Rep. Bob Good claimed the American people would not be adversely affected by a temporary government shutdown because, "most of what we do up here is bad anyway."
Step 1: complain about government spending, claim that it creates untenable debt/deficit (they don’t care which, their base doesn’t understand the difference.)
Step 2: insist Dems just make cuts to social programs to curb debt/deficit. Dems at least partially cave to keep government functional.
Step 3: immediately push to cut taxes for the wealthy and big businesses, creating a massive deficit in the budget.
Step 1: complain about government spending, claim that it creates untenable debt/deficit (they don’t care which, their base doesn’t understand the difference.)
Step 2: insist Dems just make cuts to social programs to curb debt/deficit. Dems at least partially cave to keep government functional.
Step 3: immediately push to cut taxes for the wealthy and big businesses, creating a massive deficit in the budget.
Step 4: see step 1.