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They were, but the actual cuts needed (to entitlements) are politically impossible to make.




Which is why they went the non-democratic/illegal route by avoiding congress.

So they did a thing they knew wouldn’t work? AKA not serious about solving the problem. The OBBBA budget bill did make some cuts though, anyway.



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