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It bodes very badly for everyone that the entire Republican Party is fine with having an entire federal government policy based on the random TV-driven whims of a bitter, broken and clearly ailing old man. Would they even try to stop him pushing the button?



I don’t understand why we (in the US) were taught about separation of powers and checks and balances in elementary and high school.

Apparently, the president has had the power to change the price of anything at anytime.


It is not random. These are not some lucky people who got the lead of the world most powerful country. These are targeted at blue states/demographics. This should have been obvious from Section 174(c)(3) but somehow everyone seems oblivious to it?


> This should have been obvious from Section 174(c)(3) but somehow everyone seems oblivious to it?

If you want to change that, i.e. make people aware of it, don’t just name the section; link to it and briefly explain what it is and why people should be against it. Even doing just one of those three would help your cause.


>If you want to change that, i.e. make people aware of it, don’t just name the section; link to it and briefly explain what it is and why people should be against it. Even doing just one of those three would help your cause.

I'm not sure why this (Section 174(c)(3)) [0] is relevant to our discussion in any way, but here it is for everyone's perusal:

>(3) Software development

>

>For purposes of this section, any amount paid or incurred

>in connection with >the development of any software shall

>be treated as a research or experimental >expenditure.

[0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/174

Edit: Fixed quote formatting.


No, they very much want the button.


I don’t think they’re all fine with it, but they are almost all terrified of his sway over the primary voters, and scared to lose their jobs.

Letting party members rather than party elites choose the head of party always sounds good in practice but often ends up badly (Truss, Corbyn, etc)




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