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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: denizen48 who wrote (44965)	11/14/2017 6:55:41 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 358205

The tax cuts are not meant to stimulate the economy; they’re meant to stimulate spending cuts. I post that again so that we don't lose track of the topic of the discussion. Did you ever hear of Norquist‘s quest to cut the government down in size so that you could drown the baby in the bathtub? Yes. He's been around for a long time. Small government is part of his shtick. And did you not see the huuuuge cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and other social programs that are included in their tax reform? every tax cut must be offset with a spending cut for their balanced budget jamthru the Senate. The rule requires tax cuts to be offset. It doesn't require spending cuts to be offset. The Republicans own the government. If their objective is spending cuts, they are free to do spending cuts. Spending cuts do not need to be "stimulated" by tax cuts. There's nothing in the Senate rules against just cutting spending.