OT Why Never Trumpers Should Bet on DeSantis Now

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  1. Shaboid

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    Was it the Chicago public library that was offering digital library cards to anyone in Florida? Maybe it was New York. Either way, this is great.
     
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    I recently read dystopian novel The Giver and it strikes me that is DeSantis' idea of the perfect world. Everyone obeys, no one reads and no one has sex.
     
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    I'm 100% glad I left Florida.
     
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    Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president

    https://apple.news/Ajg1AwBv9Rie0GOtBwPlGGQ


    "We need to fundamentally re-constitutionalize the government," DeSantis said Wednesday. "We talked about draining the swamp in 2016; that didn’t happen. I think the better analogy is breaking the swamp."

    It wasn't the first time DeSantis has floated the idea of doing away with the IRS, a frequent target of Republicans. On “The Dana Show" last month, DeSantis called the IRS a "corrupt organization" when radio host Dana Loesch asked him whether he would sign a measure to abolish the agency.

    “The answer is yes," DeSantis said at the time. "We need something totally different."

    Asked how he would replace the existing tax structure, DeSantis said he has “supported all of the single-rate proposals," referring to a flat tax.

    "I would be welcoming to take this tax system, chuck it out the window and do something that’s more favorable to the average folks,” he said.

    The IRS, which is overseen by the Treasury Department, has cut close to 20% of its staff since 2010. The debt ceiling deal eliminated $1.4 billion in IRS funding and redirected roughly $20 billion of the $80 billion provided to the agency through the Inflation Reduction Act to nondefense funds.

    In the current fiscal year, the budgets for the Commerce, Energy and Education departments were $109 billion, $160 billion and $194 billion, respectively, according to government spending data.

    "We need to fundamentally re-constitutionalize the government," DeSantis said Wednesday. "We talked about draining the swamp in 2016; that didn’t happen. I think the better analogy is breaking the swamp."

    It wasn't the first time DeSantis has floated the idea of doing away with the IRS, a frequent target of Republicans. On “The Dana Show" last month, DeSantis called the IRS a "corrupt organization" when radio host Dana Loesch asked him whether he would sign a measure to abolish the agency.

    “The answer is yes," DeSantis said at the time. "We need something totally different."

    Asked how he would replace the existing tax structure, DeSantis said he has “supported all of the single-rate proposals," referring to a flat tax.

    "I would be welcoming to take this tax system, chuck it out the window and do something that’s more favorable to the average folks,” he said.

    The IRS, which is overseen by the Treasury Department, has cut close to 20% of its staff since 2010. The debt ceiling deal eliminated $1.4 billion in IRS funding and redirected roughly $20 billion of the $80 billion provided to the agency through the Inflation Reduction Act to nondefense funds.

    In the current fiscal year, the budgets for the Commerce, Energy and Education departments were $109 billion, $160 billion and $194 billion, respectively, according to government spending data.
     
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    Trump loves to boast he he the greatest for everyone. DeSantis has put together an attack ad against Trump by compiling a montage of Trump saying no one has done more for gay people, welcoming Chelsea Manning, etc to point out that he himself would never say or do anything for LGBTQ community except hate us.
     
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    That's one more than Rick Perry!

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    True, and I wonder if DeSantis will eventually regret/forget what he said as Perry did?
     
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    Yeah. Smart move. The changes in alimony law primarily hurt older middle class white women. The ones who backed him because it was an imposition for their children to wear masks, and because they didn't want children learning anything that makes white people uncomfortable.

    No doubt they will now turn to strong family man, lifelong devout Christian who treats his wife with respect and unconditionally loves his children. Trump!
     
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    i’d hate to be in the real estate biz in florida… oof
     
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    That's what natural disasters will do to ya. If (God forbid) the Pacific Ring of Fire decides to cut loose, the west coast might very well end up in similar circumstances....insurance-wise.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    That's what natural disasters will do to ya. If (God forbid) the Pacific Ring of Fire decides to cut loose, the west coast might very well end up in similar circumstances....insurance-wise.
     

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