Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?
Date	2025-05-31 06:29 +0000
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 20:37:27 -0700, % wrote:

> Joel wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 30/05/2025 20:21, % wrote:
>>>> Joel wrote:
>>>>> John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 May 2025 07:22:51 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I guess that’s over, now that Elon Musk has left the
>>>>>>> building. That’s the end of DOGE, without “saving” anywhere near
>>>>>>> the trillion dollars he originally promised.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Comes as a *total* shock, lemmetellya.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's say they had cut that much with this DOGE BS (not that it's
>>>>> 100%
>>>>> a stupid idea, of course, but they were not approaching very
>>>>> rationally), wouldn't the proposed tax breaks offset it?  Wouldn't
>>>>> we still be spending a large fortune every year on the damn
>>>>> military?
>>>>>
>>>> no because there would be tariffs that go to trumps pocket
>>>
>>> Military spending is pretty low in reality.
>> 
>> 
>> Laughable.
>> 
>> 
>>> And it is a *pragmatic* program, whereas so much is spent on purely
>>> *moral* initiatives to employ people who think they can therefore tell
>>> how to run your life better than you can yourself.
>> 
>> 
>> Never even heard of such a thing, unless you mean the war on drugs
>> (which is yet another discarding of money).
>> 
> military spending is the usa's biggest bill it's close to 90%

There is mandatory spending including Social Security, Medicare, and other 
expenditures required by law.

Then there is discretionary spending, which is less than a third of the 
mandatory budget. Of that defense spending is a little less than half.

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Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-30 07:22 +0000
  Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 10:59 -0700
    Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-30 19:38 +0100
    Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 15:19 -0400
      Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 12:21 -0700
        Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 00:33 +0100
          Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 23:34 -0400
            Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 20:37 -0700
              Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 07:23 +0100
                Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-31 14:31 -0400
              Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-31 06:29 +0000
          Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 14:04 -0700
            Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 22:47 +0100
              Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 14:54 -0700
                Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 23:26 +0100
                OT: Neo-liberal misconceptions? (was: Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 23:43 +0100
            Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-31 23:08 +0000
      Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 13:51 -0700
        Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-31 17:11 -0400
  Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-05-30 23:18 -0400
    Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-30 20:38 -0700
      Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-01 01:20 -0400
        Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 23:03 -0700
          Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-01 15:13 +0000
    Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 07:21 +0100
      Re: Software (Non)Bloat (was Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-02 23:56 +0000
  Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 13:46 -0700
    Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 22:24 +0100
      Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-31 15:02 -0700
        Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-31 18:13 -0400
        Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-31 23:29 +0100

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