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Why are the decisions of Congress so bad? It's because of the printing press. I was talking to one of my Democrat colleagues and I told him that we have to decide if we want to help the poor in our country or Ukraine. He responded by saying that we shouldn't have to make a choice. But we do have to make a choice. The reason we are $36 trillion in debt is because you think we can do it all. Which comes first, Ukraine or America? We can't do both because we don't have the money. The taxes that come in only cover Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps. Everything else is borrowed. Maybe able-bodied people need to go back to work. Maybe there needs to be a work requirement and food stamps shouldn't buy junk food.

The federal government is overspending, with deficits hitting record highs due to wars, welfare, and interest on debt. Tax revenue is not keeping up with spending, leading to a ballooning national debt. Interest payments on debt are consuming a large portion of tax revenue, making the situation unsustainable. The government shows no signs of cutting spending, leading to predictions of inflation, defaults, and debt crises in the future. This financial Ponzi scheme could end in disaster if not addressed soon.

The massive bloat in government spending allows politicians to hide their pet projects. For example, Stacey Abrams' climate group, with a revenue of only $100, is slated to receive $2 billion. There's outrage over Elon Musk's team accessing IRS data, yet the Biden administration allowed 53 unpaid researchers and students full access to the American people's data at the IRS. They're okay with waste, fraud, and abuse as long as their special interest groups are funded and their ideology is promoted, regardless of the will of the American people. Our country can't survive this. We are thankful that Donald Trump and his team are saying enough is enough and will begin the process of restoring a constitutional republic.

For the last couple of weeks, Democrats have been attacking those who are exposing wasteful spending instead of focusing on stopping the spending. This underscores the fundamental difference between the left and conservatives. The left thinks bureaucrats are smarter than the American people. I'd rather trust the 77 million people who elected President Trump to identify the dumb things that taxpayer money is going towards. They're attacking the people President Trump put in charge. You can't question the bureaucrats, even though the smartest bureaucrat, Dr. Fauci, was wrong about many things. They even tried to set up a disinformation governance board to tell us what we can and can't say. I'll trust the guy elected by 77 million Americans to focus on stopping the stupid spending. We have a $36 trillion debt. We should pass Mr. Siskamani's bill again this year.

Our country is in trouble with anger from the left, the right, and the disappearing middle. The wealthy expect bailouts, spending our money and asking for more. The fed allows citizens to take advantage until they are drained.

Crooked Joe Biden has wasted trillions of taxpayer dollars, causing uncontrolled inflation that is hurting working families. To stop inflation and rescue the economy, we must rein in Biden's spending. However, the burden should fall on special interests and Washington bureaucrats, not American families and seniors. The president should have the power to stop unnecessary spending, as Thomas Jefferson and other presidents did. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 curtailed this power, which is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers. When I return to the White House, I will challenge this act in court and use impoundment to save money and reduce taxes. We won't touch Medicare or Social Security, and the funds saved can strengthen these programs. Restoring impoundment will also help control spending, balance the budget, and eliminate the deep state and globalists from our government. I alone can make America great again.

Under Article I, Congress is said to have the power of the purse, but is this power unlimited? Much of what's happening today has no connection to the Constitution. The framers never envisioned our massive bureaucracy, an idea pushed by progressives and the Democrat party. Congress can't even complete a budget on time and we're now paying a trillion dollars to finance the debt. The framers wouldn't want the President to ignore this. The left claims the executive has no role because they are cultural Marxists and economic socialists. Congress doesn't have the power to bankrupt America or fund fraud, yet judges block Trump from preventing waste. We have a post-constitutional America where efforts are made to wrap the Constitution around unconstitutional institutions. This is because the ruling class wants power, exactly what the Constitution was designed to prevent.

The goal is to restore democracy by fixing the feedback loop between the people and the government. We can't have a democracy if the bureaucracy is in charge and unresponsive to the public's elected representatives. The bureaucracy has become an unconstitutional branch of government with too much power. We also need to address the $2 trillion deficit, which threatens to bankrupt the country. Interest payments on the national debt exceed the defense budget. It's essential to reduce federal expenses to keep America solvent. We've found odd instances of bureaucrats with modest salaries accumulating tens of millions in net worth. Basic controls are missing, leading to blank checks being issued without categorization or explanation. Payments are made to entities on the "do not pay" list. We need common-sense controls to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and to address issues like Social Security payments to 150-year-olds.

