To sell the narrative of cutting waste. The fact that people will be hurt by this doesn’t factor into their consideration in the slightest and they need to stay on message.
I don’t think they need to cut those to lie about cutting waste. They can just say they found 9 gazillion dollars of fraud and this bill made everything better even if it changed nothing (except of course giving money to the rich). Why would they need to change anything to keep lying to people?
To sell the narrative of cutting waste. The fact that people will be hurt by this doesn’t factor into their consideration in the slightest and they need to stay on message.
I don’t think they need to cut those to lie about cutting waste. They can just say they found 9 gazillion dollars of fraud and this bill made everything better even if it changed nothing (except of course giving money to the rich). Why would they need to change anything to keep lying to people?
Even the politicians believe in the zero sum lie. They think that others must suffer more in order for their lives to get better.