Yeah, let's go ahead and cut all Veteran's Affairs health care. See how that works out. - ThreadSky

kairyssdal.bsky.social • 175 days ago

Yeah, let's go ahead and cut all Veteran's Affairs health care. See how that works out.

Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social

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markcathcart.com•175 days ago

"Ending funding for Federal Prisons" - GOP Tough on crime?

That should be interesting.

dcwash.bsky.social•175 days ago

Making concrete proposals is good in a way. As long as they are being abstract, those who espouse "smaller government" without specifics can hide.

templetonpeck.bsky.social•175 days ago

Get in fellas, we're doing the Bonus Army again!

serienya.bsky.social•175 days ago

I guess they never learned of the Bonus Army.

freddy23.bsky.social•175 days ago

Is this a real proposal?

ventifact.bsky.social•175 days ago

No. The last administration was bad for the debt and the next one will be too. The purpose of all this is to generate a narrative that they are tough on spending. Reporting what they "intend" to do is more engaging than reporting actual budget authorizations and tax revenues.

dribrats.bsky.social•175 days ago

Bonus Army but with modern firearms.

prosediva.bsky.social•175 days ago

😐

homo-economicus.bsky.social•175 days ago

In 2024 the Dept of Veterans Affairs had a budget of $336B. This proposal is a massive 33% cut.

jasonperinger.bsky.social•175 days ago

On Brand for Trump:
Trump’s War on Disabled Veteran Vendors @politico.com
https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2016/05/trumps-war-on-disabled-veteran-vendors-000637/?slide=0

travelbuddha.bsky.social•175 days ago

This would be a really bad idea in general, but an especially poor decision if much of your bluster is about violating posse comitatus and using the military for domestic law enforcement.

justinhaugens.bsky.social•175 days ago

lmsthedoc.bsky.social•175 days ago

My popcorn is poppin

thechrispaduan.bsky.social•175 days ago

Yeah, I bet Musk would like to eliminate the SEC.

chrishansonut.bsky.social•175 days ago

I know at least 1 voter dependent on the VA who voted for this. I'm willing to bet there are a lot more who did too.

socinus.bsky.social•175 days ago

There are never ramifications for actively harming our citizens with the most comprehensive knowledge of effective firearm usage.

cycleknitz.bsky.social•175 days ago

I mean, today seems like a bad day to cut health care benefits, but what do I know

twoandseven.bsky.social•175 days ago

Remind me again: Do veterans vote?

chrishansonut.bsky.social•175 days ago

Yes, unfortunately a lot voted for this.

revenus.bsky.social•175 days ago

That new political capital is going to be a deficit reaallllllyyyy soon.

hadderachprime.bsky.social•175 days ago

In other news.... "Why aren't people joining the armed forces??"

outbeyond.bsky.social•175 days ago

Musk and Vivek will learn the hard way how to recommend quick reinstatements. 😎

architect8.bsky.social•175 days ago

ventifact.bsky.social•175 days ago

As I listened to NPR (I know Mplace is APM) breathlessly report on the trillions in proposed budget "savings," I thought to myself: reporting this as if it's a serious proposal means the next admin has already won. The narrative already exists that they are tough on spending.

But it is F A L S E

purrypurrydog.bsky.social•175 days ago

He wants to eliminate SEC huh…..

buckeyekev71.bsky.social•175 days ago

So do a lot of my friends in the north. Oh ... wait .. not that SEC? M'bad.

This whole administration is built on graft, corruption, and giving the keys to the inmates.

jcry.bsky.social•175 days ago

Also abolish the police (FBI) I’m sure is gonna go over well with MAGA

jcry.bsky.social•175 days ago

And closing all the federal prisons. This is a mixture of Antifa’s and Ron Paul’s dreams

alexn89.bsky.social•173 days ago

I’m all for closing the prisons for abusive acts against the inmates. The problem is what kind of prisons will they set up now?

cantard.bsky.social•175 days ago

Whelp, I'm on the Grants and Contracts audit in the spring, So NIH being eliminated will cut down on my testing work. I will have to tell the Financial Aid guy that reviewing for Pell compliance might not be applicable.

accidentalflyer.bsky.social•175 days ago

BTW saw a big truck hauling compressed helium up highway 92 this morning and immediately thought of Marketplace and the story on helium.

thetoddlerfiles.bsky.social•175 days ago

SS was always the 'third rail' of politics that was untouchable.

Which rail is this?

dougers00.bsky.social•175 days ago

Prisoners are aren’t a problem in this country either,
so what the hell? 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.sentencingproject.org/advocacy/50-years-and-a-wake-up-ending-the-mass-incarceration-crisis-in-america/

bpell2.bsky.social•175 days ago

A non-starter if ever there was one! Put it and the others on this list to a public vote and it’d be 80-20 against. Are these guys even on the same planet we are?