrats wanted.

“Troops”?

[JaneV2.0]

By "troops" Republicans mean accountants.

[jp1]

Don’t worry. The administrative state will still swell with $60 billion worth of new troops.

I’m not worried. I just find it odd that republicans are pro tax cheat. It also highlights how all their hand wringing about the deficit is just a bunch of performative BS. But performative BS is pretty much their whole agenda these days. I mean seriously, that stupid bitch Boehbert was so busy performing that she couldn’t even make it to the floor of the house in time to even vote on the debt ceiling bill try that she had been screeching endlessly about.

[jp1]

“Troops”?

Using troops to describe IRS employees is probably intended to denigrate the professionalism of IRS auditors while having plausible deniability that that was what was being done. Republicans are big on the whole plausible deniability thing.

[Alan]

Using troops to describe IRS employees is probably intended to denigrate the professionalism of IRS auditors while having plausible deniability that that was what was being done. Republicans are big on the whole plausible deniability thing.

Or it could be that people with a military background are accustomed to referring to the mass of people within fixed organizations as troops. For that matter, I suppose those with a background in Scouting might do the same.