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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @suzannederusha1370
    @suzannederusha1370 День назад +127

    Putting your trust in the guy with 34 felonies and 6 bankruptcies is not a good plan.

    • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
      @JohnMcDermott-t6l 23 часа назад +4

      @@suzannederusha1370 so the question becomes, how did so many people believe it was?

    • @markfeland2285
      @markfeland2285 23 часа назад

      ​@@JohnMcDermott-t6l Propaganda and disinformation with a whole lot of media help

    • @randominternetuser2888
      @randominternetuser2888 22 часа назад +2

      ​@JohnMcDermott-t6l
      His buddies are very good at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

    • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
      @JohnMcDermott-t6l 21 час назад

      @randominternetuser2888 true, Edward Bernaise is primary example.
      It is no reason to sit back and be silent, as if we are watching TV. I believe that those of us awsre of the constant and persistent propaganda need to provoke thought, like this channel. But we cannot allow channels like this to validate our thinking without sharing. Like, you provoked this response.
      So, we are surrounded by lies that support and draw us into apathy to allow a fascist private take over of the United States. It has been behibd the scenes since tge Trilateral Commission launched, also known as neoliberalism. How can we break fown and subvert propaganda with billions of dollars in backing revenue. How do the people, who have been purposely fractured abd divided come together are stand as the h
      Government in this democracy. We have global social media, how can we use it.
      What do you think Random? Because it is the people that is the last hope and this is certainly a wake up call.
      Thanks for responding 👌

    • @suzannederusha1370
      @suzannederusha1370 19 часов назад

      @
      My best guess is those people hate the very same people the felon does.
      They are going to be going through some stuff after Jan 20th.

  • @mrpepperidgefarms
    @mrpepperidgefarms День назад +416

    An African immigrant took Donnie's job!!!!

    • @MBMCincy63
      @MBMCincy63 День назад +21

      @@mrpepperidgefarms 😂

    • @user-nd3tg5zn1b
      @user-nd3tg5zn1b День назад +18

      😂😂😂😂😂😂good point

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 День назад +37

      One who worked here while on a student visa.

    • @mrpepperidgefarms
      @mrpepperidgefarms День назад

      After Donny made up BS for years about Barak Obama being an illegitimate president because he was "born in Africa"......
      Donny hands over the US presidency to an actual African immigrant!
      Bonkers kookoo bananas

    • @StephenGrover-zc4hp
      @StephenGrover-zc4hp День назад

      You leftist sure are jealous of Elon!
      Don't blame him because you're
      broke!😢

  • @Ripped4Surf
    @Ripped4Surf День назад +411

    Weird how millions of poor and working class Americans seem okay with billionaires paying a smaller percentage in taxes, while holding 60+% of the country's wealth. The mindf* is impressive.

    • @CP3oh322
      @CP3oh322 День назад +29

      Excuse you, do you mean those millions of temporarily embarrased billionaires? Why would they want to raise what will surely, one day, be their taxes?

    • @darthvirgin7157
      @darthvirgin7157 День назад

      it’s the MISOGYNY and the BIGOTRY.
      pure and simple.

    • @duncanmcgoo4891
      @duncanmcgoo4891 День назад +1

      Billionaires tax rate is 27% They pay 40% of income tax in America. Its not difficult to look up

    • @cherylalt101
      @cherylalt101 День назад

      We have to remember that the GOP has been working on dividing Americans using their wedge issues and their gerrymandering and phony grassroots groups to affect local politics for over 40+ years. As soon as they realized how many new voters each year were becoming democrats and that they couldn't win elections anymore without changing their agenda or cheating, of course, they chose manipulation of the citizens rather than upgrading their agenda. The GOP other than the few Catholics were firmly for abortion; however, they almost all within a week or so, changed their stance on abortion and used it as their main wedge issue in their quest to create single issue voters who'd vote against their own best interests as long as the candidate was against abortion. Mind you, much of the info they'd fed voters about this procedure was outright lies. So when we wonder how so much of our population fell for Trump's con game, we have to remember how the GOP had been manipulating these folks for decades and their ministers, elected officials and most trusted name in news, of course. They were primed and ready to privatize and deregulate anything and everything the GOP and quite a few democrats too could manage to undermine. Unions also were a target and we see how that's worked out for big business and how wages and benefits have stagnated for the working class. Only the police unions have become stronger, but they no longer seem to be protecting citizens, but instead they are mainly protecting companies and their assets or merchandise. Anyway, people have been being manipulated for a long time now, and the GOP accelerated their goals by the success of trump to tap into our grievances and aim the anger at each other instead of the elites who have bought and paid for our politicians and judges and stolen our legal system for their own benefits. The GOP thought they could use trump, but he outsmarted them and created a cult basically and has stolen the party from them. That's my opinion of how we ended up in this dreadful mess. They knew trump was dangerous, but as long as they were getting tax cuts for the wealthy, abortions halted and Christianity in schools, they kept letting him run wild. Now they've stoked racism and sex discrimination and are tearing the US apart from the inside, they finally get nervous about how they've undermined our national security and given our enemies an unbelievable advantage on the world stage and left our allies uncertain about where the US stands. I fear not only expanded wars, but that we may lose the dollar as the international currency. I'm still hopeful that we will have another election, but not certain at all. The Powell Memo and the GOP, Nixon and the loss of the gold standard, tying us to oil instead, and the purposeful division of Americans, turning us against each other to disguise the actual villains stealing the money the working class busted their azzes to earn by pretending that Reaganomics actually works lol! On that note, Happy Holidays to One and All 🕊🎄⛄🍀🕊

