Elon Musk Backpedals Hard on Amount DOGE Would Cut

Elon Musk was a little too ambitious when he named the amount DOGE would cut from the budget.

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Elon Musk set his sights a little high with his first estimate on the amount DOGE would cut from the federal budget. Turns out running the government costs more than he thought.

Jayar Jackson has the details.

Elon musk backpedals hard on budget cuts... Gop is silent

Not that they couldn't have cut a LOT from the Pentagon budget. What about the $30 billion in subsidies we give fossil fuel companies every year? You know, the corporations that make billions in profit? I don’t think they need any help from the American taxpayers.

Congress could raise the corporate tax rate (or go back to what it used to be: 38% in 1950, 45% in 1951) and make the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Those two things alone would boost the amount of tax revenue coming into the federal government.

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With increased tax revenue, Republicans wouldn't have to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits to give tax cuts to billionaires.

It’s sad. Even though Republicans in Congress choose the rich over their constituents, those Americans — after they have lost their health insurance and they can’t afford to buy food — will vote for the Republicans again.

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