{"id":2382099,"date":"2024-12-19T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-replacement-for-axed-spending-bill-could-actually-be-even-worse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:23:13","slug":"proposed-replacement-for-axed-spending-bill-could-actually-be-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-replacement-for-axed-spending-bill-could-actually-be-even-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Replacement for Axed Spending Bill Could Actually Be Even Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproposed-replacement-for-axed-spending-bill-could-actually-be-even-worse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the text\u200c discusses President-elect Donald \u200cTrump&#8217;s position on the U.S. debt ceiling and \u2062the \u200bimplications of current \u2064political\u2063 debates surrounding it. The debt ceiling has been a longstanding measure intended to limit\u2062 government borrowing, introduced\u2062 in 1917. Recently, a meaningful federal spending bill was rejected due \u200cto \u2063a campaign led by Trump, Elon Musk, and Vivek Ramaswamy,\u200d raising\u2064 concerns among conservatives about future fiscal\u200b duty and governance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s approach to the debt ceiling is notable as he has expressed a desire not only to lift it but perhaps to \u2064eliminate it altogether, viewing it as a &#8220;fake&#8221; measure with no real value in controlling debt. This stance has led to \u200cdiscomfort among some conservatives, including respected figures\u2063 like Rep. Thomas Massie, who questions the shift in Republican priorities regarding debt management.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump advocates for a radical approach to the \u200bdebt ceiling, some fiscal conservatives argue for its retention, asserting that it fosters openness and accountability\u200b in government spending.\u200b The discussion highlights a broader concern over the growing U.S.\u2063 national debt, wich \u200chas \u200dsurpassed $36 trillion and\u2062 continues\u200d to escalate rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>The text concludes by suggesting that, given Trump&#8217;s experience in navigating political \u200dchallenges and considering\u2063 the constitutional absence \u2064of the debt ceiling, there may be merit in his skepticism towards it, \u2064and also his understanding of potential political maneuvering \u2063by opponents that might lead to \u2062fiscal\u200c crises.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When in doubt, trust President-elect Donald Trump. In modern politics &mdash; as distinct from religion or moral philosophy &mdash; you will find no more reliable guiding principle than this.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, fellow conservatives need not take my word for it. But do consider the preponderance of evidence, including the truth behind America&rsquo;s century-old statutory debt limit, more commonly known as the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Now that a massive public pressure campaign has resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dead-bloated-budget-bill-bites-dust-marks-end-era-pass-bill-learn-era-govt-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeat<\/a> of a horrific, pork-filled federal spending bill, some conservatives have expressed concern over what comes next, particularly if Trump succeeds in his stated goal of securing a bill that raises or eliminates the debt ceiling before his inauguration next month.<\/p>\n<p>The debt ceiling, which dates to 1917, set limits on the federal government&rsquo;s ability to borrow money, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/d\/debt-ceiling.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investopedia<\/a>. In theory, at least, those limits help curb reckless government spending.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anybody that supports a bill that doesn&rsquo;t take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible,&rdquo; Trump told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-mike-johnson-easily-remain-speaker-he-acts-decisively-tough-spending-bill?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a> Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a>&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s concern over the debt ceiling requires some context.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump entrusted his friend and ally Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, and Vivek Ramaswamy, former Republican presidential candidate, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-musk-ramaswamy-officially-join-trump-administration-their-job-is-to-destroy-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crucial task<\/a> of leading the &ldquo;Department of Government Efficiency&rdquo; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-viveks-first-doge-move-leaves-94-fed-workers-deep-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a>), a new temporary agency designed to bring fiscal sanity to the federal government, in particular its sprawling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musk-ramaswamy-lay-exact-plan-destroying-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bureaucracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-launches-war-outrageous-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-rewrites-1500-page-pork-filled-budget-bill-using-just-75-words-dems-rinos-will-despise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramaswamy<\/a> led the pressure campaign that forced legislators to reject the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">pork-filled spending bill<\/a>. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance also opposed the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect, however, had concerns beyond the excessive spending.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Republicans try to pass a clean Continuing Resolution without all of the Democrat &lsquo;bells and whistles&rsquo; that will be so destructive to our Country, all it will do, after January 20th, is bring the mess of the Debt Limit into the Trump Administration, rather than allowing it to take place in the Biden Administration,&rdquo; Trump wrote Wednesday evening on his social media platform, TruthSocial.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113676468224007678\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, Thursday morning on X, Garrett Haake of NBC News reported that Trump hopes to scrap the debt ceiling altogether.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;TRUMP doesn&rsquo;t want to just lift the debt ceiling &mdash; he&rsquo;s keen to get rid of it, telling me in a phone interview &lsquo;The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge.&rsquo; He sees it as a fake thing. No real value re: debt control,&rdquo; Haake wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRUMP doesn&rsquo;t want to just lift the debt ceiling- he&rsquo;s keen to get rid of it, telling me in a phone interview &ldquo;The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He sees it as a fake thing. No real value re: debt control<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettHaake\/status\/1869744357886263420?