• NJSpradlin@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    It’s the golfing. And the grifting, that too.

    Edit: also, flights to deport citizens to gulags.

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      It’s also that cutting doesn’t necessarily lead to spending less. I can cut 50 dollars on lunch, but then I end up real hungry, get fired and can’t resist a honey bun from the vending machine.

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        But what if you make a department of Honey Bun Efficiency? There is surely a simple solution for your fiscal crisis.