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minus-squareUpperhand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 days agoAs they say, the scariest nine words in the English language: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 days agoAnd he was a known defender of the average person, right?
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 days agoLook into that “they” and what they propose instead, and you might start to think it’s roughly equivalent to rich people like the “they” in question saying “I don’t like paying taxes or having the government tell me I can’t do things.”
minus-squarepaultimate14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 days agoImagine unironically quoting Ronald Reagan in 2026. On Lemmy of all places.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 days agoThat was made up by people who lacked the imagination to conceive of a scarier situation, as in “I’m a billionaire and I’ll take care of you.”
minus-squareOctober@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days ago“I’m a billionaire, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.”
As they say, the scariest nine words in the English language: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
And he was a known defender of the average person, right?
Look into that “they” and what they propose instead, and you might start to think it’s roughly equivalent to rich people like the “they” in question saying “I don’t like paying taxes or having the government tell me I can’t do things.”
Imagine unironically quoting Ronald Reagan in 2026. On Lemmy of all places.
That was made up by people who lacked the imagination to conceive of a scarier situation, as in “I’m a billionaire and I’ll take care of you.”
“I’m a billionaire, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.”