    • @buzzardscry1383
      @buzzardscry1383 День назад

      ​@@duncanmcgoo4891 That's not enough. Tax them more, they won't feel a thing nor live a shorter life

  • @RememberMeYeah
    @RememberMeYeah День назад +198

    Believing that a group of billionaires is looking out for and will put forward policies to help the common folks takes a special kind of stupid.

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 День назад +8

      @@RememberMeYeah true. Accumulating vast wealth requires a certain mindset, and having such wealth gifted to one fosters a similar way of thinking in all save rare individuals.
      The resulting way of thinking tends to have “looking out for oneself above all others” firmly centered in one’s thought.
      The movie, “There will be blood” shows what it *can* look like.

    • @tringuyen7519
      @tringuyen7519 23 часа назад +5

      @@dennisyoung4631Voted for Harris/Walz. But everyone else voted for Trump. So yeah. I’m now looking out for myself above all others bc the others don’t care about me at all!

    • @kenspear4297
      @kenspear4297 23 часа назад

      There already rich , Trump Lowered taxes for the middle class,they don’t need to help they chose to , to help the country

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 23 часа назад +3

      @ I did also. 100% blue, K&T on down, and *no Reprehensibles!*

    • @whatgoesaroundcomesaround920
      @whatgoesaroundcomesaround920 18 часов назад +1

      It used to happen, but not through government. Big names like Carnegie and Rockefeller spent millions -- which was a lot in those days -- on supporting higher education and building and stocking public libraries, and supporting the arts with funding for drama, dance, music and even radio and TV productions. I have been in a dozen Carnegie libraries, including the big one in Pittsburgh at Carnegie-Mellon University. These endowments enabled a whole generation to have access to knowledge they would never have known otherwise. Nowadays, the biggest fish have the tightest wallets, disdaining the idea that what the public helped pay for enabled their rise. You know, like schools and health clinics and roads and bridges, and public universities and colleges, and grants for research. That unimportant stuff.

  • @almackenzie2549
    @almackenzie2549 День назад +275

    And the suckers fell for it...AGAIN.

    • @AgiHammerthief
      @AgiHammerthief День назад +14

      and they will again in the future

    • @tombrown4683
      @tombrown4683 День назад +8

      @@almackenzie2549 works every time !
      So they don't have to.

    • @RevShifty
      @RevShifty День назад +11

      They will always fall for it. A few magic slogans/bumper stickers, a few more pre-packaged, decades old, and always imaginary talking points, and the suckers trip over themselves to support it. Every single damned time.

    • @DavidNelsonATX
      @DavidNelsonATX День назад +8

      Trump = Lucy
      MAGA = Charlie Brown

    • @whygohome172
      @whygohome172 День назад +1

      Donny hates suckers and losers.

  • @kathysowers
    @kathysowers День назад +41

    So far trump has already admitted (1) lowering grocery prices is "hard" and he probably won't be able to accomplish that; (2) tariffs will most likely raise prices for all; and now, (3) no major cuts to the budget. His voters voted for absolutely nothing that's going to happen economy-wise. Let's see what happens with the 11M deportations "starting day 1".

    • @bradsanders6954
      @bradsanders6954 18 часов назад

      Yabbut Kamala was too positive, independants and women and latinos HAD to vote trump.
      Voting for a proven known disaster that will F them all over.....the safe vote.

  • @alexbrown1930
    @alexbrown1930 День назад +93

    They could take the cuts from the Congressional retirement. They are all multi-millionaires, so don't need it.

    • @jimwing.2178
      @jimwing.2178 День назад +1

      Yeah, like Congressional retirement funds are going to be significant compared to $2.7 trillion dollars. Did you listen to what Belle said?

    • @havable
      @havable 22 часа назад

      @@jimwing.2178 The point is that they won't cut anything they care about, like the Trump tax cuts which actually cost us the $2 trillion maga says Trump will cut.

    • @stephenwilliams163
      @stephenwilliams163 19 часов назад +1

      Maybe they can fund the congressional cafeteria like they fund public school lunches

    • @alexbrown1930
      @alexbrown1930 4 часа назад

      @@jimwing.2178 It might not be much, but it *IS* a waste of taxpayer money. Pay Congress only Federal minimum Wage, too, and have their healthcare handled by the VA..

