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    Home » Blog » If Only Republicans Cared As Much About Cutting Federal Spending As They Do Trump’s Tariffs

    If Only Republicans Cared As Much About Cutting Federal Spending As They Do Trump’s Tariffs

    April 8, 2025Updated:April 8, 2025 Editors Picks No Comments
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    Republican on Capitol Hill are already in full-freak setting as a result of President Trump’s” Liberation Day” tariff campaign against foreign nations, which has been less than a week old.

    GOP members of Congress have been threatening their beloved legacy media talking heads for the past few days to voice their alleged issues that the government’s price policies may lead to higher living costs for regular Americans. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N. C., discussed probable rate increases that consumers might experience in the coming months as a result of the tariffs on Tuesday.

    Does that bother you, exactly? Tillis responded,” Of course it concerns me,” to a reporter’s question. My God, it’s a security concern. We’ve got a lot of uncertainty.

    The senior senator from Tarheel State made the remarks at a Senate Finance Committee hearing the day before he expressed doubt and anger with the administration’s tax policy. When questioned by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Tillis questioned,” With throat do I find to drown if this proves false?”

    It just seems like we’ve made the decision to start a trade conflict on all sides, and it’s okay if the person who considered this has a solution pursues partners we have a very long-standing relationship with, Tillis said. ” I wish you well, but I have doubts.”

    Tillis, who will run for reelection next year, joined six different GOP lawmakers in signing regulations that Sens. The legislation, which includes Representatives Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., seeks to” split up the government’s authority to formally impose tariffs.”

    Republicans may have a right to inquire about Trump’s long-term tax plan and the possible effects it might have on their voters ‘ checkbooks, but it’s difficult to take many of them seriously when they have spent years making up their minds with reckless federal spending. Consider, for instance, Tillis.

    The Republican from North Carolina has never been nervous about supporting pork-filled spending proposals that have been proposed in recent years. In the 117th Congress ( 2021-2023 ), you can vote for Democratic-backed legislation like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ($ 1 trillion ) and the CHIPS Act ($ 250 billion ).

    ( Tillis has also been a vocal supporter of sending endless amounts of Ukrainian taxpayer funds and resources, even going so far as to insult the intelligence of conservative voters who oppose such a policy. )

    These devastating spending patterns are a significant contributor to the U.S. market’s inflation problem, according to economic analyses.

    For instance, a report from The Heritage Foundation from September 2023 noted how” [o ] pportunistic legislators from both parties ] used the 2019 Covid outbreak as cover for massive donations to political constituencies, counterproductive welfare expansions, and a variety of misguided slush funds for state and local government entities. According to the analysis, this” commitment to enormous new spending plans and key bank money-printing”” steered the economy into a destructive inflation spiral and a shaky recovery and also enabling ( and implicitly encouraging ) further lockdowns through intergovernmental incentives and protracted security expansions.”

    ” The federal spending spree that was fueled by deficits had terrible economic effects. The 2023 report states that the average American household has previously lost$ 7, 000 as a result of the inflation and interest rate increase, which has been largely caused by this spending spree. More than two decades after the pandemic started, millions of workers are still missing from the work force.

    Republicans like Tillis show no signs of giving up their obsession to more federal spending, despite Americans still feeling the effects of these careless choices.

    The Senate’s lately passed peace budget decision, which contains a number of Trump’s legislative objectives, does very little, if anything, to significantly reduce the federal budget over the next ten years. The Senate’s proposal only “minimum level of mandatory spending cuts of at least$ 4 billion across four committees,” according to a study conducted by PwC, a multinational accounting firm, while the House version calls for a minimum of$ 1.5 trillion in cuts.

    Sadly, Trump’s support has been received for the Senate type, which is being considered by the House this year.

    Republicans like Tillis may use their parliamentary majority to significantly lower the national budget they’ve spent decades ballooning if they really care about lowering Americans ‘ living costs. Nobody should consider their alleged price” problems” really until then.


    Shawn Fleetwood is a student of the University of Mary Washington and a staff author for The Federalist. He previously worked for Convention of States Action as a status content poet, and his articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Conservative Review, RealClearPolitics, and RealClear Health. Following him on Snapchat at @ShawnFleetwood

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