Trump has CUT OFF all foreign aid, USAID, and all NGOs funding both domestically and abroad. In just 48 hours. the “Blue Team” has been cutoff at the knees, saving billions. What the hell else does he expect in Trump’s first week?
Montag813 -
Methinks you are missing the point. There is no criticism with what POTUS has stalled or cut. What Roy is confronting is the new budget, and appropriations on a go forward basis. He believes that the cuts should be permanent as will be set forth in the budget, and not the measures taken since January 20. He is focused on the big picture, not the relative insignificant reductions of money already appropriated. They are two different subjects. In a sense, I can relate to Roy in that as one Representative, he has a less than a half of one percent voice on the direction of the caucus. His time is best used talking to his constituents and getting marching orders from them. His position is well represented by several others from the Freedom Caucus.
Gwjack
The federal budget is entitlements, defense, and debt service. Everything else is chump change.
There are 1001 places to trim domestic discretionary spending and foreign aid, but trimming chump change accounts doesn’t put a dent in the problem.
Either we constrain the long term growth of entitlement spending or we go bankrupt. The only question is when.
Agree, he's afraid he might like being on a team.