  • @fairgolfer
    @fairgolfer День назад +32

    I'm shocked! A guy who lied 30,000 times during his first term in office lied to get back in. ☹️🇨🇦

  • @robertkirchner7981
    @robertkirchner7981 День назад +228

    Since Reagan this was ALWAYS the end game. Finance tax cuts with debt until the interest payments get to be so much that ALL discretionary spending has to go.

    • @JP-JustSayin
      @JP-JustSayin День назад +22

      We need to raise taxes, but the debt has nothing to do with it. The US is already a currency soverign, so we can spend whatever our economy will support and paper "deficits" can't hurt us. No, the reason for raising taxes is to improve our GINI coefficient so as to avoid social unrest.

    • @jeffmacdonald9863
      @jeffmacdonald9863 День назад

      @@JP-JustSayin Claw back money from the wealthy and get it back into circulation to boost the economy.

    • @WarblesOnALot
      @WarblesOnALot День назад

      @JPJustSayin'
      Really ?
      You clearly didn't pay a lot of attention to 20th Century History, did y', eh ?
      Look up,
      Treaty Of Versailles,
      WW-1 War War Reparations,
      Weimar Republic
      Hyper-Inflation...
      To learn what, exactly, precisely,
      Prezacticacklie, even ;
      Is historically demonstrably very well
      KNOWN to be
      The
      Inevitable
      Inflationary consequences which inexorably cascade throughout
      Any & Every Society,
      Which cranks up the Presses at their National Mint & prints
      Paper Currency for issue
      To
      Balance their
      "Budget"...
      And, after doing that,
      Then the incompetant
      Megalomaniac & their
      Kakistocracy float to the top
      Like the fattest
      Turds in a Settling-Pond at the
      Sewage-Works...
      So.
      You may choose to embrace, and advocate for taking, that Track ; but I greatly doubt if you'll enjoy ending up where it will lead you to being.
      Just(ifiably ?) sayin',
      Such is life,
      Have a good one...
      Stay safe.
      ;-p
      Ciao !

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 День назад +4

      You have been paying attention.
      Remember where the torches and pitchforks are.

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 День назад

      @@JP-JustSayin Uh huh....okay Boomer.

  • @luvnotvideos
    @luvnotvideos День назад +117

    "Smoke & Mirrors" ... otherwise known as "Flat-out Lies"

    • @janedarc7731
      @janedarc7731 День назад

      “Smoke and mirrors”… otherwise known as magat sustenance.

    • @jeffw991
      @jeffw991 День назад

      And the lie won’t even be flat. When they say “two trillion over ten years” they’re counting on your brain to fill in “$200 billion per year for ten years.” But that’s not what they said. Watch for a plan that cuts $50b per year I n the first eight years and $800 billion per year in years 9 and 10. They’ll take the press lap for passing it and then quietly override it with new spending on stuff they want the next day.

  • @Frostbite08
    @Frostbite08 День назад +167

    Forget 10 years out, Trump can't plan 10 days out.

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +13

      True

    • @davidbryden7904
      @davidbryden7904 День назад +8

      In four years, people might actually have a clue. 🤞

    • @gobblinal
      @gobblinal День назад +11

      Barely 10 minutes, more like!

    • @tombrown4683
      @tombrown4683 День назад +8

      @@gobblinal if you hadn't said it, I was going to.

    • @Pasandeeros
      @Pasandeeros День назад

      I am pretty sure the planning is done by TPTB behind Trump.

  • @AuntieMamies
    @AuntieMamies День назад +158

    Watching the crowd cheer as Musk says he can cut 2 trillion while knowing where they intend to take that money from is so wild

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 День назад +7

      “…my life for you…” - from King’s “the Stand.”

    • @Quagma-b2i
      @Quagma-b2i День назад +9

      It was truly dystopian 😮

    • @15dragonslayer
      @15dragonslayer День назад +7

      That's where you're wrong, they don't know that. That's the problem. They don't pay attention or are information immune. That's why messaging needs to get better.

    • @susanplank1976
      @susanplank1976 День назад

      @@15dragonslayer I remember when Trump said "Im too smart to pay my taxes", and Hilary just rolled her eyes instead of attacking him. Dems make the mistake of respecting our intelligence too much, while GOPs successfully disrespect us with their pandering and simplistic proposals. 8 years later, its still working for them.

    • @cindyabraham5503
      @cindyabraham5503 День назад +8

      @@15dragonslayer all I can do is sit here and shake my head because how many people told them this was gonna happen and yet they still voted for him.

  • @Gee90210
    @Gee90210 День назад +119

    The problem is they gave tax cuts to the tune on $35 trillion. They’re blaming it on spending 😮😮

    • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
      @JohnMcDermott-t6l День назад

      Hmmm... gee it sounds like capitalism is a con and why it needs to be regulated or dismantled completely.

