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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 142 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

2015:

Like other Republicans, Paul would repeal Obamacare, partially privatize Social Security, move Medicare to a " premium support" system for future retirees, and block-grant Medicaid and food stamps. But he's also proposed budget cuts of 20 percent or more to NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, and the EPA — and cuts of 60 percent or more to the National Science Foundation, State Department, and Interior Department, among many others. Plus he's proposed eliminating the Departments of Energy and Education entirely. "It's the most detailed expression of what a libertarian approach to budgeting would look like to date," Matthews writes.

Off to a great start!

[-] ManniSturgis@lemmy.zip 60 points 8 months ago

I'll ask that guy, if I ever want to make a country as shit as possible for everyone but the rich.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 31 points 8 months ago

The rich don't stay rich without peasants to work for them and buy their shit. If everyone else dies or leaves, the rich are in trouble too.

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

That's why they're so keen on AI

[-] Zamotic@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago

Leaving likely won't be much of a problem since you won't have enough money to leave either. Dying on the other hand....

[-] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

Most people have two feet they can use to move around

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

"But John Galt says we can make a rich person utopia if we want to!"

Just in case the sarcasm wasn't clear: objectivism dumb.

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