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Prairie Gates

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5. So a President can just invent an entity and then fund it out of the US Treasury?

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:19 PM

Feb 19

Good to know for when the next President invents the Board of Ending Homelessness and gives it $100 billion to house the unhoused. After that, the Board of Eliminating Medical Debt, which the President will decided needs $600 billion over 4 years.

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Trump Says U.S. Will Commit $10 Billion to His Board of Peace [View all] dalton99a Feb 19 OP

Oooh oooh oooh I know I know durablend Feb 19 #1

Equally concerned about where it's GOING, if I'm honest Prairie Gates Feb 19 #6

. dalton99a Feb 19 #8

If only we had 3 co-equal branches of govt leftstreet Feb 19 #2

We are witnessing rampant looting and thievery, in broad daylight. dalton99a Feb 19 #3

It's like reform school with no teacher n/t leftstreet Feb 19 #11

I think that it is more like a markodochartaigh Feb 19 #13

"Making sure U.N. runs properly". oasis Feb 19 #4

So a President can just invent an entity and then fund it out of the US Treasury? Prairie Gates Feb 19 #5

Is this the $10 billion dollars he is going to take from the taxpayers...? kentuck Feb 19 #7

No, this is something new dalton99a Feb 19 #9

If we have Traildogbob Feb 19 #10

But hey...Fuck the USA purr-rat beauty Feb 19 #12

That sick evil fuck sure likes to spend other people's money. SamKnause Feb 19 #14

Not with my tax dollars! sinkingfeeling Feb 19 #15

Impeachable self-dealing C_U_L8R Feb 19 #16

They gave up on that during one of the Gulf wars. progressoid Feb 19 #20

$10 billion dollars from whom? Ray Bruns Feb 19 #17

And too whom? progressoid Feb 19 #19

Taking a wrecking ball to the entire planet maxsolomon Feb 19 #18

Does Trump hold the power of the purse? Puppyjive Feb 19 #21

The head of the "Board of Peace" is about to launch a major war against Iran Martin Eden Feb 20 #22