> "a lot of the spending in this bill is just useless. for example subsidies to farmers do nothing but raise prices for consumers. there's also a lot of disaster relief aid that never goes where it's supposed to and there's nothing in the constitution that empowers the federal government to do that; it should be left to the states. i mean, it's not california's job to bail out florida each time a hurricane hits. this state under governor desantis did an excellent job of cleaning up from hurricanes by itself. but i know republicans won't put their foot down on this; they never do. the only time they did, in my lifetime anyway, was in the '90s under newt gingrich which lasted all of two years before he got coup-ed by his own party." ok ben, fair enough but what would you say if some congressman proposed major cuts in foreign aid to israel? i bet you wouldn't be singing the same tune here now would you.
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