I mean, the playbook here is pretty well used: Create an emergency that wasn't there (cut all the fed aid and grants, muck up the government, etc) Make a solu

I mean, the playbook here is pretty well used: Create an emergency that wasn't there (cut all the fed aid and grants, muck up the government, etc) Make a solution that will fix it (the soon to be tax bill, also the secretary positions and other stuff) Stuff that solution with every policy candy you can (pro-life, tax cuts, guns for tots, funding catholic schools, etc. It's going to be a conservative jelly doughnut) Due to the emergency, we must pass this bill (ram through the tax bill asap, no need to read the thing, blame the slackers, etc) Declare victory, hope that helps reelection EDIT: To be clear, I don't think that's what is going through the new admin's heads. At best, I think it's more of a 'pull things out of the engine until it stalls, then put things back in and hope it runs again' kinda thing. But more likely, it seems they really haven't a clue what they are doing. All those people in the first admin that put country in front of self are gone this time around, and it shows.