    • @CricketsBay
      @CricketsBay День назад +2

      I am going to borrow this.

  • @AndyCroat-v6d
    @AndyCroat-v6d День назад +167

    Still haven't forgiven those who voted for the incoming menace. Thanks for breaking down the numbers, Belle.

  • @NiecyB
    @NiecyB День назад +29

    I appreciate all the information you give me Belle. I know this is where I can come to get the truth and information nobody else tells me . I hope you and Beau and your family have a Merry Christmas

  • @greatboniwanker
    @greatboniwanker День назад +26

    Yes, undecideds. He lied to you 😮

  • @okkietrooy6841
    @okkietrooy6841 День назад +21

    Anyone surprised?
    As long as the massive taxcuts for the rich are not reversed, the debt will not go down.

  • @joemartinez-673
    @joemartinez-673 День назад +30

    AMERICA'S HERO'S 🌎🇺🇸 VOTED BLUE FOR HARRIS AND WALZ 😎🤟

  • @ATVatcher
    @ATVatcher День назад +129

    You must have all of the patience.
    Thank you for keeping upright and stable in all this mess.

    • @AudreyF2010
      @AudreyF2010 День назад +9

      You read my mind!
      These are also the same qualities needed to be a good nurse, and my bet is that Belle is an excellent one 🤗

    • @ATVatcher
      @ATVatcher День назад +3

      @AudreyF2010 thank you, friend.
      I think that Belle can do anything. And, wherever she goes, people are better off.
      [Not to embarrass Belle and the team with flattery. They aren't the only goodly people out-there. But we owe gratitude to each and every.]

  • @thomasesau2376
    @thomasesau2376 День назад +11

    Obsessive liars cannot make promises. A promise is an agreement between two parties that there is an intent to NOT LIE. But if one party has a history of never telling the truth, it is not a promise, it is simply another lie.

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 День назад +47

    The liars, cheaters & the dirty double dealers

    • @LevidelValle
      @LevidelValle День назад +1

      Wasn't that a book from Al Franklin?

  • @similaritiesendhere
    @similaritiesendhere День назад +103

    God bless your heart for expecting Trump supporters to know how to deal with new variables.

    • @yesitschelle
      @yesitschelle День назад

      Everyone forgets the middle. They're the most influential voters in the country, and nobody seems to remember that they exist.
      Inform everyone. Let Maga scroll or rant. They don't need our political time because they're immovable. So is the far left, for that matter. Everyone else can gain from messages like this.

    • @davidcat1455
      @davidcat1455 День назад +7

      Or spell them😂

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +4

      True

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +5

      @@davidcat1455true 😂😂

    • @similaritiesendhere
      @similaritiesendhere День назад +1

      @@davidcat1455 I just checked out your channel. You're a GM guy, like me. I like Firebirds more but that Iroc fuqs hard.

  • @ericcarlson6822
    @ericcarlson6822 День назад +48

    Trump also doesn't have 2/3 Congress to clear his insurrection ban. Wish we weren't ignoring the Constitution.

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +14

      Me too

    • @thehellyousay
      @thehellyousay День назад

      current toilet paper construction has better strength, durability, and absorption, than america's constitution.

  • @DavidRichardson153
    @DavidRichardson153 День назад +75

    Of course the two of them have a math problem. In fact, they have a problem with math. If they didn't, they wouldn't have failed upwards their entire lives.

  • @daiakunin
    @daiakunin День назад +14

    A criminal convicted of accounting fraud won't be able to balance the budget or the books without some... let's call it creative math.

  • @davidsantor1760
    @davidsantor1760 День назад +17

    PS , government by its very nature a not for profit business system.

  • @GG-vy1oy
    @GG-vy1oy День назад +130

    who imagined we would get a President Musk and First lady Donna Trump

    • @cindytripp
      @cindytripp День назад +9

      I've heard it's Donna Jane.

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад +15

      I can't wait to hear about their prenup.

    • @davidcat1455
      @davidcat1455 День назад +35

      MAGA having two daddy’s seems a little bit woke to me.😂😂😂

    • @TheBarkinFrog
      @TheBarkinFrog День назад +12

      You're giving him too much credit. Trump is nothing but President Muskrat's press secretary.

    • @cherylalt101
      @cherylalt101 День назад

      Musk outsmarted trump and got the part about business in China thrown out of the budget while trump failed at getting Biden to increase debt ceiling and he failed at shutting down the government. Musk started a Twitter storm of bullsh*t to hide his real goal and trump was stupid enough to jump on board. Those two are going to have a big personality clash sooner than later I think. If trump follows Putin and Jung In leads, Musk will end up in prison or on house arrest. He knows too much and is a huge national security risk. Oligarchs get pushed out of windows or sent to the gulag while his assets are plundered. At least that's how Trump's friends handle their businesses lol.

