Stephen Moore

Well, I can tell you that I am. And, you know, this budget resolution that they're going to have on the floor today has a floor itself within it.

Well, I can tell you that I am. And, you know, this budget resolution that they're going to have on the floor today has a floor itself within it.

Well, I can tell you that I am. And, you know, this budget resolution that they're going to have on the floor today has a floor itself within it.

provide some guardrails in there for one and a half trillion dollars in cuts yeah but but isn't that a like an 85 million trillion dollar bill over 10 years you're only cutting i mean that's i mean really yeah so that's over the 10-year window you're right so that's over the 10-year window so in the way i've thought about it and i've talked to people

provide some guardrails in there for one and a half trillion dollars in cuts yeah but but isn't that a like an 85 million trillion dollar bill over 10 years you're only cutting i mean that's i mean really yeah so that's over the 10-year window you're right so that's over the 10-year window so in the way i've thought about it and i've talked to people

provide some guardrails in there for one and a half trillion dollars in cuts yeah but but isn't that a like an 85 million trillion dollar bill over 10 years you're only cutting i mean that's i mean really yeah so that's over the 10-year window you're right so that's over the 10-year window so in the way i've thought about it and i've talked to people

They're like, oh, it's $1.5 trillion, or what if we get to $2 trillion? It's like, well, one, it's over the 10-year window, which is saying we're going to reduce, let's say, $200 billion a year if it's $2 trillion. If this place tomorrow woke up and said they wanted to spend $200 more billion a year, they could do it in a nanosecond.

They're like, oh, it's $1.5 trillion, or what if we get to $2 trillion? It's like, well, one, it's over the 10-year window, which is saying we're going to reduce, let's say, $200 billion a year if it's $2 trillion. If this place tomorrow woke up and said they wanted to spend $200 more billion a year, they could do it in a nanosecond.

They're like, oh, it's $1.5 trillion, or what if we get to $2 trillion? It's like, well, one, it's over the 10-year window, which is saying we're going to reduce, let's say, $200 billion a year if it's $2 trillion. If this place tomorrow woke up and said they wanted to spend $200 more billion a year, they could do it in a nanosecond.

Yeah, and we do got to get more serious on this. And I do think, though, I mean, the things that we're seeing from Doge, if people have the intestinal fortitude, which I am one of these, to actually take what they're doing and put it into law.

Yeah, and we do got to get more serious on this. And I do think, though, I mean, the things that we're seeing from Doge, if people have the intestinal fortitude, which I am one of these, to actually take what they're doing and put it into law.

Yeah, and we do got to get more serious on this. And I do think, though, I mean, the things that we're seeing from Doge, if people have the intestinal fortitude, which I am one of these, to actually take what they're doing and put it into law.

They can pause the spending, but if we don't put it into law, it will be reappropriated in the next year.

They can pause the spending, but if we don't put it into law, it will be reappropriated in the next year.

They can pause the spending, but if we don't put it into law, it will be reappropriated in the next year.

I did not.

I did not.

I did not.

No, well, and they won't show up, right? So they won't show up in 2026, and rightfully so, if we do not get to the speed of Donald Trump and start cutting in the manner in which particularly Doge is finding some of these things. And obviously, this is so frustrating for me coming from state government. We balance our budget every year. Every year, balanced budget, no problem. And guess what?

No, well, and they won't show up, right? So they won't show up in 2026, and rightfully so, if we do not get to the speed of Donald Trump and start cutting in the manner in which particularly Doge is finding some of these things. And obviously, this is so frustrating for me coming from state government. We balance our budget every year. Every year, balanced budget, no problem. And guess what?