The clearest legislative priority of the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress is to keep taxes low for the richest households and corporations. Last week, House Republicans submitted a budget resolution that calls for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid—the program that provides health insurance for low-income Americans—to help pay for extending the 2017 Tax…

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  • @DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•2 months ago

    Americans have a lot of guns.

    These fascists are stupid enough that they’re going to significantly degrade the quality of life of their own supporters, many of whom have guns. I know it’ll take serious suffering before a MAGAt realizes their mistake, but everyone has a line. I’ve been seeing some pretty angry conservatives who lost their federal jobs and aren’t too happy with Daddy Trump anymore. That trend is only going to continue.

    And I doubt they’d be much smarter in warfare. Big military, but size doesn’t always matter if you’re too stupid to shift your weight properly.

    • @nomy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      And also, the people have closets full of guns right now but give it a year or two of hard times and I bet a whole lot of guns are on the market.