Libertarianism is a loser. It was that way during the Reagan Presidency (which is why he rejected it), it was a loser during the Gingrich speakership, and it’s that way now.
I know seniors, and there are millions of them, who hate everything about the Democratic Party but keep voting for it because of fears about social security and medicare.
This sort of plan is exactly what the RINOs love: a grand, extreme gesture which has no chance of passing. They use constitutional amendments the same way. “Fake right, vote left[wing]”. Propose the extreme option which has no chance of passing, then when it is defeated give the Democrats 90% of what they want while telling conservatives “We tried”.
This whole budget-cutting thing was tried for 15 years of Reagan, Bush 1, and Gingrich. The Democrats raked us over the coals each and every election. We _DO_ need to cut budgets but it needs to be done carefully.
Rome wasn’t burnt in a day.
I should add though that Collins should have shown enough party loyalty to keep her mouth shut until negotiations were over. I don’t understand in what way these RINO senators can be considered part of the Republican Party.