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by bengunnink
2293 days ago
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The wastefulness of large bureaucracies has been a running joke for decades now, whether fair or not. That being said, I don't think you're going to find that Hacker News is a good forum for espousing your fiscal conservatism--especially when its couched in some particularly divisive contemporary tropes (e.g., "swamp"). Perhaps you're looking for https://reddit.com/politics ? |
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Sadly (or perhaps happily, depending on viewpoint), I am not!
I am not a fiscal conservative.
No.
I am someone who believes (strongly) in transparency (absolute and total) relating to finance/money/transactions - where a public trust is concerned.
That's not a "fiscal conservative".
That's a transparency advocate.
You see, I believe that if we are to have free and fair society in the future, then we must make all financial flows, especially those of governments (both foreign and domestic!) open, transparent, accountable, and subject to public scrutiny.
Now, I am sorry if it offended you because I reposted a video with the title "swamp" in it. Perhaps I should have sanitized and/or censored the title. If you believe that "swamp" is divisive, then perhaps you could contact the author of the video, and/or POTUS, since both seem to use that terminology quite a bit...
Myself? I wouldn't call it the "swamp"...
No.
If I'd call it anything, I'd call it what the late comedian, George Carlin, so eloquently did...
He called it... "The Free Money Club". <g>
He added (also very eloquently, in my opinion!) that to this club, "You and I aren't invited!" <g>
Of course, maybe you'd prefer that it be called the "Swamp" in lieu of "The Free Money Club" -- if those were the only two choices...
Now, I'm not political... I'm apolitical... I'm a man of the mind.
So while I appreciate your kind offer, no, I'm not looking for https://reddit.com/politics...
Perhaps you are looking for a forum online where posters do not have the intellectual capacity to push back as much as they do on HN?
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(I'd also point out that I am not your enemy; I'm only the proverbial messenger (well, technically Adam Andrzejewski is the messenger, I'm only the cross-poster! <g>), and please remember there is a "no shooting of the messenger" rule in effect! <g>)
You may now rebut, if you wish...