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House Republicans promised to balance the budget in 10 years without touching Social Security and Medicare, or cutting defense spending or veterans’ pensions, or allowing the Trump tax cuts to lapse. To accomplish all this, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Republicans would literally have to eliminate everything — everything — else the government does: No more Homeland Security, no more Border Patrol or FBI; no more Coast Guard, air traffic control, or federal funds for education or highways; no agricultural programs; no housing, food, or disaster assistance; no cancer research or veterans’ health care; no diplomacy or space exploration; no courts — and no Congress. House Republicans passed legislation that would have slashed most domestic spending by 30 percent and eliminated all green-energy tax credits. (It went nowhere in the Senate.)

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House Republicans promised to balance the budget in 10 years without touching Social Security and Medicare, or cutting defense spending or veterans’ pensions, or allowing the Trump tax cuts to lapse. To accomplish all this, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Republicans would literally have to eliminate everything — everything — else the government does: No more Homeland Security, no more Border Patrol or FBI; no more Coast Guard, air traffic control, or federal funds for education or highways; no agricultural programs; no housing, food, or disaster assistance; no cancer research or veterans’ health care; no diplomacy or space exploration; no courts — and no Congress. House Republicans passed legislation that would have slashed most domestic spending by 30 percent and eliminated all green-energy tax credits. (It went nowhere in the Senate.)
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Mary Nelson (marynelson8@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 01:30:35 JST Mary Nelson
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Lest you consider much of what the GOP voted to do during its most recent term in the House as mindless blather, consider this irresponsible vote, which went nowhere in the Senate (thank goodness): With the power of the purse, they ignored what would need to be abolished, and voted mindlessly for this unbelievable proposal.
Need I say it? We need to vote these irresponsible people out of office.
#USpol #USpolitics #USHouse #GOP

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