Summary
House Republicans cannot meet their budget target without major cuts to Medicare or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Their budget plan requires $880 billion in cuts, but with Medicare excluded, Medicaid makes up 93% of the available funds.
This puts Republicans in a bind between conservative hard-liners demanding cuts and moderates opposing reductions to essential health programs.
While Trump claims Medicaid will be untouched, Speaker Mike Johnson argues it has excessive fraud.
No shit? Glad it’s “official,” I guess, but literally anyone left with basic arithmetic skills and common sense knew that gutting fed workers wasn’t going to even remotely be enough to make up $2 trillion. So many analysts had said as much all summer long when DOGE started being floated.
Not to mention the obviously rushed and dumbass way they’re just wholesale firing is absolutely going to have hidden costs resulting from those agencies trying to make up for suddenly not having the ability to… do what they’re supposed to.
I can save a lot of money now by never changing the oil in my car but later Im gonna pay out the ass cause I’m gonna have to pay to replace the whole engine because of it.
Dinglesmurf just fires people, and see’s what happens. And then re-hires when stuff clearly goes to shit.
That’s musk approach to everything. Even SpaceX.
Remove it, and see if it works without it. Consequences be damned.
Of course that doesn’t take into account long term affects as you pointed out. It’s idiotic and irresponsible.
With the FAA now gutted/gone. He’s in the clear to do what he pleases. People will get hurt.