Massie has a point, but - and it’s a big ‘but’ - what he’s asking for would never get through the Senate, and would certainly not pass muster as an actual budget where 60 votes are needed.
You have to obtain what’s possible within the constraints that exist. And thanks to voter fraud in many states, there is no supermajority in either chamber so what is possible is a lot less than ideal.
It’s a conundrum
Massie Isuffers from the same trust issues as many of us. Trump wants to have a bill that locks in most of his EOs first. This bill does that with some tweaking to the spending. It’s just enough constraint to pass using reconciliation.
Then Trump promises to use rescission to eliminate the DOGE identified waste and fraud. That doesn’t require a super majority either but passes parliamentary scrutiny. It will be much easier when it is actual, specific waste and fraud that is targeted. It stops idiots like Raskin and Swallwell from attacking with broad statements like ‘he’s cutting Medicaid’. It also forces those idiots to defend fraud and waste.
I think it is a well defined strategy, but it requires trust that more cuts will follow. Many of us are as leery also.
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