GOP's Desired Spending Cuts Remain a Mystery

[wvit1001]

Republicans in the last few weeks have also balked at sharing their ideas for spending reduction. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson told reporters at a news conference in January that he was "not willing to lay out here today" exactly what spending cuts the GOP wants, reported The New York Times.

Johnson is also included in a pact with 23 other GOP senators who said they will oppose any increase to the debt ceiling unless it is accompanied by "real structural spending reform that reduces deficit spending."

On Monday, Andrew Bates, White House deputy press secretary, told Politico in a statement that in his address, Biden "will show the American people his plan to build on the unprecedented deficit reduction his leadership has already delivered," which includes raising taxes for large corporations and reducing the cost of prescription drugs.

"Meanwhile, House Republicans are threatening to actively throw our economy into a tailspin with a default—which they have a non-negotiable Constitutional duty to prevent—unless they can further cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid," Bates said. "It's utterly backwards."

"The President is delivering on his commitment to build an economy that grows from the bottom up and the middle out—not from the top down."



https://www.newsweek.com/gops-desired-spending-cuts-remain-mystery-after-mccarthys-address-1779358

[chuck_curtis]

Maybe Brandon can tell us, since he's been negotiating with McCarthy.

[gwboolean]

It really doesn't matter.  The plan by the these inbred Republican N Word monkeys is to scuttle the economy and put America into a depression.  They will make whatever demands they feel like to ensure that they will achieve their goal.