The Impact of D.O.G.E. on the Appraisal Profession

[Carnivore]

The other night I watched fox televise the budget battle. What is so interesting the arguing only represents about 30% of federal expenditures. The other 70% is set in stone. I.E Social Security payments. etc

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The majority of the federal budget is governed by permanent law, including:

Taxes and fees: These are generally governed by laws that remain in place until changed.

Mandatory spending: This includes programs that are written into law and do not require annual approvals. Examples include Social Security, Medicare,

Medicaid, and veterans benefits. and many others

So the original bill had over 1,500 pages. They ended up as I recall, with just over a 1,000 pages.

The question is simple one: What was in those pages they took out. Answer: PORK for all the congressman's districts. So we could break this pork down into strips of bacon. Some congressman if they were very new reps they maybe only got one strip of bacon. Most powerful house rep got 10 strips of bacon. and on and on it goes. In the end all the congressman got strips of bacon.

But wait...why are they getting more and more bacon. Inflation and greed. They have to bring more bacon home each term to remain in office. Each term they get to be leaders in the party.
I wish we could see the final bill/budget and go over it to find all the non-essential bacon aka money expenditures.

 

[Zoe]

The moral of the story is:. Be careful boys and girls.

 

[BRCJR]

Because he's not listening to the 'right' people.

Then how the heck did he get elected?

 

[Mark K]

Then how the heck did he get elected?

The Dims don't think he's listening to the 'right' people.

Dims are angry because he's listening to, quite possibly, the smartest and most successful man on the planet and you know how Dims hate people (conservatives) that succeeded on their own merits. They think TRUMP should be hiring career politicians and community organizers and other minority 'advocates', you know, the same incompetent fools (just like the fool at the top of their ticket) that have been trying to destroy the US over the past 4 years.

 

[J Grant]

The Dims don't think he's listening to the 'right' people.

Dims are angry because he's listening to, quite possibly, the smartest and most successful man on the planet and you know how Dims hate people (conservatives) that succeeded on their own merits. They think TRUMP should be hiring career politicians and community organizers and other minority 'advocates', you know, the same incompetent fools (just like the fool at the top of their ticket) that have been trying to destroy the US over the past 4 years.

You have to use the word dims and hurl insults in every post you make.

Why can't you make an argument on its own merits?

We have conflicted feelings about Elon's role. On the one hand, it is a plus that Trump can tap Elon's genius. On the other hand, as a private citizen with some weird beliefs and his own agenda, Elon vas influence on X is scary -for all his smarts, Elon does not understand that govt is not the same as running a private business, where he is free to wholesale fire evyeonye.

That was made plain to him, and thankfully by a small group of Repulicans, in his almost shut down the govt debacle.

 

[J Grant]

The Dims don't think he's listening to the 'right' people.

Dims are angry because he's listening to, quite possibly, the smartest and most successful man on the planet and you know how Dims hate people (conservatives) that succeeded on their own merits. They think TRUMP should be hiring career politicians and community organizers and other minority 'advocates', you know, the same incompetent fools (just like the fool at the top of their ticket) that have been trying to destroy the US over the past 4 years.

Gee,if the Democrats were "trying to destroy America," they sure did a lousy job of it. Our economy has low unemployment and is among the strongest in the world. Our laws and constitution are stil in place.
Let's see how our nation looks after four years of a band of billionaire thugs looting it.

 

[BRCJR]

You have to use the word dims and hurl insults in every post you make.
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Many just use your posts as an example of how to respond to others. Go figure.....

 

[Mark K]

Our laws and constitution are stil in place.

Now that's funny!! You Dims just crack me up!! Selective memory sure can be handy because your claim of "laws in place" rings very hollow. The laws might be in place but the old fool in charge, your hero, instructed ICE to illegally open the borders and sell off the wall components that could be used to keep out the hoards.

I'm not surprised that you'd claim that since your TDS blinds you to any inconvenient facts. You and Whoopi should start your own website.

 

[Carnivore]

Let's see how our nation looks after four years of a band of billionaire thugs looting it.

Yes, let's remember this day and compare the 1st year, the 2nd year, the third year and fourth. I predict it will go very well for the mddle class and actually it will very likely all income levels will do well.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Elon vas influence on X is scary

How can you say that? X is the only platform where both conservative and liberal voices are equally divided and not censored. FB et al will fact check you and claim you are wrong. I posted an article from a science paper aggregator and got binged by FB. They fight anyone who provides an alternative to the Sky is Falling climate news - absurd. "Partly false" - some 22 year old twit without a clue nor degree claims to know better??? So look at Bluesky. It's a self-censoring echo chamber that cannot even agree on liberal content.

Is Studyfinds biased? It's rated high is credibility