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slightlv

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15. Not to mention all the millions it will cost to repair the
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:07 PM
Jun 5

streets on which this unholy "parade" rolls! And yes... stop paying for trump's golf outings, as well as his stays at his own hotels. Have him pay for his own golf game, and pay for not only his hotel stays, but also pays for any secret service or other government employee staying there for trump's "security." It's ridiculous that this was not done from the very beginning. You wanna be a mult-millionaire president and rip off the government by killing programs and services that we, the people, need and approve of? Then you can pay for your own leisure trips. Come to think of it, he should be given the same per diem for food, etc., that anyone else in the government gets. And not a penny more!

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Buy futures of tar and feathers. usonian Jun 5 #1
Project 2025 dweller Jun 5 #2
Waste, fraud and abuse SARose Jun 5 #3
Great minds think alike. sinkingfeeling Jun 5 #5
Don't you love "TSF is willing to eliminate any waste, fraud and abuse anywhere", while he wastes $45 + million on sinkingfeeling Jun 5 #4
Not to mention golf trips SARose Jun 5 #7
Not to mention all the millions it will cost to repair the slightlv Jun 5 #15
GQP are weak..... Lovie777 Jun 5 #6
we live in a retiremment community that's heavily republican mike_c Jun 5 #8
If they REALLY wanted to eliminate Medicare waste, fraud and abuse, they'd abolish Medicare Advantage. CousinIT Jun 5 #9
lol, they already cut Medicare gab13by13 Jun 5 #10
Any planned cuts will have long fuse Born Free Jun 5 #11
I remember repukes saying they weren't going to touch medicare/medicaid sakabatou Jun 5 #12
Much of the waste and fraud is with the Advantage program. Lonestarblue Jun 5 #13
If I had a dollar for every time someone in this regime has used "waste and fraud" as an excuse to justify all the shit Karasu Jun 5 #14
Or the phrase "National Security" when trying to justify all the shit they DON'T want to do! slightlv Jun 5 #16
Same excuse that they used to destroy the government and now they are taking aim at Medicare and then Social Security. cstanleytech Jun 5 #17
It's more than time for Congress critters to enjoy the healthcare and SS savings plan of the normals. Hope22 Jun 6 #18
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