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RANDYWILDMAN

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4. Republican plan spend like thieves

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:04 PM

19 hrs ago

when in charge

When democrats in charge complain about austerity and fiscally responsible, constantly and loudly and yell it from rooftops daily, hourly and have every MEDIA outlet complain right along with you !!!

When in charge again, spend like thieves run up the deficit, start credit card wars. Rinse and repeat

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Why aren't Republicans yelling waste, fraud and abuse: [View all] applegrove 19 hrs ago OP

I know, and fawk them all. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #1

DOGE was a scam from the world's shittiest grifter. Initech 19 hrs ago #9

DOGE. They cuts billions Dr. T 16 hrs ago #30

The whole point of dogey was to stop the various investigations mwmisses4289 14 hrs ago #32

Why? They're getting thier cut. marble falls 19 hrs ago #2

Way inderselling trump rip-off from tax payers. MerryBlooms 19 hrs ago #3

In his first term he had U.S. Military Flights go out of their way and land in Aberdeen, Scotland so the Botany 17 hrs ago #25

I went to the link, and as far as I can tell, her clothing line consists of a single style of a pullover sweat shirt... 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #31

Having Trump written across your chest will be like naming your son Adolf in Germany after 1945. Botany 14 hrs ago #33

Her clothing line will probably go the way of Ivanka's clothing line. llmart 1 hr ago #35

Republican plan spend like thieves RANDYWILDMAN 19 hrs ago #4

They have lost ALL credibility forever on fiscal responsibility wnylib 18 hrs ago #14

Democrats ARE. MEDIA owned by Republicans dave99 18 hrs ago #17

He fux up. MAGA sux up. BattleRow 18 hrs ago #19

Trimp is the worst but not the first. wnylib 18 hrs ago #21

and INCREASE taxes on corps, plug EVERY loophole. HIRE 30,000 IRS Auditors dave99 18 hrs ago #18

This would be a legitimate career ender for anyone else. Initech 19 hrs ago #5

cause Republicans are in control dave99 18 hrs ago #16

In denial........... Lovie777 19 hrs ago #6

I have asked myself this question in regards to many of his failed taxpayer funded policies. Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #7

IOWYAR MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #8

These stupid motherfuckers don't deserve the responsibility of voting Blue Owl 18 hrs ago #10

Waste, fraud and abuse are three of the pillars of the GOP. flvegan 18 hrs ago #11

Why aren't the repugs yelling? Their mouths are full. (We all know with what.) erronis 18 hrs ago #12

simple cowards all of the dirty bastards . oldinmtdem92 18 hrs ago #13

And we MUST remember this: MyOwnPeace 17 hrs ago #24

Same shit for Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Shrub dave99 18 hrs ago #15

ding. this. AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #29

I suspect hypocrisy Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #20

Ugly Fuck. Cha 17 hrs ago #22

They never cared about "waste fraud and abuse" to begin with. That was only branding. Fil1957 17 hrs ago #23

oh, thats reserved for when democrats are in power. AllaN01Bear 17 hrs ago #26

I was working on a similar thread. Plus these.. surfered 16 hrs ago #27

EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION. usonian 16 hrs ago #28

The GOP can't do constructive math. They can only reduce things to base numbers. Ford_Prefect 1 hr ago #34

Because that's NEVER what Republicans were ever about. RandomNumbers 1 hr ago #36

Because Trump still has 80% of Republican voters strongly supporting everything he wants. Kablooie 1 hr ago #37