@Vladimirth @DeItaone How is that just? A vat is on everything, not just imports. That means both imports and locally made goods pay the same VAT and there is no advantage for local goods. If there is no advantage then its not a tariff is it?

@WHITECOUGH You don't sound very bright kid. That's not going to get you very far unfortunately.

@WHITECOUGH Show me a document that proves you don't have sex with little children. You're asking to prove a negative, would hope you're intelligent enough to know that's stupid... but maybe not.

@WHITECOUGH More like - Elon says store is losing money because it's being robbed not because of low revenue and high costs. Says he's looked at the footage and its person X. People ask for the footage. Elon and WH say how dare you ask for footage, trust us bro.

@WHITECOUGH I can’t find a single source that shows $50m in condoms to any country. And I looked. Not a contract/invoice or anything, just the WH saying it. If it happened state department could easily provide the contract or the WH could show the line item they’re looking at. Yet crickets.

@WHITECOUGH @drvedu If it’s to of pay off debt then why did Rs in congress just put forward a tax/spending plan, supported by Trump, that would increase the deficit $5T more than the current deficit trajectory?

@Sunshin76217705 @WHITECOUGH @drvedu Just saying it doesn't make it true. I thought this was a do your own research crowd. Can you find any supporting evidence it was for condoms?

@WHITECOUGH @drvedu Thank you for moving the goal posts from how could we spend so much money on condoms to how dare we spend any money at all in different parts of the world. Keep in mind the $ not spent isn't being reinvested in programs for Americans. Its for more corporate tax cuts.

@avrolymos @elonmusk The whole crux of the argument against it was that it was $ promoting trans ideology. It had nothing to do with that. Its a few thousand dollars to education kids on a lot of things (other things covered were gang violence and drugs).

@JamesAllowance @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump I would suggest exercising critical thinking. It would be easy for WH to show the comic so when they don't and just say "trust me" should raise 🚩. You can go online and find out it was $32k grant for a comic series by diff agency. 1 book had a gay (not trans) protag, that's it.

@manuelpinto211 @drvedu @elonmusk Where is the evidence that its true? Should be easy to provide the comic. The only funds spent were for a $32k grant from a different US agency that helped produce an educational comic book series. 1 of the books had a gay (not trans) protagonist. Why do you let them lie to you?

@WHITECOUGH @drvedu What condoms? The $ was for health care services in Mozambique (Africa) combating HIV/tuberculosis. Of course SOME of that will go to contraceptives. The claim that went to condoms is just made up whole cloth... or at least the WH hasn't provided evidence other than trust me.

@lDario90l @drvedu @elonmusk So you know that the comic was funded by USAID?

@avrolymos @elonmusk I tend to go with the simplest explanation. Given that he's provided no evidence other than "trust me bro", he's probably just lying or uninformed.

@semaforben @ShelbyTalcott over 100k federal employees retire every year... willing to bet that a large % of these 75k were already going to retire.

RT @joshrogin: No matter what you think about USAID and the need to reform it, there’s no defense for cutting off almost all humanitarian a…

@robertmclaws @JStein_WaPo @JenniferJJacobs How many people do you know that work in government? What is cancerous about people at HUD process voucher payments or people at state interviewing citizen applications?

@MarkGoldblatt @TPCarney @IMAO_ I think his point was we don't want elected officials focused on shitposting. We'd like them to be serious people focused on their job. Its the same standards any white collar corporation would their employees to.

@robertmclaws @JStein_WaPo @JenniferJJacobs Traitors? A 10% let alone 30% reduction in workforce aren't traitors... its just Pam and Bill working a 9-5. What do you think the government is my man.

@robertmclaws @JStein_WaPo @JenniferJJacobs Why are you taking a lap on people losing their jobs. All so that Rs can fund another massive tax cut?