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Picaro

Picaro's Journal
Picaro's Journal
September 24, 2023

You sound like a serious chef

Glad you enjoyed your birthday meal.

September 23, 2023

Ding, Ding, Ding!

We have a winner. The solution to almost every problem we're currently experiencing in terms of the federal budget is get rid of the Bush and Trump tax cuts. They were grossly irresponsible at the time and, in the case of the Trump tax cuts, were allowed to be considered under reconciliation so they could pass with only 51 votes. They should not have been eligible for reconciliation.

But McConnell was able to co-opt the OMB to issue some very rosy financial predictions that turned out to be complete hogwash. This bill should have been subject to the filibuster, but McConnell, was able to corrupt the process and ram the bill through.

He knew undoing it was going to be a really heavy lift.

As a country we need to raise the tax rates on corporations and the 1%. Anyone that shrieks about the national debt and isn't looking at the revenue side is dishonest and is pursuing a hidden agenda.

September 16, 2023

Color me unsurprised

I live here. I’m not at all shocked or surprised.

I moved here from Missouri—a slightly less bad dystopian fascist state. So, not a native.

Texas has always been a national joke when it comes to the insane corruption of its politics.

This is more of the same.

September 13, 2023

Very sad

Condolences to Representative Peltola.

September 12, 2023

No shit Sherlock...

Tried the OTC product that remains on the shelves one time. While phenylephrine can give you that jittery, buzzy feeling just like Sudafed, it is powerless in the face of congestion. A waste of money and shelf space.

September 4, 2023

Quietly incredible

He just keeps getting major things done and the MSM
(for the most part) pretty much ignores it.
But I’ve been paying attention.
President Joe Biden really knows how to work the system.

September 4, 2023

Spot on

August 30, 2023

First one kind of rhymes...

The “Obscene Eighteen”. Like that one.

While they are indeed quislings that one doesn’t have the same resonance and rhythm.

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Name: Ernie Ferguson
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Hometown: Plano, TX
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