I admit I'm totally clueless as to what's in it because my instinct is that Elon is right and its full of garbage but who knows. There are a few right- wing people on X attacking Elon over it, but it could just be from not liking the guy or just generic GOP bootlicking. Thoughts?
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The only argument I’ve seen from the right on spending is more Keynesian “we need to spend more to dig ourselves out of debt”.
The best argument for spending on the right is that the government is going to spend regardless so you might as well get your important stuff in the process. If conservatives have to force austerity every time they win an election, then they’re always going to be losing power to leftists promising infinity gibs.
The argument I've heard that I find most convincing over the current bill is that it funds deportations.
I don't care if I already have $100k in credit card debt that I can never pay off. If my roof is about to collapse, I'll put another $30k on it to keep my goddamn house from falling over. Especially if there's someone willing to lend me that $30k.
And yes, I'm saying that I believe the country will collapse (if it hasn't already, slowly) if the illegals are allowed to stay.
I can see both sides: one (uni)party spends a shitload of money making a mess and leaves nothing in the treasury, and the other side has to borrow even more money to clean up the mess. It's a fucking vicious cycle.
You literally just reiterated the Keynesian position on government spending… “we have to spend the money or x will happen”, “if we don’t spend money how are we supposed to solve x”, “we need to spend more money to keep x voters”. These are all emotional arguments that stem from a failed economic policy that created the largest debt seen in human history. Republicans are elected with reducing government spending being in the top 3 reasons every time, and every time they increase the budget and spew one of those exact lines while our debt grows.
This is why MAGA and republicans are a joke at best. How about conservatives stand for getting rid of the predatory fed system entirely that endlessly consumes our entire currency and makes it impossible for anyone to save or build? They don't because every single on of them is in congress at the bankers' behest.