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The kind of job they do, republicans anyway, they don’t need any staff, they just makeup/repeat lies, and they shouldn’t get paid at all for destroying democracy

White House current resident should not be going to the Super Bowl or to Daytona car races. The Orange Con could come out to the flatlands and muck some cattle stalls. Or cut a few cords of fire wood. That is what tough men do. I would guess this old over weight human is not able to do tough work!

Nah, how about this: We take the richest 100 people and their families every year and ship them off to Gitmo. Then we divide up their wealth to serve the working poor. Repeat annually until poverty is eliminated. We can use enhanced interrogation to get them to sign over off shore hidden wealth too!

The white house needs to add a couple of child care professionals to help Trump through his busy day. It will pay for itself. We can't expect our supreme leader to change his own diapers.

If by "fire" you mean "guillotine" then yes absolutely.

Cut the annual golf budget entirely, make them all squirm like the rest of us

aiding or abetting treason* I wrote that half asleep

Punishment for treason needs to be the same as the Rosenbergs got

The people who would decide whether there are cuts are the ones committing said treason. So that's probably not going to happen.

Why pay for a congress tat has handed their power to Mush? Do we pretend to have checks and balances just to keep paying them? That’s fraud and waste. What tax money are they planning to function on with mass unemployment?

Musky is going after easy pickings.

The intention is to destroy everything that helps the people, which supports the criminal to become a dictator.

He doesn’t need a chef since he eats McDonalds. He can pay for his family himself to save money, right?

I called my governor and asked when our blue state will fire registered republicans from state jobs. Fk’Em

What are you on about? How can anyone miss the big picture this badly?

And again, can’t they pass a bill that they no longer get free healthcare?

Exactly. When I worked for Mental Health, we would be told that programs or services would be cut. Decided upon by those earning 3 and 4 times our pay. But if we cut an administrative position, we'd have the money we need to provide services.

You worked there

Absolutely

DOGE should remove the diet coke button, that cost alone has to be thousands of dollars.

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Part of 2025 is to change all Medicare over to Medicare advantage plans. That will knock healthcare for seniors out of range for an awful lot of people. We need to get them out before then!

Sure charges high fees for secret service to stay there.. He did before at his golf ⛳ courses too

They don’t deserve that much

Excellent point! Thank you!

If congress & the White House were doing only what the Federalists promised they'd do during the Con Con we'd have at least 90% less FedGov, no national debt, no wars & sound money, which would be good. Instead we are witnessing what the anti-Federalists warned us about: Corruption & tyranny.

The debate isn’t this. It’s about illegal impoundment, firings, cuts, privacy breaches.

D*** straight!!!

Not to mention White House official meetings at Mara Lago. He is not even in Washington.

Huge extra expenses to go back and forth all the time.. Just like huge expenses to go to the Super Bowl and Daytona 500...luxuries no other president has run off to.. For what? Dragging all those magats 🐛 🐛 tooo

Cut those numbers in half. My Social Security is $1020 a month, the result of 20 years on low paying jobs that we're harder than anything Trump has done in his life.

Why does each congressman need so many staff? What do they do?

This is really the wrong tack, because you are affirming what they'vep wanted all along; to make the government not work, and therefore, defund and eliminate government. This year we see the culmination of that effort. We just need to vote for competent pols that actually work for everyday people.

Makes sense, no sane company would ever do what muskrat is doing.. EVER!

At least Russia wasn't to blame... trilliondollardreadful.com/2025/02/19/t...

No only us peons that pay taxes have to go without. Are we tired of this 💩yet?

Duh Fuhrer needs his man-servant to bring him his diet coke. Also, who is going to crush his Adderall pills for snorting? And let's not get into the poor bastard who has to multi-flush his low flow toilet.

Right? Let her mop her own damn floors.

She does nothing. Why does she need a staff?

Congress who? They ain’t doing shit! Cut them all!

Seems only fair - if all other areas are expected to make cuts, so should they. And of course, that would also include reducing golf trips, Air Force One flights, number of secret service agents, decorating budget, hotel budgets, and so on. After all, shouldn't the President lead by example?

Cut down on some golf trips and now we’re talking. I expect a president who demands a “return to work” policy is going to lead by example.

Fire all assistance for representatives and congressman. They're going to have multitask from now on.

They should be the first ones offering up cuts

Now you surely know that Super Bowls and car races are essential executive branch functions. Showing off your motorcade is definitely not waste.

How about Executive and members of Congress covering their own expenses, like the rest of us. Same health care, same retirement, doing more with less staff, cover their own damned meals, hotels, drinks, whatever. Live like the rest of us. That should cut some expenses.

All fair question.

😂😂😂

The White House budget could be easily be cut by 80%, which means the 🍊 Fuhrer would have to lick his own envelopes rather than kiss Musk's ass.

