by I don’t have high hopes for DOGE, do you? I mean, I love the concept, I’m totally agreeing with cutting resources, waste, funding for researching stupid stuff, and gutting 70% of the administrative state– but do you actually think that could happen?
Rand Paul makes a good argument when Joe Scarborough says that the only way to truly cut the deficit is through entitlements:
“Oh, poor Joe Scarborough. I remember when he was a conservative. You know, when he was a conservative Republican [Congressman] he actually voted against expanding Medicare into Medicare Part D, this extra part to make Medicare bigger ’cause he thought it might bankrupt the country.
So there was a time when he actually was a thoughtful person, but no longer. Now there is a sliver of the truth in the sense that yes, entitlements are a lot of the spending. But to say ‘entitlements are a lot of the spending therefore we’re not going to look at waste’ is the excuse we hear all the time.
Well, why don’t we start by getting rid of the three-quarters of a million dollars that was spent feeding cocaine to Japanese quail to see if they were more sexually promiscuous on cocaine? Maybe Joe would agree with getting at least that, get rid of that.”
Rand Paul’s Response to Joe Scarborough’s ‘It’s a Scam’ Criticism of DOGE Was Chef’s Kiss
That research was funded by someone who benefited their constituents and probably got some kickback to someone along the line. That person may try to stop his project from being defunded. Getting the people to agree with some cuts will be easier than others.
I wish them well, but I don’t have high hopes.
