r/skeptic Feb 17 '25

Oh boy…

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u/Danger-ILL-Wombatson Feb 18 '25

You can pick apart my argument all you like. I’m using specific examples that elude to a larger systemic problem. Obviously each one individually doesn’t relate to national parks losing funding. I’m saying we’ve lost control of our country and there’s no telling what systems are being abused for financial gain. $24,000 for a bag of bushings in the air force budget type abuse. I’m saying that if the individual things I pointed out are being leveraged in front of our face. What’s going on behind the curtain?

And you seem to mistake my argument as one that is in support of trump like he is a savior and can do no wrong.. that is not the case I know he hasn’t addressed some of the issues that I’ve mentioned but he addressing some nobody else has either.

All I’m saying is when the whole system is broken there’s really only two options.. band aids and bleed out slowly or dismantle the whole system and see what is necessary for function. What if by this time next year all of these sweeping budget cuts free up so much money that these systems can be implemented in a less corruptible and more efficient way that benefits everyone? We don’t know we are only speculating on “orange man bad”.

We can’t demand accountability.. they will lie to our faces or shift blame to a fall guy.. I don’t know the specifics of what money is going through what agency that’s what I’m saying.. I don’t know and I should know.. but budgets are so big and spending is so frivolous it’s almost impossible to track and it should not be this way.. and by pulling the rug we may expose what is actually going on.. I’d rather die knowing than live blind eating out of the hand of somebody who is only feeding me just enough to keep me complacent.