Thread by @LarrySchwe94560

1) I'm stating the obvious, but perhaps some of you just need someone else to say it.

2) The illegal medicare vote was 100% show as ALL the Rs and a couple of Ds were allowed to look like they opposed, KNOWING that the Parliamentarian had them covered.

3) Blame Can't Carry a Thune, absolutely. But believe me, he was acting on ORDERS from his caucus. They were begging him for an out so as to NOT cut any real serious funds.

4) I also blame J.D. a little bit. He needs to test the waters on whether he can overrule the Par.

5) We are way, way past fixing anything in any one bill. Look at it this way: yes, denying illegals Medicare would be one more incentive for them to leave. But arresting and deporting them simply takes care of the Medicare thing, too.

6) Now let's get to the nitty gritty. I apparently have to say this over and over. Our system was designed for VERY SLOW, DELIBERATE change, not rapid, revolutionary change. Only in the Civil War & Great Depression did we really see such rapid change. (Not even WW I).

7) If it took us 80 years to get here, we aren't getting out in one, two, or even four. But we can make a dent. This bill does make a dent. It makes more permanent tax cuts, eliminates taxes on tips, eliminates subsidies for ridiculous wind/solar, has a whole bunch of other cuts.

8) I-you-we-ALL would like double, triple, or tenfold the cuts. But for a minute play like you're DemoKKKrats. Take what you can get now, come back next week for more. One off every cut you possibly can. The Exec can simply stop spending money where possible.

9) What is the goal? The goal is CULTURE CHANGE to a far less spendthrift, gluttonous gubment. If we get their via budget, fine, if we get there via not spending by Trump & agencies, fine.

Change the culture, you'll get your results.

10) At risk of getting many of you really torqued off, I'd say you're missing the forest for the BBB tree. The whole massive structure of government is now on Ozempic. None of these bloated programs are hidden now. Trump's secretaries are interested in actually cutting.

11) But most important, you change two things you change the world. First, deport, deport, deport and ALL COSTS EVERYWHERE WILL FALL. You cannot believe how much hidden money is going to support illegals, from additional services to more law enforcement to, hell, highways.

12) Deporting just hundreds of thousands will have a serious (good) budget impact like you can't believe. Deport millions? It will be shocking.

Second, grow, grow, grow. Deficits and debt shrink as our country gets richer. For ex., take your Citi credit card balance. Big?

12) contd . . . It's only big compared to your income. Have Bill Gates's income, it's nothing. Fixing immigration and growing the economy will get us closer to real budget reform than a hundred bills.

13) AND THAT'S THE CULTURE CHANGE. We've already seen the # of fed workers shrink bigly. This change will be with us long after the BBB and the next bill and the next bill are gone.

14) So be angry. I get it. I am too. Be angry at Thune, at J.D., at all GOP senators who . . .

14) contd . . . backed this, and then the House that will almost certainly back it too.

15) But it's not the be all or end all of anything. On the contrary, it is a sign that the evil snotpimples are frantically clawing to save ANY of their sinecures. Cuz they are all gonna go.