Isn't this the opposite of what trump promised?
Trump proved in his first term he likes to spend money and was not serious about cutting spending. Part of the reason I didn't buy into his tariff tough talk.
TCJA was the greatest simplification of tax code in my lifetime, huge win. But he discovered the joy of retarded giveaways during his four year sabbatical. No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on SS - all pandering to the lowest common denominator. He DGAF about deficits, IMO.
Congress sucks pretty terribly - both sides. But especially republicans. They can do anything they want right now and choose to structurally change absolutely nothing. Fucking losers have a chance at real cuts and outright refuse to do it. DOGE is conceptually massively popular - codify as much as possible! Instead, nada. Not sure how we reign in spending which is why I am in the camp that sees persistent inflation and higher interest rates for longer. SS/Medicare are now spending more than they bring in for the first time in their existence - consider the massive swing from net inflows to net outflows - hugely inflationary.
When Republicans get their ass kicked in midterms they will blame Trump when the reality they did it to themselves by not taking action on the 80/20 issues Trump has laid in front of them. The only thing keeping spending from being an 80/20 issue is there is more than 20% of voters complicit in the fraud.
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