  • @dallaynavokan5513
    @dallaynavokan5513 День назад +14

    I can hear them now:
    "DAMN YOU REALITY AND YOUR LIBERAL BIAS!!!"
    😂😂😂😂

  • @TheSuzberry
    @TheSuzberry День назад +39

    I remember my daughter wondering if we could ride bicycles to England. Same problem. You can’t get there from here that way.

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад

      I bet your daughter learned to accept reality and became a functional adult Suzanne.
      Drumph doesn't accept reality.

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 День назад +6

      You can.
      Just ride laps around the deck of the ship.

    • @okkietrooy6841
      @okkietrooy6841 День назад +4

      ​@@shawnr771It is possible theoretically. We (Netherlands) have waterbicycles. They are used for example for tourists in Amsterdam to tour the canals in Amsterdam.

    • @akshatrastogi9063
      @akshatrastogi9063 День назад +1

      I travelled from Dubai to USA on a camel.

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 День назад +1

      @akshatrastogi9063 lol.
      Welcome to the United States.

  • @StefanManjakov
    @StefanManjakov День назад +52

    $2.5T iver 10years, but first remove the debt ceiling for 3 years so i can spend and next administration will take care of it.
    😮

    • @StefanManjakov
      @StefanManjakov День назад

      For the last 30 years GOP administration created a mess, Democrats to clean and get blamed.🤔

  • @Boringdaddi
    @Boringdaddi День назад +14

    Maybe govt can start taxing large corporations currently paying little to no taxes

  • @kamisakura568
    @kamisakura568 День назад +50

    Wasn't expecting the FAFO part to start before Jan 20. But the Mango and the Tesla man just went full throttle. Hey "Mango and the Tesla man" sounds like a buddy action movie.

    • @yesitschelle
      @yesitschelle День назад +14

      We might need to workshop those nicknames. They sound like the buddy action heroes, and we've got villians.

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +1

      Me either!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kamisakura568
      @kamisakura568 День назад +2

      I was thinking it would pretend to be action but devolve into comic tragedy. Yes, we could workshop the whole project. Put the wannabe heroes in situations that reveal them as frauds.

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof День назад +1

      @@yesitschelle Mangolini and the Tesla Terror?

    • @jimwing.2178
      @jimwing.2178 День назад +1

      We are living in an age that will inspire many future movies.

  • @davidsantor1760
    @davidsantor1760 День назад +4

    Smoke and mirrors, politics in general ?, Repugnants politics ? . Is politics just a legalized confidence scam?

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 День назад +23

    Yes, lets do the math. Trump + Musk + the economy - Jim Carrey = Dumb and Dumber 3

    • @jweathers131
      @jweathers131 12 часов назад

      Jeff Daniels does not deserve to be a part of this

  • @hawkeye2816
    @hawkeye2816 День назад +35

    I mean they're also very keenly aware of what a "5 Year Plan" makes people think of

    • @GriffonHouse2024
      @GriffonHouse2024 День назад +4

      The end of the series? TFG does, after all, come from an entertainment background.

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof День назад +3

      Though even they weren't insane enough to think 10 year plans would be sensible.

  • @marilynmurray3041
    @marilynmurray3041 День назад +22

    Thank you Belle. I appreciate your breaking it down.

    • @Allastrology
      @Allastrology День назад +3

      This channel is my usa translator and foregin affairs interpreter. I live in the usa😢

  • @Mister006
    @Mister006 День назад +8

    The demand is always first "How would you know?!" Right before we see that they perform exactly as predicted.

  • @SaberToothBicycle
    @SaberToothBicycle День назад +12

    Billionaires' wealth sequestration isn't capitalism. It's what's strangling capitalism.

    • @paulgibbon5991
      @paulgibbon5991 День назад +2

      It's the ultimate form of unrestrained capitalism.

    • @jimwing.2178
      @jimwing.2178 День назад

      @@paulgibbon5991 Such a Marxist thing to say. Of course, you are correct, and so is @SaberToothBicycle. Which was Marx's main point.

  • @csblakeley
    @csblakeley День назад +31

    Happy holidays, Belle. I hope you and Beau and the rest will have a restful end of year.

  • @dbandia
    @dbandia День назад +8

    Kind of like a Gish Gallop. He spews outrageous ideas like a fire hose in hope one of them strikes a chord with his base.

  • @Allastrology
    @Allastrology День назад +9

    The political smoke and mirrors is why many refuse to engage with it.
    Thanks again Belle for all you do. I really hope you get some consecutive, happy holidays off from the channel You deserve it and we need you!!

  • @ggelsrinc-1
    @ggelsrinc-1 День назад +6

    Don't worry, tRump never needs a plan, a concept, or an idea, as long as he has a passing thought!

  • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
    @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад +39

    Whenever it is wherever you are, I hope it's a good time for you!

