• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You mean the one about the government surplus from the government not doing the things it’s supposed to?

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Yeah you can save a ton of money if you don’t pay your bills!

      water turns off

      internet turns off

      power turns off

      heat turns off

      car gets repo’d

      is evicted from apartment

      credit tanks for the next decade

      lawsuits

      lawsuits

      lawsuits

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Stephen Harper did the same thing in 2011. He ran 6 straight years of deficit spending, sold Canada out to Nestle and the gas companies, cut funding to the public sector, and said “wow look at all this money I found! aren’t I the best politician?”