The Democrats failure to cut spending

 American Action News:

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dodged answering if Democrats could have “done more” to cut wasteful government spending under the Biden-Harris administration Sunday on NBC News.

House Republicans took the first step Tuesday to advance President Donald Trump’s first-year legislative agenda with their budget bill, approving up to $4.5 trillion in deficit increases to push for Trump’s goal of cutting between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion in spending. On “Meet the Press,” NBC host Kristen Welker pointed out the budget bill, mentioning Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson had talked about cutting wasteful spending and that Medicare and Medicaid made billions in spending errors in 2023.

“Let me ask you, Senator Democrats were in charge for four years. Should the Democratic Party have done more to address some of those issues with the insolvency of our entitlement programs?” Welker asked.

“And Trump was in power four years before that,” Sanders responded. “Look, if there is waste and fraud in the Defense Department, which is the largest single budget item that we fund, which has not been able to fulfill an independent audit in the last seven times, where there’s massive waste and fraud, we should go after waste, fraud and abuse in every agency of government. There’s no argument about that.”
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Since Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk announced on Feb. 3 that he and Trump agreed to overhaul the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Democrats have intensified their pushback against the Trump administration’s efforts to cut government spending. While reports have revealed that billions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on various USAID programs — some of which aimed to advance a radical leftist agenda globally —Democratic lawmakers have protested Musk and DOGE’s involvement and filed dozens of lawsuits.

The DOGE efforts are finding trillions of dollars in wasteful government spending.  Democrats seem to think that the waste is worth it and that it will benefit them politically.   Musk has a history of cutting waste in businesses he controls.  He did that after buying Twitter which is now called X.  The cuts actually led to a better company with significantly increased costs.

See also:

Democrats say they fight for you — while laughing all the way to the bank

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Meanwhile, taxpayers foot the bill for Crockett’s $999-a-month luxury car lease. While she enjoys that perk, she tells struggling families that $5,000 is meaningless. Maybe to her, it is. But for most Americans, it’s a lifeline.
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And:

State Department Payments to Taliban Spark Controversy Over U.S. Taxpayer Dollars 

And:

 Marlow: Musk Thinks Half of Government Is Waste and There’s Proof Backing Him Up

And:

 Senator Bernie Sanders Dodges Question on Democrats’ Role in Addressing Wasteful Government Spending

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