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Bernie Sanders blasts Trump for federal loans and grants freeze: ‘He is not a king’
(www.theguardian.com)
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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?