    • @donaldwert7137
      @donaldwert7137 День назад +11

      And for you, Victoria. Stay safe and warm.

    • @katboss4886
      @katboss4886 День назад +4

      Good night Victoria. Wish I had a Leinenkugels to have with the game

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад +3

      ​@@donaldwert7137
      Thank you also good Donald! I hope we both accomplish that tonight!

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor День назад +5

      Hugs all around!

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад

      ​@@katboss4886
      I wish you had a Leinenkugels too Kat. If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me to eventually Google. ;-)
      Have a great night!
      Go team!

  • @Voidling-l7i
    @Voidling-l7i День назад +31

    Thank you, Belle; and good night, internet people!

  • @adblas2222
    @adblas2222 День назад +16

    There is a lot more going on than being said. Definitely smoke and mirrors!

  • @MGood-ij1hi
    @MGood-ij1hi День назад +35

    You can fire every government employee and close every non mandatory agency and still not eliminate the deficit. When 70-80% of government spending is defense spending , Social Security , Medicare, and paying interest on trillions of dollars of government debt , that leaves little to work with.

    • @yesitschelle
      @yesitschelle День назад

      I don't trust them to keep their paws off of defense, Social Security, and Medicare. Also, they might cut the IRS funding for enforcement. Remember how mad Maga was when we funded that? Their donors went nuts, too. They tried to convince the voters that would increase the deficit.

    • @WASDLeftClick
      @WASDLeftClick День назад +10

      So I think it would logically follow to prioritize social security and medicare, while increasing taxes on billionaires and corporations, who are themselves extracting extraordinary amounts of money from the economy. Then gradually decrease defense spending while encouraging and aiding allied nations in building up their own militaries, with the aim of becoming more equal partners in NATO. The defense spending funds can then be used to reduce the deficit and increase funding for social programs and public infrastructure. I’m no expert but I’ve heard about this kind of stuff working really really well in this ancient document known as the New Deal.

    • @monica8356
      @monica8356 День назад +6

      Social security is a trust fund paid into it FICA!

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 День назад +7

      Social Security is funded by payroll taxes and investments in US Treasury bonds.
      The SSA is the largest domestic holder of US debt.
      CONGRESS DOES NOT FUND SOCIAL SECURITY.
      It decides how much of the loan to payback.

    • @aaronwinegar9724
      @aaronwinegar9724 День назад

      @@WASDLeftClick The payment on the deficit is already larger than the entire DoD. The deficit payment is so large now that it is now #2 on the government bill, behind SS, though the difference is #1 and #2 on the bill is yet a vast gulf (and that's before all the forthcoming payments to the retired boomers, which is going to be a huge haircut to SS). Infrastructure spending, on the other hand, is a rounding error. But if you want to pay for that, you have to do this thing where you say No to the lives of small furry animals who are in the way of the construction.

  • @brucebennett5338
    @brucebennett5338 День назад +28

    how about raising revenue by repealing the trump/mcconnell tax give away to the obscenely wealthy?

    • @lawsonj39
      @lawsonj39 День назад

      Amen!

    • @cindytripp
      @cindytripp День назад +2

      Or remove the limit on SS earnings levels. Spelling edit.

    • @yesitschelle
      @yesitschelle День назад +3

      That's a logical solution. Rather, if they were truly worried about the deficit it would be logical.

    • @JP-JustSayin
      @JP-JustSayin День назад +1

      No one should be worried about the deficit. The US is a currency soverign, so we can spent whatever our economy will support and paper "deficits" can't hurt us. The reason for raising taxes is to improve our GINI coefficient so as to avoid social unrest.

    • @paulgibbon5991
      @paulgibbon5991 День назад

      Sounds like soecialism!

  • @Mark-ki7ic
    @Mark-ki7ic День назад +1

    Merry Christmas Ms Belle

  • @henrydwaldingjr3103
    @henrydwaldingjr3103 День назад +7

    Mathematic variables are foreign languages to President Musk and First Lady Donnie .

  • @nilo70
    @nilo70 День назад +34

    Thank you Belle for explaining what the heck is going on !

  • @rbeauchamp49
    @rbeauchamp49 День назад +7

    AGREED…..
    Robert Beauchamp
    US Army 1968-1972

  • @JR-pr8jb
    @JR-pr8jb 18 часов назад +1

    When do we stop being logical and start fighting?

  • @donaldrambo5150
    @donaldrambo5150 День назад +36

    The three branches of government : judicial, executive, President Musk 🤣🤣🤣

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 День назад +20

    Elon and Felon..

  • @dougjones9493
    @dougjones9493 День назад +19

    Funny how no one has learned you can't believe anything a politician says

  • @denisemcdougal6445
    @denisemcdougal6445 День назад +12

    Thank you for keeping us informed and updated. Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas.

