Sahil Kapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

A fact everyone should know about what it takes to balance the budget: "If you exempted defense, veterans, Social Security and Medicare spending, you’d have to cut everything else by 85%," per CRFB's @MarcGoldwein. https://t.co/BQl6xitD10 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2023

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On debt limit add-ons, Republicans are (1) divided on whether to put Social Security & Medicare on the table (2) divided on whether the military should be cut (3) opposed to new taxes So, what's left? Not realistically enough to balance in a decade. https://t.co/BQl6xitD10 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2023

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@LPDonovan abstract v. practical is the key distinction. big q to me is whether there's a real appetite among 218/222 to take those tough votes. have not seen it yet. there's an underlying attitude that one can find huge amounts of $$ in mostly painless cuts — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2023