Reposted by MattRyan, Perdido en TX @ryanlostintx.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too. 115139133445
Reposted by MattMaku Atherton @makuatherton.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Context - Reagan said "In this present crisis" before the line you quoted, meaning it was a conditional thing not a general statement. He literally followed up with "Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government." Full speech linked.reaganlibrary.govInaugural Address 1981Inaugural Address 1981. Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O'Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens: 710311
Reposted by Mattthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so! 17390741841
Reposted by Matt𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 06/03/2025If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%. 467229499064
Reposted by MattBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Just finished Muppet Christmas Carol and the funniest running gag is omniscient narrator Gonzo and sidekick Russo having to break or sneak into every house in the story 592976144
Matt @saintsaturn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024We are soon going to realize just how much we rely on federal civil servants 020
Matt @saintsaturn.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Why does The Onion buying Infowars feel like the opposite of AI? 010
Matt @saintsaturn.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The next four years are about to show us why letting career politicians run government is not the worst idea 000
Reposted by MattEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 09/11/2024The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either. 441192173882
Matt @saintsaturn.bsky.social · 06/11/2024In case anyone was wondering, this is why the right attacks education so fiercely 020