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump&rsquo;s debt-related comments have left some conservatives uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>That includes libertarian-minded conservatives whose opinions command respect, such as Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/resign-rep-thomas-massie-tears-mike-johnson-wants-speakership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Massie<\/a> of Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now conservatives are clamoring for a clean CR and a debt limit increase! Isn&rsquo;t that what Speaker McCarthy was vacated for? How times change,&rdquo; Massie posted Thursday morning on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now conservatives are clamoring for a clean CR and a debt limit increase!<\/p>\n<p>Isn&rsquo;t that what Speaker McCarthy was vacated for?<\/p>\n<p>How times change.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1869777433186197964?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservative economist Brian Wesbury argued that the debt ceiling at least promotes transparency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But, please do not get rid of the debt ceiling. It embarrasses government. That&rsquo;s good,&rdquo; Wesbury tweeted Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is fantastic that this crazy &ldquo;continuing resolution,&rdquo; that actually changed things (like spending more, giving Congress a raise and immunity), not just &ldquo;continue&rdquo; things,&rdquo; got shot down.<br \/> But, please do not get rid of the debt ceiling. It embarrasses government. That&rsquo;s good.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Wesbury (@wesbury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesbury\/status\/1869761128479563962?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Daniel Horowitz of The Blaze opposed raising or eliminating the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So if we are just going to swap out the congressional pay raise and other similar provisions for even more substantial deficit spending, we will be worse off than when we started this fight,&rdquo; Horowitz wrote at the end of a lengthy post Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In other words, all of the worst parts of it plus an even worse new part with debt limit.<\/p>\n<p>Look, let&rsquo;s be honest. Republicans have passed much worse transformational bills relative to current law. Yes, there are obnoxious provisions in the bill, but the main issue is inflation&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yU3T9LNKav\">https:\/\/t.co\/yU3T9LNKav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMConservative\/status\/1869760646557884626?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What, therefore, should readers make of this debt-ceiling debate?<\/p>\n<p>Well, first and foremost, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/david-hogg-tells-thomas-massie-read-history-book-quickly-discovers-one-needs-lesson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massie<\/a> and the others raised legitimate concerns.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usdebtclock.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national debt<\/a> has already surpassed $36 trillion. That means that the debt has doubled in the last 10 years, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscaldata.treasury.gov\/datasets\/historical-debt-outstanding\/historical-debt-outstanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Treasury<\/a>. It cannot continue to grow at that pace.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, one must acknowledge the difference between the national debt and the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drollinger-king-solomons-guide-taming-national-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national debt<\/a> includes financial obligations already incurred. The debt ceiling, however, refers to the maximum amount of money the federal government may borrow to meet those obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, as one X user wrote in response to Horowitz, the debt ceiling technically does not increase spending.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you understand what a debt limit does? It&rsquo;s not spending we are at our debt limit pretty much we increase or default. This has nothing to do with spending,&rdquo; the user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Do you understand what a debt limit does? It&rsquo;s not spending we are at our debt limit pretty much we increase or default. This has nothing to do with spending.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PA Rich (@Richard81751384) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richard81751384\/status\/1869763015190712709?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Congress has already spent the money. Raising or eliminating the debt ceiling, therefore, adds no additional spending.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, for instance, that in May 2023, during the last serious debate over the debt ceiling, President Joe Biden cautiously raised the idea of invoking the 14th Amendment &mdash; Democrats love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-maine-disqualifies-trump-2024-ballot-citing-14th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">misapplying<\/a> the 14th Amendment &mdash; which places the &ldquo;validity of the public debt of the United States&rdquo; beyond question, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/05\/12\/politics\/14th-amendment-debt-ceiling\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The concern at the time involved not necessarily new spending, but the prospect of default on the national debt.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us back to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Why has the president-elect threatened Republicans with primary challengers should they fail to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling? What did he mean by &ldquo;Democrat quicksand&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>Could it be that Trump expects his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adam-schiff-called-trying-bully-tech-companies-censoring-americans-ahead-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unscrupulous enemies<\/a> in Congress to play a game of political brinkmanship next year? In other words, would Democrats risk a default on the national debt as long as it embarrassed the Trump administration?<\/p>\n<p>In short, considering the president-elect&rsquo;s commitment to DOGE, his lengthy experience with Democrat shenanigans and, most important of all, the fact that the debt ceiling does not appear in the Constitution and has apparently done nothing to restrain federal spending in recent years, an honest and reasonable observer might give Trump the benefit of any debt-related doubts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In contemporary politics\u2014unlike in religion or ethics\u2014this is a dependable principle. Fellow conservatives may not need to accept this blindly, but they should reflect on the substantial evidence surrounding America&#8217;s long-standing debt ceiling. Following a significant public campaign that led to the rejection of an excessive federal spending bill, some conservatives are worried about what will happen next, especially if Trump achieves his goal of raising or abolishing the debt ceiling before he takes office next month. The debt ceiling, established in 1917, limits the federal government&#8217;s borrowing capacity and is intended to control reckless spending. 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