The Western Journal
Led by X owner Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-direct the new waste- and bureaucracy-slashing “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), ordinary Americans conducted a massive pressure campaign that helped kill a ghastly federal spending bill, more than 1,500 pages in length, thereby preventing big-government Democrats and their Republican allies in Congress from enjoying the ill-gotten fruits of business as usual.
Amid that campaign, Ramaswamy posted on X a 75-word example of a proper, pork-free continuing resolution.
“Yes, it *is* possible to enact a simple 1-page Continuing Resolution, instead of 1,500+ page omnibus pork-fest. Here it is,” Ramaswamy tweeted. More
LOL!
Vivek proving how corrupt DC is
Whether or not you want that to pass, it is a brilliant spotlight on the corruption built in to Bidniss As Usual in DC.
Congress could have avoided this problem if they had talked with President Trump and DOGE first.
those ******* need the equivalent of a set of 1950’s encyclopedias to provide dogshit pickup instructions
On a similar note, Michigan legislature is losing its Dem majority (of course they still have the wicked witch as gov). So they are cramming through as much as they can – much to the chagrin of many Dem legislators! To the point that some of the legislators are literally running and hiding – and the Dem leaders are threatening to arrest them! Ah, Lame Duck has a new meaning these days…
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1870117393181135040
it costs our government 3 cents to make a penny, and 11 cents to make a nickle
how does that work?
Toby – They’re best known for chasing nickles with dollars!
If I currently have a personal debt ceiling of $20,000 but raise it whenever I want to buy something else on credit, then it really isn’t a debt “ceiling”. The government uses the concept to extort trillions of dollars in taxpayer money to finance pork by adding it to continuing resolutions so the government won’t shut down. With no “debt ceiling”, the whole scam is eliminated and you can still cut spending.
Pretty disgusting that we are at a point in our decline, that the concept of a single bill covering a single issue is terrifying to BOTH worthless parties and their “leadership.” If EVERY ISSUE had to be debated, voted on, etc. virtually nothing would get done and ALL of us would be FAR FREER.
Why rely on CR? The clowngress spends money they don’t have irrespective of appropriations, and the confederacy of dunces don’t miss a nickle of pay even though they claim, “we’re not getting paid!” Yes, even the military is effectively getting paid, the nanks and CUs know Uncle Sugar will make good on it and it really is all “theoretical” money, gubmint ain’t moving trucks of cash to pay bills and salaries.
Stop the drama queen nonsense. GS-whatevers, stay at work, you aren’t out any money, and even if you were the gubmint always makes good, so earn your pay.