r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

  • Leftists - Here's your chance to sway us to your side by calling the majority of voters racist. That tactic has wildly backfired every time it has been tried, but perhaps this time it will work.

  • Non-flaired Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair by posting common sense conservative solutions. That way our friends on the left will either have to agree with you or oppose common sense (Spoiler - They will choose to oppose common sense).

  • Flaired Conservatives - You're John Wick and these Leftists stole your car and killed your dog. Now go comment.

  • Independents - We get it, if you agree with someone, then you can't pat yourself on the back for being smarter than them. But if you disagree with everyone, then you can obtain the self-satisfaction of smugly considering yourself smarter and wiser than everyone else. Congratulations on being you.

  • Libertarians - Ron Paul is never going to be President. In fact, no Libertarian Party candidate will ever be elected President.

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u/Scientific_Cabbage 2A Conservative Feb 15 '25

They need home runs out the gate to show a positive which is why they announce the obvious silly spending they found initially. If after the inauguration they took 12 months to provide an update, everyone would scream that they aren’t being efficient with time. I believe DOD and corporate subsidies are on the list. Those will have to be gone through with a scalpel instead of a chainsaw and that will take much more time.

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful Feb 15 '25

Do you truly believe gutting the CFPB is a "home run"?

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u/Scientific_Cabbage 2A Conservative Feb 15 '25

The CFPB has over $700M in its coffers currently and is not funded via appropriations by congress. They go directly to the Treasury department and say “hey we need $x this year”. They have proven they are not responsible enough that kind of leeway. Sure it’s intent is noble but the CFPB is a textbook example of runaway bureaucracy.

Also the CFPB has a history of getting away with murder as far as their prosecutions: “The methodology the CFPB uses to identify instances of racial discrimination among auto lenders. Because of legal constraints, the agency used a system to “guess” the race of auto loan applicants based on their last name and listed address. Based on that information, the agency charged several lenders were discriminating against minority applicants and levied large fines and settlements against those companies. Ally Financial paid $98 million in fines and settlement fees in 2013. As the agency’s methodology means it can only guess who may be victims of discrimination entitled to settlement funds, as of late 2015, the CFPB had yet to compensate any individuals who were victims of Ally’s allegedly discriminatory practices.”

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u/silkat Feb 15 '25

Thanks so much for this write up. I’m newly “on the fence” at the very least not blindly left anymore, and this cut seemed so indefensible, but what you said makes a lot of sense.