Trump Embraces Musk Plan for Commission to Cut Government Spending | Common Dreams

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Trump has been running for election or president for eight years.
44% : ""If Trump is so confident he can do this," said Stein, "why punt to a commission that only gets formed after the election?
39% : Trump detailed several other economic proposals -- including drastically lowering the corporate tax rate to 15% after cutting it to 21% from 35% in his first term -- and eliminating 10 existing federal regulations for every regulation his administration introduced.
36% : Where are the trillions of dollars in 'waste' to cut that he believes exist?"Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the real goal of Trump and Musk -- a major backer of the former president's campaign -- is to "get rid of the apolitical civil service, fire hundreds of thousands of dedicated public servants, and replace them with a corrupt spoils system where government workers are hired and fired based on their loyalty to Donald Trump.
22% : Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein noted that budget experts across the political spectrum have expressed skepticism that Trump could cut "trillions" of dollars in government spending "without hurting millions of Americans.
3% : Trump suggested the commission would provide a course correction following President Joe Biden's administration, saying, "We have an economy in crisis, a failing nation, and a nation in serious decline under the radical policies of my former opponent, Joe Biden, and my new opponent, [Vice President] Kamala Harris.

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