Why isn't congress defunding all this waste? Aren't they supposed to know what they're funding rather than shoving through CR that continue previous spending ? DOGE shouldn't exist, and it only exists because our worthless representatives are too damn lazy to balance a budget, prompting popular support for possibly illegal executive behavior.
A CR isn't supposed to be for fixing things. It's an emergency measure to be used while they set about setting a real budget.
Fixing the budget is hard. "Waste" is in the eye of the beholder. Every program exists for a reason. There is far, far less actual "waste" in the budget than people have been led to believe.
Hard choices get resolved democratically, and that's not quick. The debt is not yet a crisis; we can afford to continue the entire budget while we figure out what things we actually don't want. That's a matter of months, not years.
Why is congress ignoring the Loch Ness monster problem?!
Is HN apparently only populated by technofascist flaggers and sycophants?!
> DOGE shouldn’t exist
You got something right!
> it only exists because …
It only exists because one megalomaniac bought a different megalomaniac so the first could dismantle the regulatory bodies that were investigating his heinous behavior, and to profit off privatization on top of it.
For your sake, I hope you are a misinformation bot from the llm controlled by said megalomaniac.
Because congress basically abdicated its responsibility to govern years ago?
Consider immigration reform: virtually everyone in congress agrees that something needs to be done, but nothing gets done, so everything happens by executive action. DACA, for example, probably never should've been done at the executive branch (and I say this as someone who is basically in agreement with its intent). And then when the administration changes, everything is in upheaval in the form of lawsuits and uncertainty for the actual people on the ground affected by the changes.
None of this is new; it's just gotten more visible through the first Trump administration. Who knew the plural of Attorney Generals was Attorneys General or the name of the Administrative Procedures Act prior to 2017?
Regardless of how you feel about him as president, you can't say he's unwilling to loudly make sweeping changes at the executive level. His supporters seem to view the lawsuits as evidence that their guy is doing what they voted for him to do.
Why isn't congress defunding all this waste? Aren't they supposed to know what they're funding rather than shoving through CR that continue previous spending ? DOGE shouldn't exist, and it only exists because our worthless representatives are too damn lazy to balance a budget, prompting popular support for possibly illegal executive behavior.
A CR isn't supposed to be for fixing things. It's an emergency measure to be used while they set about setting a real budget.
Fixing the budget is hard. "Waste" is in the eye of the beholder. Every program exists for a reason. There is far, far less actual "waste" in the budget than people have been led to believe.
Hard choices get resolved democratically, and that's not quick. The debt is not yet a crisis; we can afford to continue the entire budget while we figure out what things we actually don't want. That's a matter of months, not years.
> That's a matter of months, not years.
That sounds convincing until you realize we're already on a cr from December [0] which created the same fictional premise.
>t's an emergency measure to be used while they set about setting a real budget.
Except they just sat on their hands for months, clearly no emergency, now theyre saying 'yes ditto, much emergency, 6 more months of same.'
[0] https://www.naco.org/news/us-congress-passes-continuing-reso...
> Why isn't congress defunding all this waste?
Why is congress ignoring the Loch Ness monster problem?!
Is HN apparently only populated by technofascist flaggers and sycophants?!
> DOGE shouldn’t exist
You got something right!
> it only exists because …
It only exists because one megalomaniac bought a different megalomaniac so the first could dismantle the regulatory bodies that were investigating his heinous behavior, and to profit off privatization on top of it.
For your sake, I hope you are a misinformation bot from the llm controlled by said megalomaniac.
How much has Musk's net worth increased since his privatization and dismantle operation he is profiting from started?
You might want to look into how well elections turn out, for Congressmen who honestly try to responsibly do their jobs.
Hint: Inside the beltway, such behavior is considered a for-sure promise that the Congressman plans to not run for re-election.
Because congress basically abdicated its responsibility to govern years ago?
Consider immigration reform: virtually everyone in congress agrees that something needs to be done, but nothing gets done, so everything happens by executive action. DACA, for example, probably never should've been done at the executive branch (and I say this as someone who is basically in agreement with its intent). And then when the administration changes, everything is in upheaval in the form of lawsuits and uncertainty for the actual people on the ground affected by the changes.
None of this is new; it's just gotten more visible through the first Trump administration. Who knew the plural of Attorney Generals was Attorneys General or the name of the Administrative Procedures Act prior to 2017?
Regardless of how you feel about him as president, you can't say he's unwilling to loudly make sweeping changes at the executive level. His supporters seem to view the lawsuits as evidence that their guy is doing what they voted for him to do.
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I'm pretty ashamed of my country
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