[Openurmind]

So we are going to let them extort us into tons of Republican Pork and bad law just to save those?

If they want to save those then they need to be held to the fire and eliminate the BS... But I can tell you right now, the Republicans do not care at all if the Tax cuts expire. They are just as greedy as the Democrats about taxes. They only holler when it can be blamed on the Dems and they don’t have to own it. They LOVE more money, and love to spend it even more...

Which is why this bill is a problem. They have a spending addiction and cannot suppress it... Rand is trying to point out this disease and addiction...

[Dr. Sivana]

So we are going to let them extort us into tons of Republican Pork and bad law just to save those?

Perhaps. No great options. If you let them expire, both good and bad Republicans go down in 2026, and get replaced with Democrats. The Deep State in both parties will ride out Trump's term with not much to show for it.

The president is sailing into a headwind, and progress is rarely straight in such situations.