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[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Any excuse to charge the company credit card. Extracting money from the federal government for their donors has been the reason for being of politicians, since before we were born.

In all likelihood, barring popular muscular opposition, ha ha, they will bankrupt the country and maxx out our credit before the party loses power. I suspect they de facto default by printing money to pay off debts that waters down the value, a classic in monarchies in europe over the centuries, although they had to lower the percent of precious metal in the currency and the value would immediately reflect that, but the debtors had to eat it.

Never make a deal with the powerful, they are not to be trusted, as an ancient adage tells us.