Summary
Senator Bernie Sanders condemned Trump’s order to freeze all federal loans and grants, calling it a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism” and “blatantly unconstitutional.”
The directive, exempting Social Security and Medicare, is expected to impact universities, nonprofits, food assistance programs, health centers, and disabled veterans.
Sanders emphasized that Congress holds the “power of the purse” and urged Americans to oppose the order.
Attorneys general are preparing legal challenges to overturn the freeze.
We’re talking about a pause on all federal grants and loans, he’s going to disrupt the economy and people’s lives just to reduce spending to maybe more efficiently allocate funding. You bring up the number of programs for counter terrorism and railroad maintenance and safety, but they probably have different goals or jurisdictions. Not to say that they couldn’t be merged or their spending audited, but Trump’s method of just breaking everything and see what happens is dangerous and irresponsible.
Also the polls you bring up don’t justify Trump’s method here. Most people agree that some government spending is wasteful but that can’t justify all actions Trump takes so long as he says it’s for reducing government spending.
That is your opinion.
Clearly the majority disagree.
Myself, do not see it as breaking things. It’s very simple for those programs to continue, they just need to comply with the requested.
Those who don’t, will get culled just by not qualifying. This might translate in lower taxes in the long run. But it has to start somewhere.
I think that it is irresponsible to spend the taxpayers money “just because” it is simpler for inertia to take hold and just do nothing.
I also think that taking 4 years twiddling your fingers, bidding the time to do those changes as carefully as possible to not bother anyone is irresponsible as well for the taxpayer who’s breaking their backs working everyday to fund things that they may or may not see a direct benefit.
In the end, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
As if anything he’s doing is to help the fucking taxpayers… Certainly not the majority of them. Maybe the ones in the top brackets, so they can pay even less while the working class gets tax hikes and inflated prices for everything essential.
I will agree that this is what was voted for. Now the idiots get to lay in the bed they’ve just shat in.
Those “fucking taxpayers” are voters.
And if you ever dream of winning another election, you need them
So yeah maybe take that into account
About it helping or not, we will have to wait and see. You don’t usually reduce spend just for the kicks of it. Ideally it is to stop taxing the people or redirecting to specific emergency needs
Why are the eggs being broken always regular people’s paychecks and food stamps? Why not rich people’s third vacation homes or yachts?