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Comment by zombiwoof | Hacker News Reader

amazing how many Americans can applaud this reduction when it is completely illegal. America works because of checks and balances and oversight. Obviously there are problems and grift.

But to think that everyone is okay that solving it means Elon and a hand picked group of 25 year olds can just slash budgets and see top secret documents when none of them would pass a drug test or screen means we are know looking at the fall of the American system

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Sadly, it'll have to hit their wallets directly before they realize they've been hoodwinked. I wish people would realize this sooner, but America's long been a country that reacted too late instead of taking preventative measure.

I keep seeing people point out whether things are legal or illegal.. but my understanding is that the executive branch decides which crimes to prosecute, which makes this point fairly irrelevant save for judicial intervention, which is also tenuous at best when it comes to some of these moves.

You sound like this: blocking bribing your politicians is bad. How people can applaud this?!!

Imagine having tds so bad you support fraud etc because someone managed to put a "legal" label on it.

Imagine thinking that it's illegal to cut spending when you're $36 Trillion in debt. I think it should be illegal to NOT cut spending when you're at that debt level.

There are legal ways to cut spending and illegal ways to cut spending.

Yes, it is. In the constitution.

Moreover, anyone who paid the slightest attention to Trump's own words knows these cuts aren't paying off a deficit.

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