No, I don’t know about “Ciggy’s shtick.”
IMO, that’s not much different than posting one tweet after another.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst: Here’s $1 trillion in federal spending cuts
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IMO, that’s not much different than posting one tweet after another.
Why’s it idiotic?Idiotic:
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst believes there's $1 trillion in government spending ripe for the cutting, the senator said this week in a letter to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Tech billionaire Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Ramaswamy are heading the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an advisory body to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
Ernst has embraced the department’s goal of cutting $2 trillion in government spending.
Late last week, Ernst formed a DOGE caucus of Senate Republicans to involve Congress in discussions of spending cuts with Musk and Ramaswamy.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst delivers remarks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.
SAVANNAH BLAKE, The Gazette
Federal spending is determined by Congress and then approved by the president.
Ernst earlier this week sent a letter to Musk and Ramaswamy in which she detailed what she believes are options for up to $1 trillion in federal spending cuts.
“Washington has been gobbling up tax dollars and asking for seconds and thirds for far too long,” Ernst said this week in a Thanksgiving-themed statement. “The DOGE team has our knives out, and we are ready to trim the fat on the overstuffed budget and billion-dollar gravy trains to nowhere. It is time to make the federal government go cold turkey on waste.”
Ernst’s targets for spending cuts, as identified in her letter, include:
- Selling unused government buildings and consolidating others, especially with many government employees now working from home.
- Firing IRS agents who owe back taxes.
- Defunding the federal electric vehicle infrastructure program.
- Recouping fraudulent spending of federal pandemic relief funds.
- Defunding federal assistance to California public transportation projects.
- Changing the composition of pennies and nickels.
- Stopping “out-of-this-world” bonuses to government employees and contractors.
- Cutting unemployment payments for millionaires.
- Consolidating federal agencies’ cloud computing licenses.
- Addressing “bloated bureaucracy and inefficiency” in the Department of Defense.
- Stopping $1 billion in monthly erroneous SNAP payments, including to ineligible recipients and individuals receiving benefits from multiple states.
- Implementing basic management systems like establishing goals and scopes for government projects.
In her letter to Musk and Ramaswamy, Ernst evoked the “Make ’em squeal” proclamation from her first U.S. Senate campaign in 2014 and said that her fight to cut government waste has been lonely because, “Democrats and Republicans always come together in agreement over one issue: living high off the hog.”
“When faced with proposals to trim the fat from Washington’s budget, members of Congress from both parties act like Goldilocks. It’s too little or too big, always too hard, and never just right,” Ernst said in the letter.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst: Here’s $1 trillion in federal spending cuts
There is $1 trillion in government spending ripe for the cutting, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said this week in a letter to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.nonpareilonline.com
He never discusses the articles he posts.
It's a distinction.
You might see some emojis, but you'll never draw him into conversation about the article itself.
The 'rural internet upgrades' are just a giant scam to shovel money at legacy landline companies in exchange for political donations.
For the 42 billion dollars appropriated to accomplish that you could purchase 140 million Starlink base units and put broadband into every household and business in the country, without having to turn a shovel of dirt.
Only bureaucrats could bless ideas like this:
In a routine release last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the latest group of grant winners for its ReConnect broadband deployment program. But hidden in the otherwise unassuming announcement were some startling figures. A prime example: The Alaska Telephone Company, which won a $33 million grant, is planning to run fiber to 211 homes and five businesses at a staggering cost of nearly $204,000 per passing.
Here's the breakdown. In addition to the grant, the operator said it plans to invest $11 million of its own money in the project. If divided evenly, that means the cost per location shakes out to around $203,700.
Another operator – Texas-based Big Bend Telephone Company – won a $24 million grant to deploy fiber to just over 100 locations. While this would imply a cost of nearly $231,000 per passing, Big Bend said in a press release the project will actually cover around 312 locations, which would lower the per-location cost to just under $77,000.
“Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”
-Calvin Coolidge
Fraudulent pandemic fund spending (PPP??) and DOD spending?? I’m all for going after those
I'll say the same thing I said in the non pepsi thread. This is a good idea. Every Senator should make a list of things that they think could be cut. Elon and Vivy should ask for a list from every Senator and congress person
RunnyButtMan is done crying and back with its cut and paste drivel! 😂🥩💩Idiotic:
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst believes there's $1 trillion in government spending ripe for the cutting, the senator said this week in a letter to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Tech billionaire Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Ramaswamy are heading the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an advisory body to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
Ernst has embraced the department’s goal of cutting $2 trillion in government spending.
Late last week, Ernst formed a DOGE caucus of Senate Republicans to involve Congress in discussions of spending cuts with Musk and Ramaswamy.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst delivers remarks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.
SAVANNAH BLAKE, The Gazette
Federal spending is determined by Congress and then approved by the president.
Ernst earlier this week sent a letter to Musk and Ramaswamy in which she detailed what she believes are options for up to $1 trillion in federal spending cuts.
“Washington has been gobbling up tax dollars and asking for seconds and thirds for far too long,” Ernst said this week in a Thanksgiving-themed statement. “The DOGE team has our knives out, and we are ready to trim the fat on the overstuffed budget and billion-dollar gravy trains to nowhere. It is time to make the federal government go cold turkey on waste.”
Ernst’s targets for spending cuts, as identified in her letter, include:
- Selling unused government buildings and consolidating others, especially with many government employees now working from home.
- Firing IRS agents who owe back taxes.
- Defunding the federal electric vehicle infrastructure program.
- Recouping fraudulent spending of federal pandemic relief funds.
- Defunding federal assistance to California public transportation projects.
- Changing the composition of pennies and nickels.
- Stopping “out-of-this-world” bonuses to government employees and contractors.
- Cutting unemployment payments for millionaires.
- Consolidating federal agencies’ cloud computing licenses.
- Addressing “bloated bureaucracy and inefficiency” in the Department of Defense.
- Stopping $1 billion in monthly erroneous SNAP payments, including to ineligible recipients and individuals receiving benefits from multiple states.
- Implementing basic management systems like establishing goals and scopes for government projects.
In her letter to Musk and Ramaswamy, Ernst evoked the “Make ’em squeal” proclamation from her first U.S. Senate campaign in 2014 and said that her fight to cut government waste has been lonely because, “Democrats and Republicans always come together in agreement over one issue: living high off the hog.”
“When faced with proposals to trim the fat from Washington’s budget, members of Congress from both parties act like Goldilocks. It’s too little or too big, always too hard, and never just right,” Ernst said in the letter.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst: Here’s $1 trillion in federal spending cuts
There is $1 trillion in government spending ripe for the cutting, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said this week in a letter to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Better define “owing back taxes” too… what constitutes “owing” and what constitutes “back taxes”? Are “back taxes” that are being paid over time considered delinquent? Taxes that are in an appeal process…are they delinquent? There are a million explanations and reasons abs excuses…. And the IRS has been underfunded for over a decade…. Which furthermore creates and caused delinquent taxes. So buddy boy…or buddygurl… better define your terms!
Wouldn't this mean Trump gets fired?
Well i think anyone should have a big problem with taking tax dollars from one state because the governor is your biggest critic.
Why do you think selling government buildings is stupid? The government should own as little of America as possible, and it’s not they can’t buy some in the future if necessary.
Agree. These proposed cuts don’t come close to $1 trillion. To do that you need to dig deep into entitlements and defense.
Easy way to lower the national debt is to get rid of the tax cuts for the rich implemented by Trump in 2017.
People are buying office space. Haven't for years. And all this empty space will just get worse.
America’s offices are the emptiest they've been in at least four decades, according to report
Experts cite the pandemic and the rise in remote work as one of the leading factors behind the high office vacancy rate.
