If the GOP cared about deficits or spending, they could have cut spending in the same reconciliation bill that they used to cut taxes under Trump, but then if they actually cared about deficits they would not have been cut taxes in the first place.They could have cut spending with the same simple majority budget reconciliation bill they used to pass the tax cuts.The reason they NEVER do this is because they know that spending cuts will slow GDP growth and this would undermine the illusion that their tax cuts are helping the economy.In the end, they got little growth under Trump anyway, even though they exploded the deficit to over 1.015 trillion even before the pandemic hit, almost doubling the deficit from where it was when Obama left office.Obama cut the deficit in half during his 8 yrs in office (it was already projected at 1.186 trillion 2 weeks before he took office in 2009 and was abt 560 billion when he left)The CBO's last cost estimate for the Trump tax cuts was 1.9 TRILLION over 10 years and this is if they do not extend the parts that expire, if they do, the price tag soars to over 2.4 TRILLION.Because the GOP do not want to get the blame for slowing the economy, and also so it is not so obvious that tax cuts at the top really do very little for growth, the GOP NEVER cut spending when they have control of both Houses and and the White House. They wait until a Dem is in the Oval and then threaten to blow up the global economy if their demands are not met.

If the GOP cared about deficits or spending, they could have cut spending in the same reconciliation bill that they used to cut taxes under Trump, but then if they actually cared about deficits they would not have been cut taxes in the first place.They could have cut spending with the same simple majority budget reconciliation bill they used to pass the tax cuts.The reason they NEVER do this is because they know that spending cuts will slow GDP growth and this would undermine the illusion that their tax cuts are helping the economy.In the end, they got little growth under Trump anyway, even though they exploded the deficit to over 1.015 trillion even before the pandemic hit, almost doubling the deficit from where it was when Obama left office.Obama cut the deficit in half during his 8 yrs in office (it was already projected at 1.186 trillion 2 weeks before he took office in 2009 and was abt 560 billion when he left)The CBO's last cost estimate for the Trump tax cuts was 1.9 TRILLION over 10 years and this is if they do not extend the parts that expire, if they do, the price tag soars to over 2.4 TRILLION.Because the GOP do not want to get the blame for slowing the economy, and also so it is not so obvious that tax cuts at the top really do very little for growth, the GOP NEVER cut spending when they have control of both Houses and and the White House. They wait until a Dem is in the Oval and then threaten to blow up the global economy if their demands are not met.

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