Republicans told their voters "the most important thing going on in the world right now is the war in Ukraine" and helped Biden send around $60 billion in aid in the last six months. But now they're outraged about fiscal irresponsibility. This is why the GOP is the Stupid Party.
Socialism for Raytheon is fine, of course
Democrats punish the middle class by placing the burden of loan forgiveness on their shoulders

Republicans punish the middle class by forcing them to fund (and sometimes fight in) war and to subsidize the defense industry
Democrats redistribute wealth to their constituents: college educated libs and the underclass

The GOP redistributes wealth to the defense industry and elsewhere in the private sector -- but it's fine because muh freedom
The actual problem with this is that the GOP has completely blown up the moral ground to claim that this is an irresponsible and reckless policy, when the GOP has supported policies that are just as awful for Middle America. There's no way to avoid this hypocritical image

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Republicans look hypocritical talking about "fiscal responsibility" on college debt after helping Biden steal billions from Americans to fund the Ukraine grift, after making it a talking point that Biden has not given Ukraine *enough* support.
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In other words, Portnoy lies about who he really is, unlike Tate, who is honest
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All this is speculative but man, if you can say one thing about neocons and leftists it is that they stick together against their enemies. This, by contrast, looks like a den of vipers.
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But to former director Hayden, there's nothing worse than Middle Americans who won't go quietly.
Once again, if you are an American, your worst enemy is not China or Russia but the United States regime. english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/10…
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