Spending mostly consists of five things: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense, and interest on the debt. Everything else is relatively small.
These things are very difficult to cut. Medicaid probably has the least potent political constituency, but most attempt to cut it involve making the states pay more - which the states, of course, are against.
“Republicans are known for being bad negotiators on top of being fiscally irresponsible. This tax debate may reinforce these beliefs.”
Let’s not forget politically STUPID, and corrupt.
The people who will get hurt in this deal are upper middle class ($75k - $200k) who now pay the bulk of all taxes. AND are the very core of the Republican constituency.
The potential losses for them are SALT deductions and 401k exemptions.
That will cause a political earthquake the likes of which Republicans have not seen since 1976. They will lose 50 seats in the House, easy.
Caving in to DemonRAT demands for decades is not the way to develop negotiating smilllz.