Do Massie & Paul?
I think the growth aspect is front and center for Trump & his cabinet. Bessent said recently growth is the only way out of the debt spiral, when coupled with elimination of waste, fraud, redundancy and with cutting spending. Focus on spending only and the ship of state will continue to sink.
Rep. Thomas Massie: “Mr Speaker, We’re not rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic... We’re setting course for the Iceberg!”
Some truth here as unless we have a unheard of amount of growth then the ice burg is just dead ahead...Still to much regulations, taxes and a host of other vexations plaguing the economy and if you are waiting on the good faith of the US Taxpayer then the ship is already sunk as the US Taxpayer is all tapped out.
Massie and Paul are only serious about furthering their own fiefdoms. They watched and did nothing while we burned the last four years.
They’d rather look pretty than lift a hand to actually bring us back from the abyss. They are the reincarnation of Paul Ryan and John McCain. Until they actually show the stones to further genuine American renewal as Trump has, they deserve no respect.
Bessent is 100% correct. I'd heard yesterday on Fox News Sunday (Yes, I watched it..) that there's $1.5 Trillion in IDENTIFIED waste, fraud and abuse documented cuts on the table.
I have a question for anyone who can answer: Where is that in the Big Beautiful Bill? If it's not there, why?
As I understand it, Title X states the President must request recision of the spending using a process under Title X. Congress is legally required to spend money budgeted unless the President requests a recision.
The President may temporarily delay spending of budget authority under Title X, but to actually cut spending, a recision is required with Congressional approval requiring only a simple majority in the Senate.
So to "lock in" the DOGE cuts, it's on President Trump to request a recision and the Senate to pass it to SAVE THE $1.5T DOGE identified.
Seems to me (at least) this should be a no-brainer for any legitimate Republican held Senate concerned about how much debt the country is in, to pass a recision request and save the American Taxpayers a big chunk of money.
One has to ask: Why hasn't this been done yet? Exactly how many Republican Crooks in the US Senate are there? (I'd argue ALL of 'em are on the take somehow, otherwise this would've easily passed by now.)
Can anyone imagine, DOGE identifying $1.5T in cuts to waste, fraud and abuse and a Republican Senate actually PASSING it?
The Democrats would lose the White House, Senate and House for generations to come.
What a shame the Republcan Senate lacks the testicular fortitude to do something so simple and so smart.