Thune and Johnson Vow to take DOGE Spending Cuts to the Next Level

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

The GOP's Hill leaders are signaling their eagerness to back up Elon Musk by turning DOGE spending cuts into real legislation.

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...Why it matters: Musk's slash-and-burn cuts may be undone by the courts. But he's given congressional Republicans a blueprint for what's possible to cut.

- - - "I think that anything that DOGE does will be factored into what we do up here," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told Axios.

- - - "We are going to be codifying a lot of these changes," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Monday, "and what they've uncovered is, frankly, shocking." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-11 12:10 AM | Reply

@#1 ...and what they've uncovered is, frankly, shocking ...

... and, still no evidence presented (besides the apparent kissing of the most ample derriere of Pres Trump) to back up the assertion.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-11 12:12 AM | Reply

Do republicans ever need evidence to back up their claims?

Ever??

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-11 12:34 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

@#3 ... Do republicans ever need evidence to back up their claims? ...

From what I have seen?

No. Evidence does not appear to be needed.

Just a post or two or hundreds (thousands?) of reposts on X of misinformation.

imo, the current GOP is not based upon evidence or facts, but more upon social media memes.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-11 12:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

What? Did Mike Johnson just realize he was in charge of the House and that it's Congress that actually controls the purse strings?

Fine. Make legislation to make spending cuts real and permanent.

That's how you are supposed to do it you frickin dumbarses.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-11 04:26 PM | Reply

Thune and Johnson are just two cowars willing to give rhe Constitutional power of Congress to a foreigner with federal contracts which is a huge conflict of interest! Shameful!

#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-02-11 05:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Johnson is a sneaky little prock. Ooops, wrong vowel.

#7 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-02-11 09:11 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" Thune and Johnson vow to take DOGE spending cuts to the next level"

And not with the goal of balancing the budget, of course. The goal is Elon keeping his budget-busting tax cuts.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-11 09:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

budget-busting. Aren't you the one that's supposed to be good at math. If Musk's wealth were 100% liquid and 100% confiscated, it would cover 20% of just the deficit.

The spending problem is a mountain to tax cuts mole hill.

#9 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-02-12 08:18 AM | Reply

People are just going to have to buckle up and sacrifice to get through these tough times. Likely for the rest of their lives.

The millionaires and billionaires ramming through these cuts won't be affected by them though. In fact, they'll end up better off than ever.

Gotta do something about the deficit that the millionaires and billionaires created. How else will they be able to get more tax cuts?

#10 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-02-12 01:43 PM | Reply

Just ---- off dumbass. Tesla paid zero taxes. You're a god damned idiot.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-12 03:28 PM | Reply

Tax cuts are responsible for the majority of the national debt. But keep spouting that CATO quackery.

#12 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-12 04:27 PM | Reply

" budget-busting. Aren't you the one that's supposed to be good at math. If Musk's wealth were 100% liquid and ... "

Good God, what a dumfuq.

Nobody is talking about just taxing Elon ... They're talking about folks like Musk paying a lower rate than his executive secretary.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-12 04:32 PM | Reply

"The spending problem is a mountain to tax cuts mole hill."

More ------------.

When you're running a deficit budget, and you write a new tax code giving away $2.3 trillion ...

100% of that $2.3 trillion is NEW BORROWING, therefore NEW SPENDING.

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-12 05:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Tax cuts are responsible for the majority of the national debt. But keep spouting that CATO quackery.
#12 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT

The only thing responsible for debit is spending, almost by definition. From what I am reading the US never garnered more than 25-30% of GDP, so why did the US government consistently allocate to spend more than that?
www.oecd.org

Claiming tax cuts are the issue is like complaining your credit card debt is too high because you don't get paid enough.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-12 05:22 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

The only thing responsible for debit is spending,

Especially when the rich keep cutting their taxes.

I never understand why poor people rush to defend the rich.

The only conclusion is they're easily manipulated. That explains the Republican Party.

Facts is. The more educated one becomes the more likely they are to vote for democrats.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-12 05:29 PM | Reply