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> The president openly declares he won’t enforce laws he dislikes, while Congress watches in complicit silence.

I voted against Trump, but this failed me right there. Does the author of this BS genuinely not know any instances of this from the dems and therefore is ignorant, or he does but unable to recognize hypocrisy?



It's a hysteria party to sell ads. Here's how I see it: we have a $7 TRILLION budget for 2025 and Musk is trying to cut $2 TRILLION from it. Both the Democrats and Republicans probably want the budget cut, it's way out of control. They're just letting Musk take the heat because he doesn't have to get reelected. If it succeeds, the Dems will just let it lie, if it fails, they have campaign fodder for the next election.

Remember, last year we paid more in interest on debt than our entire military budget.


>Remember, last year we paid more in interest on debt than our entire military budget.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...

National defense 15%, veterans benefits and services 6%, interest 13%.


https://www.crfb.org/blogs/do-we-spend-more-interest-defense

According to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest baseline, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, spending on interest is projected to total $870 billion, while spending on national defense will total $822 billion. This has never been the case before, going back to at least 1940.

Maybe the fed interest rate drop pulled it back.




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