Like the calls to deport 20 million are literally "let's cancel SS/Medicare now and let the old people fend for themselves". There are non-selfish reasons to change our policies, but why is no one at least talking about the selfish reasons?
The demographic transition that highly developed countries are undergoing means we're getting upside down on having workers who a) take care of us when we are too old to care for ourselves and b) pay taxes that fund services we still need and c) pay into SS/Medicare which is otherwise running out.
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"there is nothing more conservative than putting country over party." Because without country there is no basis for party.
When Jeff Flake was in the Senate he was one of the 2 or 3 most conservative members. This is quite something.
This green meteor was captured while taking a time-lapse to document the urbanization around the Skyislands southern in India. The camera was set at 15s exposure for 999 shots and this came into one of those shots.
