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minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoHe’s required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes. If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.
minus-squareReliant1087@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI would push back and say that he’s trying to implement the mandate he got elected on using the levers he has. In an ideal system the legislature should set the boundaries but that isn’t the US right now.
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He’s required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes.
If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.
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I would push back and say that he’s trying to implement the mandate he got elected on using the levers he has. In an ideal system the legislature should set the boundaries but that isn’t the US right now.