• @Almacca@aussie.zone
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      417 hours ago

      With the amount he plays golf, you’d think he’d be better at it, but apparently he’s a chronic cheat at that as well.

  • @HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    171 day ago

    The other 78% he reneges on nuclear agreements in place since a decade and threatens war on the behalf of a country that starts with I, probably the Ivory Coast, or maybe Iceland, to blow up another country that starts with I, maybe Italy.

    Maybe he sees all these Is and thinks “Yeah, I’m awesome.”

  • Let's Go 2 the Mall!
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    421 day ago

    meh, I did the quiet quit thing a long time ago. not working harder without a nice raise. I’m urging Americans to work less. go on! take that day off! you can do it!

  • @Shardikprime@lemmy.world
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    81 day ago

    Well yeah

    Pensions are fucked globally

    Not a single one of you will see any money from it, so better get working

    Even better, you guys will probably need to extend the pension age up to 75 or so

    Prepare for fun times

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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      523 hours ago

      France revolted violently for less… and again after Charlie X started stripping away the Napoleonic rights.

    • @neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      51 day ago

      I’m not a Trump supporter in any way, but it’s not excessive.

      That’s 21.7 weeks. If he went golfing on the weekend, then he still golfed less than 2 times per week.

      • nocturne
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        Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office: $51,800,000

        Perhaps you would not mind paying his golf bill then.

        Edit to add: this is roughly $340,789 per day of golfing. Or over 21 years worth of pretax income for someone making minimum wages… for 1 day of golf. Meaning at minimum wages it would take you 3,200+ years to pay for what trump has golfed so far this term. Provided you only put the entirety of your paycheck to that bill.

        • @JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
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          21 day ago

          Not for nothing, but the headline of the article is talking about time spent golfing, and so is neon_nova’s comment.

          The thing the President did isn’t the problem, or really even the frequency. The problem is the cost to the taxpayer.

          ‘20,000 American’s pay for President’s golf habit’ would be a better title.

      • @WR5@lemmy.world
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        61 day ago

        There is a calendar on the site showing which days he was confirmed to have been golfing. There are many on the weekends, but not all, which means “work week” time was spent golfing.

        • @JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
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          51 day ago

          Eight days so far during ‘work week’ time. If he was going on his own dime, this wouldn’t be worth talking about.

          It just makes a better talking point to say ‘he’s golfed 37 days out of 152’ despite it not being about how he’s using his weekends (assuming we hold government to the same 5 on 2 off standard as most of us have) when it’s really about how much it’s costing.

          A better headline would be ‘President spends income tax of 20,000 Americans on personal entertainment’.

          • @WR5@lemmy.world
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            21 day ago

            Agreed, but the person I’m responding to made a point about weeks vs. weekends.

            • @JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
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              322 hours ago

              Yes I suppose, just like anything, a nuance here would be whether or not we expect a person of such political authority to be able to have weekends at all.

              On one hand, they’re still a person working a job and no one should be working 365 days a year On the other, the societal cost, in terms of income tax covering travel and security costs, of having a President that travels every weekend is a bit much.

              If the President was only golfing on the weekends, and wasn’t charging the government to golf at his own clubs, then this whole thing of him taking leisure every weekend would be a harder thing to argue against without getting into that whole administration work life balance discussion.

      • AutistoMephisto
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        41 day ago

        He actually said at his most recent press conference that he’s upset because he hasn’t been golfing for the last three weeks.

  • Sabata
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    231 day ago

    Just for that I’m playing games my entire shift.

    • I Cast Fist
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      121 day ago

      “I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!!” - person that voted for the candidate that promised more work without more pay

      • @SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
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        424 hours ago

        I had a pre-MAGA family member say to me “holidays are for Christians, you should have to work!” This is the level of intellect that will control our lives for the foreseeable future.

        • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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          It’s a distinct lack of understanding given that Jews also have a sabbath day and so does Islam (sorta, it’s a day of increased prayer but not literally a day of res) literally every Abrahamic religion I can think of has a sabbath.