I didn't hear any mention of spending or national debt, which is concerning. We need to control spending to address broader issues. The national debt is a symptom of the nanny state, which consists of three parts: the entitlement state, the regulatory state, and the foreign policy nanny state. To tackle the entitlement state, we should attach work requirements to government aid. For the regulatory state, we need to reduce the number of federal bureaucrats and eliminate unconstitutional regulations. Lastly, we should implement zero-based budgeting for federal expenditures, including foreign aid. By dismantling these areas of unnecessary spending, we can effectively address the national debt and restore self-governance in the country. The focus should be on these root causes, as resolving them will lead to a healthier economy and civic responsibility.

Borrowing more money to send to Ukraine is irresponsible and weakens us. Congress doesn't care about the debt because it's not their money. Milton Friedman's statement holds true: nobody spends someone else's money as wisely as their own. The big spenders in Congress won't use their own money. Americans should take notice and blame these wasteful spenders.

President Trump's administration is uncovering wasteful spending, like millions on sex changes in Guatemala, girl-centric climate change in Brazil, and social media influencers in Ukraine. Even worse, hundreds of thousands were spent on sending designers to a Paris fashion show. Instead of funding these crazy projects, let's redirect that money to secure our border. Fiscal conservatives are proposing to increase spending, but there's a way to cut it. It's called rescission. The administration can bundle savings and send it to us for a simple majority vote, no Democrats needed. There's a debate about whether our biggest threats are internal or external. I believe they're internal. We don't need unlimited military spending or to be everywhere in the world. If we want more money for the military, take it from overseas spending like climate change initiatives. We're giving billions to dictatorships without elections.

I'm nearly convinced that our entire national debt of $36 trillion is due to fraud, abuse, and waste. A staggering $2.7 trillion was improperly sent overseas as Medicare and Medicaid payments. How is this even possible? Is there any part of our government that isn't defrauding the American people? We've barely scratched the surface of this audit, and it already seems the answer is no. It feels like every branch of government has been robbing Americans blind while we struggle to make ends meet. People are still freezing. I want to see arrests, and I want the names of those responsible revealed.

Here's the truth about what's happening in Congress: it's political theater, a repetitive cycle leading to a continuing resolution (CR) and then an omnibus bill, regardless of which party is in control. We never address the real issues, like reining in spending or cutting wasteful programs. Democrats want to expand the welfare state, and Republicans want to grow the military-industrial complex, and bureaucrats are being allowed to run wild. This CR is a six-month extension, strategically avoiding automatic cuts. The "SAVE Act" attached to it is just a shiny object, a false promise meant to appease Republicans before it disappears. We need to stop funding things we claim to oppose and address our spending addiction. I refuse to participate in this charade any longer.

The reaction to the idea of opening the books on government spending is telling. People are freaking out about the possibility of seeing where our money is going and maybe even rolling back some of it. It's enjoyable to watch them spaz out over it and see what they're reduced to arguing. The US Federal Government spends more money and has more debt than anyone else in history. The moment someone suggests modest cuts or opening the books, everyone loses their mind, claiming it's the end of the world. They act like opening the books or cutting spending is corruption. Think about how backward that is.

Speaker 0 argues Republicans pretend to care about the debt yet vote for spending, noting they would "expand Social Security by a $100,000,000,000" while "Social Security's already gone bankrupt." He warns of a possible "sudden loss of confidence in the dollar" and cites debt costs: "a trillion dollars a year" in interest (18% of tax revenue). He says Democrats rely on "modern monetary theory" while Republicans "pretend to care" but keep spending. His cure is the "penny plan"—freeze, then 1% cuts, then a "6% cut of everything" across the board, with means testing for Social Security/Medicare and a gradual retirement age to 70. He criticizes the "$500,000,000,000" "not so beautiful bill" and backs a "rescission package" to roll back existing approvals, e.g., capping Obamacare expansion and shifting Medicaid costs to the states, saving about $1 trillion over ten years. He outlines three scenarios: deflation, domestic unrest, and war, and notes currencies, gold, and crypto havens. He praises Elon Musk; Mille could not run for president because he was born in Argentina.

Scott and Mike Pence, both Republicans, voted to raise the debt, while Donald Trump added a staggering $8 trillion to our national debt. This is a burden our children will bear. Looking at the 2024 budget, Republicans requested $7.4 billion in earmarks, while Democrats asked for a mere $800 million. It's clear that the Republicans are the big spenders. We need an accountant in the White House to address this issue.

I wear a debt badge synced to the treasury to highlight the urgency of our national debt. It's hard to grasp trillions, but seeing the numbers climb rapidly makes it real. We're essentially launching cyber trucks of debt into the ocean every second. Lawmakers are apathetic, but we can't keep ignoring it. We're taxing the world by printing money as the reserve currency, but that won't last. We're weaponizing the dollar with sanctions and seizing assets, discouraging other countries from using or buying our debt. Some colleagues understand the problem, but vote for it anyway because it's popular. Our military-industrial complex drives endless spending, creating ill will and creating enemies. I try to make people realize there are consequences to their actions on the floor of the House, but I still am against sending our money overseas for these purposes.

