[bendmorris]

The deficit is a result of deficit spending authorized by Congress. Audits have nothing to do with reducing the deficit.

DOGE is literally one deeply compromised person deciding what is "necessary" or "unnecessary" to spend, after Congress already authorized it. That is blatantly unconstitutional. There are checks and balances in the system for a reason.

[slt2021]

checks and balances led to 36 trillion debt, they are not working

[bendmorris]

I have news for you. The Republican budget plan will increase the debt by about 4 trillion [1], an unprecedented amount. They're slashing spending in tiny departments and then handing out multiples of that as tax breaks, mostly to very wealthy people. So if you're relying on "DOGE" and the Trump administration to bring down the debt, you're going to be disappointed.

The last budget surplus was under Clinton.

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-reveal-trump-tax-plan-w...