#congame — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #congame, aggregated by home.social.
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Knaves and Hipocrates see through the Whole sistem at once. I will take the People their own way says one of these, I will serve them without Pay, I will give them money, I will make them beleive that I am perfectly disinterested untill I gain their Confidence and exite their enthusiasm. then I will Carry that Confidence and Enthusiasm to markett and will sell it for more than all I give them, and all their Pay would have amounted to — si populus vult decipi decipiatur [if the people want to be deceived, they will be deceived].
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1785-09-10) to John JebbMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/80085/
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BostonGlobe—OPINION—The #Republican con on the #debtceiling. By Sen.#ElizabethWarren.
The #HouseRepublican plan for the debt ceiling is about protecting the wealthy and the well-connected from paying their fair share in taxes — nothing more and nothing less.
House Speaker #KevinMcCarthy and #extremistRepublicans are running a #congame. They claim their plan to use the debt ceiling to trigger global economic #chaos.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/22/opinion/republican-con-debt-ceiling/
