Scoop: McCarthy's "Commitment to America" rollout

AXIOS ^ | 9/6/2022 | Andrew Solender

[1Old Pro]

Who’s pushing Trump and traditional Tea Party agenda?

Trump and his endorsed candidates

[BlackbirdSST]

Republicans vow to "secure the Southern border

Where I'm from this is called lying through your teeth.

[Reily]

If you want to see where the problem spending is, look at entitlements! Every year there’s less and less discretionary spending to cut and more “hands-off women & children, old people & disabled people harmed” spending you can’t cut!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Still better than Mitch, who is sitting on his butt inside his shell on top of that post, thinking that’s enough to get the Senate back this November.

[goodnesswins]

Would rather see...Commitment to the CONSTITUTION

[asinclair]

How about "Reduce government size by two-thirds and get back to a Republic bound by its Constitution"?

Define "size". I offer several definitions, all of which would benefit us citizens from RightSizing:

• Workforce: there are too many people on the direct payroll.
• Spending: what is the ROI of all the tax dollars being spent? How can the spending be tightened?
• Rules and Regulations: do YOU know all the laws, both statutory and regulatory? I know I don't. I'm trying to find the source of the quote "everyone commits a felony three to five times per day, and don't even know it."
• Programs: can we consolidate all the welfare programs into a handful, and combine the bureaucracy to eliminate duplication?

And that's just a start. What I propose is that, every month, each and every legislator and bureaucrat offer 10 pages of statute in the US Code and in the Code of Federal Regulations to eliminate. Bonus to those who propose 20 pages. How those pages get eliminated is up to the proposer. The low-hanging fruit -- out-of-date laws and regulation -- can come first.

In the process, that should help slim down the Budget. A lucky-strike extra of such a plan would be to make developing the US Budget easier, as there would be fewer line items.

[kvanbrunt2]

McConnell has indicated his strategic preference this year for keeping the focus on Democrats’ failures.>>> Because McConnell is such a loser.

[Dan in Wichita]

I don’t give a damn what you think, Jon. You’re a whiny loser who forms circle jerks with other whiny losers on FR. Get a life.

[JonPreston]

I don’t give a damn what you think, Jon. You’re a whiny loser who forms circle jerks with other whiny losers on FR.

Slow down there Dan. RINOs aren't tough guys, so why all the bluster?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

#1 — there are WAY too many departments.

Start by completely eliminating the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. Tens of billions saved every year. These are actually the “Department of Energy Blockage” and “Department of Ruining Education.” It would vastly improve our energy situation and the education of our children. Over multiple decades, hundreds of billions would be saved.