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silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Freshman [Republican] Congressman tells constituent he is powerless to stop Musk's budget cuts

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Freshman Congressman tells constituent he is powerless to stop Musk's budget cuts
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At an open house in Fairbanks on Monday, Alaskan Congressman Nick Begich (R) told constituents that there was nothing he could do to stop agency budget cuts being implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

I’ll note that which government agencies are facing huge cuts appears to correlate with perceived ideology, rather than any evidence of fraud or waste:

So it may simply be that he likes the cuts, no matter how many people die or suffer as a result.

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    Congress has the power of the purse. They just have to put on their big boy pants.

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      Thats how it should be. Sadly, we don’t have a full congress. We have 45% of a congress and 55% lying, stealing, dirtbags who do not understand that they serve the people of the USA.

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      The Musk/Trump administration has basically been ignoring the constitution on that

      Congress needs to actively remove them.

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      But this President has decided that it matters more who wears the pants in his relationships. Purses are for pussies.

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