I’m going to go out on a limb here and say I think some of the Trump/Musk hatchet blows to government spending seem bad. Take the slashing of the IRS workforce. In a sane country, “fiscal conservatives” would want to maximize tax compliance. But in the America I’ve known throughout my adult life, those claiming this label have always sought to reduce government revenue. Or take the cuts to the Social Security workforce. Having had to deal with the Social Security Administration on behalf of elderly relatives, cutting its workforce—presumably so as to outsource customer service to Grok—also seems like a bad move. But hey, what do I know? Probably not much more than the DOGE bros.
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