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re: Former DOGE Advisor: WH worked to clamp down on spending cuts

Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by jp4lsu
Member since Sep 2016
6730 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:43 pm to
I think Doge was legit but I think it was for show on the right and probably even the WH. None of these cuts were going to make into a spending bill. The GOP and the WH knew it. Much of what Trump likes to do is give it lip service and make an effort knowing it won't come to fruition.

I'm a maga guy but there is a lot of talk and appearances of doing something. But that's it. Not on everything but a whole lot of it.
Posted by frogtown
Member since Aug 2017
5963 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:55 pm to
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Would it have passed?


They had the DJT tax cuts as leverage. I believe so.
Posted by Chancellor
BHam
Member since Oct 2017
3645 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:05 pm to
Not hard to believe. MAGA LOVES spending, now. When Trump told them to do so, MAGA suddenly loved increased, big, and beautiful, deficit spending.

Oh, and more wars.
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 1:08 pm
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:23 pm to
Spending cuts though would have to be approved by Congress especially if they were part of the budget. This was all for show overall
Posted by SallysHuman
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Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:25 pm to
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This was all for show overall


Hopefully it showed the American Public just how much fraud and waste there is and also how unwilling the government and courts are to address it.

This really wasn't on most people's radar before DOGE.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:49 pm to
Trump 2.0 has been an abysmal failure on domestic policy.

A+ on foreign policy but domestic policy and economics he gets a D-
Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:50 pm to
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A+ on foreign policy but domestic policy and economics he gets a D-


Well... can't really disagree there.
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:52 pm to
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Former DOGE Advisor: WH worked to clamp down on spending cuts


Probably because Thune and the swamp GOPe/uniparty Senate told them if they wanted to get anything passed, they needed to cool it.
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
2198 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:04 pm to
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MAGA LOVES spending
Government spending increases GDP, especially in the short term (while Trump is President). Trump seems to care more about GDP than the budget deficit, so here we are.
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