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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

the whole budget thing is dumb, just write it so that things auto-renew at the same level as before if Congress doesn't update them

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They won't do that because they need to keep raising the budgets for the military, ICE, and aid to isntrael

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

True but this makes me wonder why there isn't already a provisional budget law that raises those things to like one trillion times the current amount until the new budget is passed

[–] ferristriangle@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago

But then how will we do political theater with the budget if it is governed by sensible processes??