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Is this really news? He said they hoped to do it, and now its looking unlikely. Obviously?

Hell, I'll take 200B in cuts. Anything... just taxpayers noticing the waste more is a good thing. Less pork is a good thing.

I can't imagine anyone NOT being OK with trying to limit government waste.

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I'd take some waste over the government being co-opted by oligarchs, complex systems are complex and will inevitably contain friction and loss. I'm not keen to burn it down just because of some inefficiencies

Break it and see what happens --- this is not a strategy for leadership. It is a strategy for chaos --- or maybe sabotage.

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