The old mantra of the GOP, cut federal services and personnel because they are bankrupting our country, is on steroids with the indiscriminate mass Musk chainsaw cuts. That has been the GOP rationale for cutting taxes to the rich as far back as the 1930s. The theory is that the very rich invest money to increase commerce, and the new taxes resulting will bring down the debt and deficits. The theory continues that the prosperity it fosters will trickle down to the struggling masses. It has never worked as the theory he promises anywhere in the industrialized world. It is the same BS as it ever has, except the numbers in 2025 are staggeringly large and the old fiscal conservative GOP has shut its mouth in loyalty to Donald Trump.. Both Democrats and Republicans share guilt for raising debts and deficits, but what the Trump regime is trying to do is dramatically more. Trump is seeking 1.6 trillion in government cuts to offset 4 trillion in tax cuts. The math itself is revealing. there is a big gap betweewhat at best could be cut and the hit to the treasury would exceed even if t all works as the Trump regime plans.. The 1.6 trillion is to be taken from the hide of social and human and that benefit lower income brackets, like social security and Medicaid, under the cover of only cutting waste, fraud and abuse.
The attorney general of Arizona has launched an information-gathering activity to record consumer complaints about Social Security. The DOGE cuts of staff providing customer service is so severe, the state AG of a state full of retirees is taking action. In a form developed by the AG is the word "unconstitutional". What could that be? What could be the basis of a suit? I wonder if a clause in the Constitution could be the one to which the Constitution is involved. https://www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Likewise, the AG in Michigan is beginning to gather information and evidence that could lead to a lawsuit by AGs to save social security's consumer access and service. Attorney General: AG Nessel Launches Form for Reporting Social Security Disruptions
Musk's attack on the "administrative state" is the opposite of trying to faithfully execute laws Congress passed, especially given the failure of Musk to document any significant evidence of "waste, fraud, and abuse". Instead, wholesale indiscriminate cuts appear to kneecap social services ability to deliver services in order to reduce any federal government spending to make the tax cuts to the rich to appear less onerous on the national debt.
The U.S. Constitution, specifically in Article II, Section 3, requires the President to "take care that the Laws be faithfully executed." This means the President, and the executive branch as a whole, must ensure laws passed by Congress are implemented and enforced. Per Google AI.
So much has already written about this so here are a few pertinent sources.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61172
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-cuts-are-primarily-responsible-for-the-increasing-debt-ratio/
https://ncrc.org/cbs-news-50-years-of-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-failed-to-trickle-down-economic-study-says/#:~:text=See%20More-,CBS%20News:%2050%20Years%20Of%20Tax%20Cuts%20For%20The%20Rich,Trickle%20Down%2C%20Economic%20Study%20Says&text=But%20the%20analysis%20discovered%20one,economic%20growth%20and%20low%20unemployment.%E2%80%9D
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/us/politics/trump-economic-plans-debt-costs.html
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