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brush

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28. Wonder when he and Muck will start fighting?
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:28 AM
Nov 2024

Those two huge egos sure won't be able. to share leading an agency.

And he must be talking abut government employees not SS recipients because cutting off income of seventy-five percent of SS recipients will can't happen. People will be in the streets demanding the money taken from their checks during a lifetime of working.

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He wants the elderly and poor to die in the street like in India dalton99a Nov 2024 #1
Well, I guess I'm out. dmr Nov 2024 #2
But it clearly shows how they think. Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 #10
It figures. TexasTowelie Nov 2024 #3
Oh, guess I'm out then 0rganism Nov 2024 #4
I can't even Hekate Nov 2024 #5
Is zero even or odd? Hugin Nov 2024 #6
Even NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2024 #7
That's a 10% chance LetsGetSmartAboutIt Nov 2024 #78
What the hell lis he talking about? MadameButterfly Nov 2024 #8
He was talking about Greg_In_SF Nov 2024 #12
Thank you Tickle Nov 2024 #23
How is that more rational? yardwork Nov 2024 #36
Oh, what a relief! Nothing bad will happen! He's only gutting the federal governemnt!! hatrack Nov 2024 #41
I'm FOR Greg_In_SF Nov 2024 #77
I was just about to post this SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2024 #42
Civil Service reduction CanonRay Nov 2024 #53
Where this came from (and before killing myself) soandso Nov 2024 #9
Your post is an important clarification luv2fly Nov 2024 #15
Last line in the OP tweet said something about government efficiency soandso Nov 2024 #17
"it is a thought experiment, not a policy prescription" Grokenstein Nov 2024 #18
sick fucks "think" like this John Shaft Nov 2024 #80
The US federal government employs about 3 million people Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #24
And how will our economy respond to 3 million people who can't buy anything? yardwork Nov 2024 #37
Maybe they could replace the people they are going to deport. tetedur Nov 2024 #61
I'm sorry, but the bigger issue is that the idiot apparently thinks the Federal Government can operate with Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #83
Wonder when he and Muck will start fighting? brush Nov 2024 #28
The basic problem with Swamy's so-called thought experiment... Hugin Nov 2024 #38
States LiberalFighter Nov 2024 #49
I had never seen the actual breakdown. Hugin Nov 2024 #54
Residence when applied for, yes. I was born in NC but grew up in Fla. ms liberty Nov 2024 #82
Interesting. So we can have a total maximum population of 610 million. Turbineguy Nov 2024 #63
Exactly! SheltieLover Nov 2024 #58
That does, however, prove he is an idiot, who knows nothing about government or real life muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #39
It's pukeworthy that inevitably Smarmy and Eloon believe that they are undoubtedly... Hugin Nov 2024 #43
There is no need for an efficiency cut as that shit Swamy is proposing. LiberalFighter Nov 2024 #50
I haven't listened to the full conversation soandso Nov 2024 #65
If it shouldn't be taken seriously, then he's stupid muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #69
I think the video is from Sept of '23 soandso Nov 2024 #74
September 2024. muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #75
Well jfz9580m Nov 2024 #81
Thanks and I'm not surprised by that soandso Nov 2024 #86
Agreed jfz9580m Nov 2024 #87
Up until about 2011 SSN were distributed based on states LiberalFighter Nov 23 #89
*Shrug* As a retired Federal Government (USPS, USMC) employee I'm not eligible for SS. Ping Tung Nov 2024 #66
It has nothing to do with SS soandso Nov 2024 #67
Who elected that shithead? Klarkashton Nov 2024 #11
No one. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #13
Goebbels, Goering, Mengele and others were not elected. usonian Nov 2024 #20
It is very discriminatory. The first number is your state. LeftInTX Nov 2024 #14
Mine is from the Milwaukee area xmas74 Nov 2024 #16
Do any of you Greg_In_SF Nov 2024 #19
I worked for MO State for 15 years. xmas74 Nov 2024 #88
Yeah. I don't really understand why he thinks there would be no lawsuits. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #44
WTF Figarosmom Nov 2024 #21
comfirmed to what? He has not been nominated to anything drray23 Nov 2024 #85
This guy is LilElf70 Nov 2024 #22
Oooh! I'll play: "If your name has two Vs in it, we tie a millstone around your neck and toss you into the ocean!" struggle4progress Nov 2024 #25
If your name has two Vs in it, we put you in a rickety old cart and drag you over to madam guillotine ...... Trueblue1968 Nov 2024 #27
Why do they not like odd numbers? FlyingPiggy Nov 2024 #26
That's stupid peregrinus Nov 2024 #29
Take a revolver and put one bullet... Girard442 Nov 2024 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2024 #45
Good morning Sunshine! GP6971 Nov 2024 #46
Not at all. He's discussing an absurd game of chance... Girard442 Nov 2024 #47
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2024 #48
This should have been campaign fodder. GreenWave Nov 2024 #31
Whereas, if the first two and last two digits total 23, Buns_of_Fire Nov 2024 #32
I didn't see you had already posted this and I just posted it. But it is a good post riversedge Nov 2024 #33
Gid what a moron underpants Nov 2024 #34
Don't react JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #35
Ok mini-thanos. That makes perfect sense. JanMichael Nov 2024 #40
That's not 75%. Half will go with ending in odd and take some portion of those starting with even will also be culled. 33taw Nov 2024 #51
They will all just say stuff to inflame us. Don't take the bait. 33taw Nov 2024 #52
Suppose you have two elderly couples. One couple gets everything cut & the other nothing. CrispyQ Nov 2024 #55
He's not talking about SS reciepients Zeitghost Nov 2024 #72
It's still stupid. -nt CrispyQ Nov 2024 #73
From the SS Administration. Historic NY Nov 2024 #56
Things didn't end so well for Thanos, either. C_U_L8R Nov 2024 #57
If you voted for Trump you are out... There is 50%... kirby Nov 2024 #59
Whew! Polybius Nov 2024 #60
And what is Trump's SSN? NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2024 #62
Good Lord. cpamomfromtexas Nov 2024 #64
That's fine. BannonsLiver Nov 2024 #68
Well I'm fucked MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #70
doesn't even matter WHAT he is talking about Skittles Nov 2024 #71
It's not a problem. Aussie105 Nov 2024 #76
I am Indian and I am so ashamed of this guy jfz9580m Nov 2024 #79
Efficient. No one has to check to see if you are a republican or a Democrat to fire you. Autumn Nov 2024 #84
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