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ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Geriatric Republican Congresswoman: "FUCK YOU YOU TEN YEAR OLD CHILD FOR SAYING I SHOULD HELP PEOPLE BUY ELECTRIC CARS!!!"

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Geriatric Republican Congresswoman: "FUCK YOU YOU TEN YEAR OLD CHILD FOR SAYING I SHOULD HELP PEOPLE BUY ELECTRIC CARS!!!"

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ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago
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Greensboro mom calls letter sent to 10-year-old from congresswoman 'horrific'
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A Greensboro mother is calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx over a letter she said her son received from the congresswoman after a school assignment.
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  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Therefore, your request that ‘the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases’ means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.

    Let’s hear congress critter Fuckstain here explain how that doesn’t also apply to oil subsidies.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      That’s also absolutely not how this works. These people don’t even understand how MMT works. US economists just reject the concept for purely vibes based reasons, even though it is the doctrine of how the economy actually works.

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        anyone who refers to themself as an economist is actually just a propagandist and can safely be ignored

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        Oh I’m sure she knows how shit actually works, this is just the song and dance these ghouls do because it fits into the average burgerite’s “the federal budget is like a household budget” morality play.

      • Feed_el_Castro [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        It’s part of the doctrine, Marxism is the other part of the doctrine explaining how capitalism works.

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          Well yes, of course.

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    It reminds me of when Dianne Feinstein told a bunch of kids to fuck off on camera.

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      wow. The kids said “please don’t make our future hell” and she said “i was voted for by a plurality! i can do what i want”

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      This has lived rent free in my head ever since it happened. This ancient ghouls are so fucking vile. I’m glad she’s dead.

    • HexReplyBot [none/use name]@hexbear.netB
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      I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

      • yewtu.be
      • inv.nadeko.net
      • yt.artemislena.eu
      • piped.video
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    This article doesn’t even show the worst of it. Full letter:

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      How sad

      I love this letter, it’s so internet ‘you are so owned’ coded

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        A staffer definitely got fired over this

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      This is gross but a 5k tax rebate on EVs is some arch-liberal shit so I think the broken clock might be right here on the “you’re propagandized, sweaty” bit. Nobody needs to tell me the kid has the right intentions and still doesn’t deserve the dismissive condescension, i just wanted to point out that, again, a tax rebate on an EV is some Kamala Harris Bidenocrat shit. Like if this tax rebate were moving forward itd be getting posted about in /c/traingang like YEAH THAT’S WHAT WE NEED, MORE CARS

      Also lolll random thought but if the goal was more EVs they could simply i dunno, get rid of the tariffs on China. That would probably be a lot more than $5k off per vehicle.

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    “Contact your local representative before it’s to late”

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    Autoplay video negative

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    The picture of her on the website makes her look like an actual Dracula omg

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