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Will they ever cut anything substantial?
1 posted on 07/27/2025 3:17:24 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

If “they” means Congress, the answer is no.


2 posted on 07/27/2025 3:25:20 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: RandFan

Too many hogs feeding at the trough with too much of the money directly or indirectly benefitting the members of Congress (both parties).


3 posted on 07/27/2025 3:31:10 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: RandFan
Austerity is yesterday's campaign promise, we have bet the farm on growth and AI.


4 posted on 07/27/2025 3:31:56 AM PDT by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: RandFan

You really didn’t think they’d put any real effort towards cutting the spending, did you?


5 posted on 07/27/2025 5:04:47 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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@CongMikeSimpson

Hate to tell you this, but 90% of all taxes are unconstitutional....how about getting back to the bare bones and cutting the budget by that much?

ANY recissions are the right way to go - but Y’all got so used to spending other people’s money you’ve become addicted to it.


6 posted on 07/27/2025 5:16:49 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: RandFan
I'd like to just see the employee count for each Department pre-Trump and now or in the near future.

How many took an "out" voluntarily?

How many rescission packages will there be?

7 posted on 07/27/2025 5:31:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RandFan
Will they ever cut anything substantial?

No they will not.

All the power they have is derived from spending other peoples money. They ain't giving that up for nothing nor no one.

8 posted on 07/27/2025 5:33:01 AM PDT by JParris
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The he interest on the debt, social security, Medicare, most welfare type expenditures are the primary contributors to the debt.

They are politically untouchable.

The President’s trip to the Fed was to reduce interest rates and thus the debt incurred presently. That visit was apparently rebuffed.


9 posted on 07/27/2025 6:06:16 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: RandFan

Impoundment is not Unconstitutional, the Impoundment control act is Unconstitutional.


10 posted on 07/27/2025 6:46:22 AM PDT by Farcesensitive (Epstein didn't kill himself)
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To: RandFan

Rand thinks the Impoundment control act is Constitutional and makes Impoundment illegal.


11 posted on 07/27/2025 6:50:28 AM PDT by Farcesensitive (Epstein didn't kill himself)
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If the ICA was passed to curtail a constitutional authority of the executive, it must be unconstitutional on its face. Current legislation cannot be enacted which impedes legitimate constitutional authority of a successor administration. The constitution cannot be abridged by legislation.


12 posted on 07/27/2025 6:57:43 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: RandFan

Note to Rep Simpson: A budget would be real nice. Then there would be little need for recissions and impoundment.


14 posted on 07/27/2025 7:57:25 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: RandFan

Not unconstitutional if put in the constitution. Keep the judges out of it.


15 posted on 07/27/2025 8:16:36 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: RandFan

Both are constitutional, and may be critical to saving the republic from spending into oblivion.


16 posted on 07/27/2025 8:17:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan

The first response from the deep state regarding anything that they are opposed to - it’s unconstitutional.


17 posted on 07/27/2025 8:40:03 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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