because if i am working on something, if it's mine, i have less times to be as critical in terms of ensuring everything as it needs to be. you NEVER check your own work

Do any of these idiots controlling the government from behind the scenes even know anything about the economy?

They're too insulated from actual costs on the ground

you always need someone else to serve as a check after you have done your best and 'think' everything is sat

not really jim

You know, in medieval times, a noble's capacity to wage war was tied to his personal finances. If you wagered badly on a stupid war, you might go penniless, and find your lands alienated away <:hyperthink:462282519883284480>

agreed

it SHOULD be that way

Maybe we need to make Congress *personally pay* for their fuckups

After a few of those idiots go bankrupt, maybe the rest will learn

of course managing 310mil is alittle more difficult than a couple 1000s

tru

especially when you can't execute people that piss you off

would be NICE though

**SOVIET ANTHEM INTENSIFIES**

fuck the soviets

some people don't learn unless they are whacked with a club a few times

> some people don't learn unless they are whacked with a club a few times
@ManAnimal

a gulag is the exact opposite

it's where you send people to disappear

the problem is, Congress essentially has a *blank check* to gamble w/ **our** lives, liberty, and property, and almost **zero** direct accountability for it

rather than force them to improve

this is VERY true

> rather than force them to improve
@ManAnimal but muh re-edumakashun

how do you re-educate the arrogant?

> how do you re-educate the arrogant?
@ManAnimal *by **humbling** them* <:powerful:595334910764515338>

they think they know everything... they fuck it up... they make excuses... nothing happens

in the old days 'humbling' that type of person invoved a bar of soap, towels and a midnight visit

*Everyone on the budget and appropriations committee should have to take several shots to the chest while wearing the exact same body armor they approve for our troops* <:hypersmugon:544638648721604608>

> @ManAnimal *by **humbling** them* <:powerful:595334910764515338>
@Thundermark yes

@Thundermark, I agree; 100%

that'll learn 'em

hell, they shouldn't be able to SEND kids to war.. UNLESS their own kids go too

that really pissed me off about iraq. how many had sons or daughters that served?

fuckin none of them

https://bbc.in/39FWqnn?fbclid=IwAR16rhfJZBf6O5sHA0-zPeYzSB8mwpErO0OH-fw3ArnBBLgsTq_AbzB3oao He aiming to be apart of the 41%, lets give him our support!

50%

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School closed and a friendly plague doctor seeing us out