Nearly 60% of active duty voted for him for his second term. This is not much change from the percentages for 2016 and 2020.

They may be regretting their choice but I see no indication they wouldn’t make the same choice.

But what about maga hyper-protectionism!

It’s the maga that circles it back around.

What does it matter? He has their unwavering support. He could have killed them himself and not lost the military’s support.

Fall guy convinced he won’t be used as fall guy.

Since the moment this fuck cozied up with the Soiled-Diaper-Tiny-Handed Rapist, everyone predicted it was just a matter of time before this ran its course.

He’s salty because he got outbid. Damned eBay snipers.

A bit?

Don’t undersell the oligarch’s image. He’s worked hard to earn.

The only work he’s personally performed these past decades.

Based on some economic models I’ve read about, the only countries whose GDP will be hurt by this are America, Canada and Mexico. In that order.

Most of the world is expected to break even or benefit because countries will act in their best interest and route around Trump’s stupid.

Best news this year.

I maintain that there simply is not enough tax base for these areas to fund themselves but you’ve done a wonderful job moving the goal posts beyond anything the article is stating; they rely on federal funds to operate.

What data do you have to back up corruption?

Keep in mind there are far more small towns than large towns. As a ratio it seems unlikely that small towns are more likely to be corrupt than cities.

The question then is what funds are they using to facilitate this corruption. My guess is federal and state funds because again, they lack the tax base.

Have to shoot off my own foot before I can run faster.

Donor auction, obviously.

The billionaire said I must eat these trays of shit sandwiches so I can have a chance to eat a turkey sandwich later.

Pave it for what purpose with what money? No one wants to park in the middle of no where.

There is a lot of rural land and it is worthless, that’s why they cannot fund themselves.

Good.

Better for the environment anyway.

Rewild the rural landscape back to forests and prairies.

You say crazy but I believe you meant predictable.

they don’t accept themselves.

This is a requirement for being a republican if you’re bank account doesn’t have seven zeros.

It present in many forms but lack of acceptance of themselves, their situation and the reality around themselves is a prerequisite for being a republican.

Hell, they want to enslave a chunk of their own side. Shouldn’t be long until it’s illegal to be too poor.

I doubt prices will drop as fast as bankruptcies will increase because the distribution chain has that price inflation and it will react slowly. The tighter the margin the more quickly the business will fail.

Employment will also drop quickly because firing people is a fast and easy way to reduce overhead so service quality will dive off a cliff.

But, hey, less traffic! Yay!

Agreed on the weird side affects.

My state charges an ev surcharge and since I do very little driving it costs more than the tax on what little gas I would use.

Electricity produced by solar panels is not taxed.

Most electricity is not used by EVs so there is no correlation to road maintenance. It’s an inappropriate way to fund roads. It would make more sense to tax tires.

An electricity tax could be used to convince people to self generate their electricity but utility monopolies would lobby hard against it but it will never solve road funding.