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I doubt Trump is trying to balance the budget. He’s not a traditional economic conservative, definitely wasn’t in his first term. I think they are just trying t
by dmix 2y ago
I doubt Trump is trying to balance the budget. He’s not a traditional economic conservative, definitely wasn’t in his first term. I think they are just trying to find waste and redirect it to other things.
Such as their idea to give $5k cheques to every American with the savings which would cost $1 trillion (+ $1T to pay off debt). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/trump-doge-checks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/trump-doge-c...
- nullstyle 2y agoWhy don't you care about nuclear safety, dmix? Is that the waste you're talking about?
- dmix 2y agoPosting multiple replies under my comments, then replying again in other threads is some weird attention seeking behaviour... But yes I do think it is very wasteful, as the article says it can cause serious inflation issues to dump $1T into the economy like that. Not at all economically conservative nor a useful behaviour of an agency claiming to want to save money, similar to the federal firings I critiqued as non-productive in the other thread you followed me from.
- nullstyle 2y ago[flagged]
- laughingcurve 2y agoJust because you talk a lot about the same damn topic on different threads does not mean your opinions are atomized and not seen in their totality.