Joe Biden has wasted a trillion dollars in less than three years, causing inflation that hurts working families. To stop inflation and save the economy, we need to cut spending, but not at the expense of American families and seniors. The president should have the power to refuse unnecessary spending, as Thomas Jefferson did. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which curtailed this power, is unconstitutional and needs to be challenged. When I return to the White House, I will fight to overturn this act and use impoundment to save money. This will not affect national defense, Medicare, or Social Security. The funds saved can even be used to strengthen Medicare and Social Security. Impoundment will also help control spending and eliminate the deep state and globalists from our government. It's a pro-growth, pro-American, and pro-freedom policy that only I can accomplish.

The American people are tired of their tax dollars being wasted. For the first time, this president is committed to restoring accountability at every level of the federal government. If you agree there is waste, abuse, and corruption, why are you not celebrating the cuts and reforms that are being instituted? We are saving Americans billions of dollars and ending the theft, waste, grift, and corruption. We are stopping American taxpayer dollars from subsidizing a rogue federal bureaucracy that has been relentlessly weaponized against the American people. We care about this issue. The American public overwhelmingly supports what President Trump is doing.

America is going bankrupt quickly, but nobody seems to notice. The Defense Department budget is a trillion dollars a year. Interest payments on the national debt have exceeded the Defense Department budget and are over a trillion dollars a year and rising. The U.S. is adding a trillion dollars to the debt every three months, soon to be every two months, then every month. Eventually, the only thing the U.S. will be able to pay is interest. This situation is like a person with too much credit card debt and does not have a good ending. Spending must be reduced.

I'm wearing this debt badge that syncs to the treasury, showing the debt to the penny and how fast it's growing. It's a hundred thousand dollars a second, like launching cyber trucks into the ocean continuously. Lawmakers are apathetic, but I'm trying to make them realize the consequences. We're able to finance this because we're the world's reserve currency, effectively taxing the world through inflation. But this won't last. Ironically, sanctions are pushing countries away from using the dollar. Seizing other countries' assets is immoral and shortsighted, discouraging them from buying our debt. Some colleagues understand this, but vote for things anyway because it's popular. I keep dissenting, voting against foreign aid and proxy wars. It's not about right versus left, but honesty versus falsehood.

We are working to cut a trillion dollars from the deficit because if we don't get the deficit under control, America will go bankrupt. A country is no different than an individual. If you overspend, you will go bankrupt, and the massive waste and abuse that has been going on has led to a $2 trillion a year deficit. That is what the President was handed on January 20th: a $2 trillion deficit. It's insane.

Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, criticized federal spending, stating that the current path is unsustainable. This is significant because Powell has been supportive of Congress's spending habits. The US is facing massive deficits and increasing debt, which is draining the economy and posing a threat to the financial system. The Fed's role is not to manage the economy but to print money and deliver it to Wall Street and Congress through cheap debt. Powell's criticism is noteworthy as it shows concern about excessive printing. However, Congress continues its spending spree without any checks or balances. The media fails to address this issue, leaving most Americans unaware of the impending crisis.

We spent $8 trillion on the war in Iraq and got nothing in return. We killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein, created ISIS, and caused millions of refugees. Then we spent $16 trillion on the pandemic with no results. Now we're doing bank bailouts regularly. The government cut Medicare for 15 million Americans while sending extra money to Ukraine. A friend had his food stamps cut by 90%, leaving him with only $25 a month. 30 million Americans are starving, which is unacceptable. We're failing to take care of those who played by the rules and promised to be taken care of in old age.

Speaker 0 argues Republicans pretend to care about the debt but vote for all the spending: "We're gonna expand Social Security by a $100,000,000,000." "Social Security's already going bankrupt." He warns of "cataclysmic" events and a possible loss of confidence in the dollar. Speaker 1 adds: "The US right now is paying a trillion dollars a year just for the interest on its debt, which is about $36,000,000,000,000." They discuss three scenarios—"deflating the currency," "domestic unrest," and "war"—and a possible bond-market collapse. The plan: a "penny plan"—"1% cut" rising to a 6% across-the-board reduction, with "means testing," raising the Social Security/Medicare age, and capping Obamacare expansion by shifting Medicaid costs to the states. He praises Elon Musk and opposes ending legal immigration as "morons."