We should put tariffs on them for every single day they occupy this country lol

We can save the country too, provided we convince Vance to go off somewhere and write some more fiction.

I second that !

Trillions

#TrumpIsNotMyPresident

It's deplorable that so many active duty and veterans voted for this shit show

The VA employees weren’t terminated for just one year. They’re doing the math for several years. It doesn’t matter to the MuskRat how much $$ he’s “saving”, or how many people he’s hurting or killing. In fact, the terror & pain is the point. We have a serial killer on our hands, & he’s loving it. 🤮

No I dont. How much is rent there now?

Correct me if I am wrong. But the federal and state employees don’t pay into unemployment do they? So when the jobs reports come out the numbers will be wrong.

You can't actually expect elected officials to cut their own budgets now, can you? Haven't you figured out that all of these "cuts" are to benefit themselves and their billionaire benefactors?

Plus congressional staff can pay into the same healthcare we do and not draw a salary when leaving …

Meanwhile

Predictiion: Trump will only promote and spend money on senator candidates he likes,he is irrational so good luck.He is figuring out how to primary any GOP he just doesn’t like. Elected officials need to stand up for your constituents now. If you capitulate you lose your dignity and morality.

White House cabinet and staff don’t meet the bar for competence. Under DEI they should go!

First budget to be cut should be 🍊🤡’s there is too much fat in his travel and security budget

Congressman, you are no RINO you are the best of what remains of the GOP. Thanks from the west coast Oregon.

No offense, but cut their pensions.

Thank you Adam Trump hasn’t kept any of his promises and has trampled on our Constitution and sits with America’s enemies (Putin’s Russia) and slams our friends and allies. Who is going to push back on this nightmare?

each congressman has 18 staff? what the fuck do they need so many staff for? wow. i really know nothing about government, ill admit that.

What is that 6.5 billion for? Coffee runs and the like? Fixing damage after incursions?

Who is paying the DOGE bros? Elon or the taxpayers? How much do they make?

That’s not how it’s being done. It’s 20% of staff based on who is new. So eliminate the staff entirely of the newest 20% of congress. Then go looking for anyone who got promoted in the past year and fire them. Then target for termination everyone who has called out the fascist oligarchs.

Any time we have tried to reach someone in the local office, no one is ever there 🤷‍♀️ but I suppose you might be right

Right all they need is 2 Administrative Assistants that work the office and 1 personal staffer that also travels with them

Send DOGE in to start raiding computers and fire staff at random.

Melania can pitch in. Let her clean the toilets. Can't wait to read about her next one-day trip that cost taxpayers nearly 200k. www.businessinsider.com/melania-trum...

Has there been an assessment of the WH to identify inefficiencies? It might be beneficial to start with reevaluating the role of the press secretary, as their contributions currently appear to lack effectiveness. I might be jumping the gun here, but it's worth considering. 😂

Yes or no tax payers trips to Superbowl and Indy 500

50% cut is more like it

3 billion max

Every time I think I'm getting too used to the chaos and destruction I remind myself: If I walked into the Treasury Dept. with a flash drive...and my sense of outrage is renewed.

I move for a wage decrease. Limit them to the federal minimum wage for salaried workers. www.dol.gov/agencies/whd... --its a whole $684 a week, or $35568 annually. Lets see them support their families the way the rest of us have to live!

Also, how much $$ did it cost for the POTUS visit to and joy ride around Daytona??

They absolutely do, and the devil is in the details

Then the states can pay for their salaries, and it can come out of a state budget. The staffers weren't elected, so their salary should be a state problem. (yes I know it's still taxpayer $; but state budgets are smaller and sometimes better controlled)

The White House must have a budget that includes at least 1,000 "senior advisors" just in case Trump decides he wants to do more quid pro quoing.

Agree 👍🏻. It’s the least they could do.

If they will get minimum wage it will be beginning of massive corruption like in China

I think it should be tied to their district or state’s median income, excluding people earning over 400k/year

That’s not as impressive as you think it is. Low six figures in this day and age isn’t “rich”

Beg to differ on what part? I was referring to staff not Members. You cannot cut Member’s salaries easily. It is appropriated differently and has constitutional protections. They would go their staffs who are largely underpaid young people.

Frankly, most of them don’t get rich being Members either and it is all relative, but most Americans think this is a good salary.

That's a really really bad idea that sounds and feels good. The average net worth would go up, not down

High deductible health plans

Tips from a tyrannical war criminal or a wealthy drug-addled saboteur count.

"tips" aka bribes 😒

And no tax payer funded healthcare. Maybe they’ll croak sooner.

Oh, damn. That's good. Like 7$ an hour.

Maybe not, but you can WHITE wash them! Bah-dum tisshhhhh

I think Congress should be able to operate on $3.25 Billiona year and I their staff should be cut down by 9. A 50% cut across the board for both the house and the Senate! And health insurance ends when they leave their jobs.