Oceans Yet to Burn

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Anonymous asked:

Seems like a shitty thing to do; if they wanted to get rid of the money there are plenty of worthwhile charities out there. As an art project or statement... sheesh.

argumate answered:

it’s just paper, man.

although later of course their kids were old enough to hear about it and say what the fuck dad, why

[mitigatedchaos]

If I’m the government, I authorize printing another million in cash and write a heartfelt letter thanking them for their donation, which I then immediately spend on something popular with the voters.

[Oceans Yet to Burn]

[afloweroutofstone]

Murkowski and Collins get a minor shout-out for not doing something horrible I guess, and McCain gets nothing since he had the power to shut the bill down in several ways but chose to do it this way for positive media attention

[discoursedrome]

Right-wing attitudes to Republican “no” votes: These people are turncoats and need to be made an example of

Left-wing attitudes to Republican “no” votes: These guys aren’t completely terrible, I guess. They’re slightly less terrible than the other guys

The left, a few years later: Where have the moderate, principled Republicans gone?