Speaker Mike Johnson Cut His Bad Deal Because Republicans Don’t Want To Cut Spending

The Federalist ^ | 01/15/2024 | Christopher Jacobs

[griswold3]

Cut spending in an election year?

[Jonty30]

Any time is a good time to cut spending. Never a bad time to govern responsibly.

[Nextrush]

I got into this “Conservative Movement” as a kid all riled up about government spending too much money.

I was being fornicated with it turns out.

No wonder we support Trump the usual “Conservative” politicians are proven liars with their pants on fire.

[Paladin2]

Trump’s tenure as POTUS clearly showed that the GOPee are wannabe traitors to the USA peeps.

[Alberta's Child]

Johnson and these Republican “moderates” know damn well that their own constituents have no interest in having Congress cut spending.

[Kazan]

The establishment Republicans aren't spineless. They are corrupt.

There are three Holy Grails of the Swamp and Republican establishment enriching themselves and their donors by 1) Federal spending 2) illegal immigration and 3) foreign policy.

We have politicians (like Nikki Haley) that only are in politicians to become wealthy.

[Paladin2]

From the River to the Capitol....

[Paladin2]

Vacate.

Sooner rather than later.

[EEGator]

Another principled Republican leader…

[AnthonySoprano]

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Massie Lied and said he opened the Debt Limit for Biden but they had agreed to cut the Budget during the next negotiation. Now, he says they Lied to him.

What are you, five yrs old?

It happened exactly as many of us said it would.

[AnthonySoprano]

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It’s not so much about Spending as it is supporting Joe Biden every way possible.

McCarthy said it - Biden was getting everything he wanted, but the scam was trying to get more money for the border, and they know that the enforcement policy at the Border is the driving issue.

They want to fool the Right.

[AnthonySoprano]

kuva

[RideForever]

Trump should suggest the following:
Have the House speaker cut payroll funding to the Deep State with no provision for raises. In fact, if they leave their jobs now, there will be amnesty for them if Trump is elected. Those who remained on the job, things might not go so well.

The best thing that can happen is a default and ensuing government shutdown.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The best thing that can happen is a default

Why would America defaulting be a good thing?

[Mariner]

Johnson, or any speaker can only reflect the majority of his conference.

The bad guys are your GOP reps.

[ronnie raygun]

Need to bring this all under control, lets not fall asleep

[Jonty30]

The infuriating thing about the debt is that it’s an easy solution. You force a law that states that every year, there must measureable reduction, I prefer something like 3% but I’m not a bureaucrat who knows the numbers, until the deficit is gone and then have a attachment to the original law that there must be measureable reduction in the debt before any additional spendings can be made and only from the interest reduced can there be increases in spending.

It’s not easy, but the concept is not hard.

[spincaster]

Republicans don’t, but conservatives do.

[joethedrummer]

The Republicans are not spineless..

They are corrupt as Democrats- just a little bit ashamed to want people to know it..