Congress has made no efforts to secure more disaster relief funding… Congress is now in recess until November 12, and while Biden had considered calling Congress back into session early to approve more FEMA funding, there has been no progress.
I love how both parties are like “Sure, there’s an election in a month. But fuck anybody who needs help. What the fuck do we care? People will vote for us just because they hate the other party.”
In Ireland, before every election, we have what’s called a “giveaway budget”, where whoever is in government will give a bunch of random discounts and supports on stuff like electricity and college fees. They’re supposed to make the government more popular before the election. They don’t do anything to make economic conditions better and they’re a pathetic attempt to make people like the government.
It’s pure cynical politics, where for a month the government pretends to care. The USA can’t even do that. They just let people in their country die, because they’re spending all their money and time killing people abroad
They hardly work at all. It’s amazing how powerful simple propaganda can be - phrasing for example. They call their paid vacations “recesses” and Americans don’t even pay attention.
As If legal insider trading isn’t enough of a perk - they can have a working dinner and chomp on a $300 meal on the lobbyists dime. And they travel to Paris or London or wherever for free. They pretend they actually go to lectures on climate change when they sightsee. Meanwhile Evil Corp is greenwashing and their execs are laughing.
I love how both parties are like “Sure, there’s an election in a month. But fuck anybody who needs help. What the fuck do we care? People will vote for us just because they hate the other party.”
In Ireland, before every election, we have what’s called a “giveaway budget”, where whoever is in government will give a bunch of random discounts and supports on stuff like electricity and college fees. They’re supposed to make the government more popular before the election. They don’t do anything to make economic conditions better and they’re a pathetic attempt to make people like the government.
It’s pure cynical politics, where for a month the government pretends to care. The USA can’t even do that. They just let people in their country die, because they’re spending all their money and time killing people abroad
Is this effectively a 6 week paid vacation?
They get this constantly.
Ideally it supposed to be so they can go home and meet with their constituents, but that never happens. They’re afraid of us.
They hardly work at all. It’s amazing how powerful simple propaganda can be - phrasing for example. They call their paid vacations “recesses” and Americans don’t even pay attention.
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Ninja edit
I did a little googling.
Well duh, when are they supposed to go on extravagant outings with all their lobbiests
As If legal insider trading isn’t enough of a perk - they can have a working dinner and chomp on a $300 meal on the lobbyists dime. And they travel to Paris or London or wherever for free. They pretend they actually go to lectures on climate change when they sightsee. Meanwhile Evil Corp is greenwashing and their execs are laughing.
Yes. They work so hard getting bribed, I mean wined and dined by lobbyists, until then.