  • @WBS001
    @WBS001 День назад +28

    Math for trump-followers (*):
    This little piggy went to market,
    This little piggy stayed home,
    This little piggy had roast beef,
    This little piggy had none.
    This little piggy went ... Wee, wee, wee, all the way home!
    * Requires removing shoes and socks.

  • @OutdoorLonghair
    @OutdoorLonghair День назад +31

    👋 Y'all sleep well and dream good 🤗✊
    This nightmare will be over someday.

    • @katboss4886
      @katboss4886 День назад +3

      We can only dream 😴

    • @terimiller6814
      @terimiller6814 День назад +4

      Not in my lifetime. I'm 71 and sick.

    • @lawsonj39
      @lawsonj39 День назад +5

      A lot of people aren't going to make it to the other side. Republican austerity literally kills people.

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад +4

      When you're going through hell, don't stop to guess how hot it is. Keep going. You're only passing through.
      Goodnight Longhair! I hope your sleep is peaceful and your dreams are pleasant!

    • @cindyhellman-wylie202
      @cindyhellman-wylie202 День назад +2

      Unfortunately not soon enough.

  • @raoulheinrichvonmerten4851
    @raoulheinrichvonmerten4851 День назад +7

    I like belle, she can add up. Good luck Belle over the next 4 years. America needs Belle.

  • @deekorbel5259
    @deekorbel5259 День назад +6

    The math ain't mathin.

  • @MBMCincy63
    @MBMCincy63 День назад +22

    Belle O'clock Ranchhands 💗 good evening 🌆!
    🥶🖤🔔👍🏻

    • @tombrown4683
      @tombrown4683 День назад +2

      Good Christmas Eve eve, MaryBeth 👋🤞🎄⚘️ !
      also : 🦉Hoot 🦉Hoot 🦉!

    • @donaldrambo5150
      @donaldrambo5150 День назад +2

      @@MBMCincy63 👋😊💙

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 День назад +2

      Good evening Mary Beth! I hope you have a really lovely night tonight! Sleep well neighbor!

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor День назад +1

      Mary Beth is having a Long Island Tea Party‼️ Woo Hoo! G’Night all! 👋🏽

  • @KarenBachar-c6m
    @KarenBachar-c6m День назад +6

    Not smoke and mirrors...smoke and ashes...

  • @susanbradleyskov9179
    @susanbradleyskov9179 День назад +1

    Don’t eat the rich. Tax them appropriately.

  • @CantankerousDave
    @CantankerousDave День назад +7

    Let’s also talk about Musk having chats with Putin about not activating Starlink over Taiwan as a favor to mainland China.

  • @johnsieverssr8288
    @johnsieverssr8288 День назад +6

    Thanks, Belle... Your hair looks good 😊

  • @WadeB-t2l
    @WadeB-t2l День назад +14

    Great Job, Belle! Tell Justin Heyyyy!!!!

  • @Washougalite1
    @Washougalite1 День назад +3

    One of my favorite t-shirts ❤

  • @markrenfrow9873
    @markrenfrow9873 День назад +1

    Hey Ms. Belle and internet folks. What we really didn't need was more smoke and mirrors.

  • @lanapeterzon9055
    @lanapeterzon9055 День назад +6

    Thanks Belle and team

  • @xadahgla
    @xadahgla День назад +3

    I made it to the end of the video, Belle!

  • @kriskarr3686
    @kriskarr3686 День назад +8

    All excellent points made in this episode.

  • @Hjorth87
    @Hjorth87 День назад +5

    Glædelig jul to all of you.
    Happy Holidays
    Stay awesome!

  • @DarkestAlice
    @DarkestAlice День назад +2

    Thank you, Belle, for your excellent analyses. Merry Bonkmas to you, Beau, and the whole team.
    🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦

  • @rrrosecarbinela
    @rrrosecarbinela День назад

    Thanks, Belle. May your holidays be peaceful.

  • @angelamillard6418
    @angelamillard6418 День назад +4

    💙💙💙 Love you Belle, send my love to Beau

  • @jefferylorance7988
    @jefferylorance7988 День назад +2

    Is Trump losing the people respect?
    And people now realize he is not as smart as they thought he was?
    ……

  • @MichellePoirier-m3x
    @MichellePoirier-m3x День назад +5

    🤔
    Have a great day Belle 😊
    Thank you very much
    💙💙👍💙💙🐎

  • @LongTran-kp3kz
    @LongTran-kp3kz День назад +2

    All I can do is just roll my eyes at this utter political stupidity...

  • @why-even-try-brotendo
    @why-even-try-brotendo День назад +19

    Fuzzy math is fuzzy math

  • @AL13NM
    @AL13NM День назад +10

    Let's be clear. trump has ZERO Intentions of Ever leaving office. SO adjust your expectations accordingly!

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 День назад +1

      He is unlikely to live much longer, even if he does his continued mental decline will pick up speed until he will becomes a useless puppet, or a more dangerous one. JD is licking his servile chops in expectation of the power he hopes to wield.
      He best avoid large windows, others are waiting in line.

