American Election 2024

Anyone else notice the commercial middle of third inning of ALCS Game 7 in Toronto? It's a narrative touting the advantages of free trade. If you don't recognize the voice, at the end they show a TV screen of President Reagan giving the speech in 1987. Small print at the end: Paid for by Government of Ontario! Excellent :troll:
 
Tony Crocker said:
Anyone else notice the commercial middle of third inning of ALCS Game 7 in Toronto? It's a narrative touting the advantages of free trade. If you don't recognize the voice, at the end they show a TV screen of President Reagan giving the speech in 1987.
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I thought that it was Dan Rather until the reveal.
 
Tony Crocker said:
Obviously the :troll: is far better being Reagan. This is usually the angle I use when needling MAGA Republicans like our former admin.
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I was under the impression that Reagan means virtually nothing to former admin and ilk. It's a great commercial but I'm not sure how mentioning him would annoy MAGATs.
 
After hundreds of thousands of federal workers were furloughed (or working without pay) since the government shut down on Oct. 1, now with the shutdown ending they will receive back pay for the time missed. In other words, a bunch of Govt workers are going to be paid for sitting on their duffs and watching tv for a month. It's so wasteful. The basics of the federal budget, including grunt worker's salaries, should be exempt from the shutdown shenanigans, while Congress does their political dance over funding various policies and special interests.
 
jimk said:
while Congress does their political dance over funding various policies and special interests.
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How about Congress, the president and presidential direct appointees getting no pay (including retroactive) during a shutdown?

In 2010 California voters passed Proposition 25 which said:
If California's budget is not adopted by June 15, lawmakers forfeit their pay and expense reimbursement for each day the budget is late.
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Tony Crocker said:
How about Congress, the president and presidential direct appointees getting no pay (including retroactive) during a shutdown?

In 2010 California voters passed Proposition 25 which said:
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Yes, Tony, I would totally support this plan but I would say there is a 0.00000000000000000% chance that it will ever happen.
Reminds me of what Warren Buffett once suggested about how to end deficit spending in the USA:

Warren Buffett has said: "I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that any time there’s a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."​

 
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