    • @ninaconnolly6077
      @ninaconnolly6077 День назад +1

      @@stefanschleps8758 The Masterclass will just replace him, We won't be 'free".

  • @Jhary7
    @Jhary7 День назад +4

    Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to everyone.
    Really, Happy Holidays to all. There are too many to list out. LOL

  • @kellysmom9773
    @kellysmom9773 День назад +1

    Thank you for more great conscience content.
    A voice of reason in a crazy world.

  • @forbeginnersandbeyond6089
    @forbeginnersandbeyond6089 День назад +19

    The primary solution is to increase taxes on the billionaires.

    • @gregnixon1296
      @gregnixon1296 День назад

      @@forbeginnersandbeyond6089 ‘Billionaires’ aren’t W-2ed employees. Increasing taxes on them is a smokescreen.

    • @obi-ron
      @obi-ron День назад +1

      The tax breaks given to US operated multinational corporations are also a big part of the problem. Companies are now legally entitled to cast a vote in the US, a country that became a nation in part because of the perceived injustice of paying tax while being underrepresented at the seat of government in London. The problem now is that those who have the most influence plus the right to vote are the ones who pay the least in taxes. The original rallying cry was "No taxation without representation" maybe the living, breathing, thinking mass of citizens should be demanding that if you have the means, and the right to vote then it's time to demand No representation without fairer taxation. Either that, or get laws enacted that make it illegal for companies and the ultra rich to have any contact with serving elected officials during their terms of office unless it is at the capitol during investigative hearings.

    • @forbeginnersandbeyond6089
      @forbeginnersandbeyond6089 День назад

      @ Agree!

    • @forbeginnersandbeyond6089
      @forbeginnersandbeyond6089 День назад +1

      @@gregnixon1296 You’re ignorant. You’ve been gaslighted by the rich.

    • @paulgibbon5991
      @paulgibbon5991 День назад

      @@gregnixon1296 Don't simp for the parasite--they hate you and always will.

  • @ll5974
    @ll5974 День назад +9

    These people are such cons!! Facts and truth are just in their way!

  • @susanbradleyskov9179
    @susanbradleyskov9179 День назад +1

    Oooh! New variables in a math problem! Heaven and he’ll all at once. 😉

  • @Gala-yp8nx
    @Gala-yp8nx День назад +1

    They’re planning on cutting Social Security.

  • @lyarrastark6254
    @lyarrastark6254 День назад +2

    Thank you, Belle and Beau, and happy holidays!

  • @kathytoner6105
    @kathytoner6105 День назад +5

    Budget modification can be readily resolved by not renewing the 2017 trump tax cuts and implementing a minimum tax percentage on corporations & those earning $500,000 of at least 15%. That they work the system to pay 0-6% when a large pert of the rest of us pay 9 - 12% has questionable legitimacy.
    Why is the only considered efficient budget road cut expenditures. What about increasing revenue by rolling back tax cuts?

    • @robbybevard8034
      @robbybevard8034 День назад

      And if we'd elected Harris, that would certainly be happening. But the mob boss wants to continue the criminal empire.

  • @RexJordan-s8x
    @RexJordan-s8x День назад +13

    Thank you Belle again from Sterling Heights Michigan

  • @toonlyrics
    @toonlyrics День назад +1

    Belle, keep up the good work, keep fighting the good fight. Happy holidays to Beau and you.

  • @davidrichardson4131
    @davidrichardson4131 День назад +2

    Thank you for the update on planning for the hell of it

  • @francesmendenhall189
    @francesmendenhall189 День назад +4

    What are the odd that deal will fall apart

  • @paperburn
    @paperburn День назад +6

    Sigh! And yet trumpisns say it's so

  • @CrystalAbrahams
    @CrystalAbrahams День назад +30

    Don't forget to squash the 👍 Like button, friends! 🇨🇦

  • @TheErnie1964
    @TheErnie1964 День назад +1

    Enough with the cuts,tax the rich!!!

  • @nocturnus009
    @nocturnus009 День назад +2

    This lands differently as I finish Forward the Foundation and The Genesis Machine.

  • @kellys.6047
    @kellys.6047 22 часа назад

    Thank you, Belle. Stay strong everyone ev, and keep fighting for democracy.🙏🌈❤️💙🇲🇽☮️🇺🇦🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇦❣️🙏🙏🌈🌈❤️

  • @cherylb6755
    @cherylb6755 День назад +11

    First they got screwed. Then they got f’ed. Oops.

  • @rl5579
    @rl5579 День назад +6

    Remember, Donald Trump and his kids couldn't collectively figure out the answer to "What is 17 x 6?". There's a video of it on YT from the Howard Stern show

  • @tinahilliard4447
    @tinahilliard4447 День назад

    Merry winter solstice and Happy New Year everyone!