Elon Musk’s Messy MAGA Breakup

I’m disappointed that they are not cutting Medicaid. Medicare Is only an entitlement to those who are on disability. Those of us who have been paying into social security have earned Medicare. If you don’t work you shouldn’t be on Medicare. The government cannot control the cost of Medicaid until they place some responsibility with getting government funding. I’m a nurse many on Medicaid pay nothing, go to the ER, then to the Dr for the same symptom a cold! ALL on Medicaid should make a copay like the rest of us. It needs to be more than the cost of cold medicine, so they buy the cold medicine. OTC medications should not be paid by Medicaid like Tylenol and Ibuprofen. We need to end this non-sense of “they haven’t had the same opportunities as others” Neither did I, but I went to college and worked hard only so the government could take half of my paycheck for people who don’t want to work!

Musk did what he promised to do, find places where there is fraud or very little oversight into taxpayer spending, but everyone began screaming, "Foul play" before his final report came out. Guess they thought they'd never be caught or would never have to pay a penalty for their totally acceptable crimes of fraudulent behavior over the past few decades. We're all complicit in this bad behavior by our representatives.

I agree with Elon in part. The bill cuts are not nearly deep enough but, the bill needs support from Congress and the Senate. As it is, there is a chance of getting something passed. Otherwise the Demoncraps will pitch a bigger hissy fit and once again, nothing will get done.

I agree with Elon. There is still way too much pork in this bill and most egregious, Republicans again fail to present a balanced budget. C'mon Reps, show some stones and give us what we really need.

Once again, we see the unpleasant part of producing legislation. "Compromise", something that causes much disdain to all of us, and wonder why the system doesn't change. I applaud Elon and many in both the Senate and Congress who object to this bill; hopefully, the Senate can and will make the necessary corrections to improve it, which will then pass Congress as well.

Musk has two "difficulties": 1> he's a HELL of a lot smarter than members of Congress and 2> he's accustomed to his autocracy - He's the BOSS, what he says goes Period. D.C. is nearly a perfect opposite: broad range of intelligence, Always skewed by agenda and getting things Done IS like Herding Cats!

Yes and I'm frustrated with the mess also. Time to start reducing the deficit and balancing the budget. Nothing difficult is ever easy.

It seems that budget and deficit are again just election fodder.

I wasn't sure until I read that EV tax credits - i.e. TESLA- would go away. Now I see Elon's biggest objection more clearly....

Don’t fall for the hype—this is a calculated setup to force Congress to act. They’re calling it the “Trump bill,” but that’s in name only. Congress wrote it, and as the supposed voice of the people, they need to finally act for the people. Truth is, we haven’t had real representation in over a century. It’s time they stop padding their wallets and start serving the nation. No taxation without representation. If Trump’s tax cuts expire, it won’t be by accident—Congress will have sabotaged America. Once again, Republicans prove to be the do-nothing party, letting Democrat snakes run the show while both sides keep bleeding the taxpayer. If the cuts stay, the bill still reduces spending over 10 years—so Congress must slash funding to agencies Trump doesn’t control. Blame Congress, not Trump. Thank Trump and Elon for calling out the corrupt circus on the Hill.

DRAIN THE SWAMP……. And most of our problems will fix themselves.

I think it's a good bill. Not every bill is perfect. A better bill with spending cuts is possible in the future. If the Big Beautiful Bill is not passed now, it might never pass.

This issue is NOT an example of Musk splitting with the MAGA movement. He simply wants more cuts to spending, which most true Conservatives want as well. The fact is that spending cuts are very limited in a reconciliation bill, which has to be used to avoid a filibuster. I suggest Congress urgently pass the rescission bill that enacts $9Billion in DOGE cuts as an act of good faith, with the promise of making further cuts in future appropriations bills. The BBB is a MUST pass, and the GOP leadership's hands are tied regarding the method by which it needs to pass. The GOP needs to stand united, and Elon needs to be patient and stand down his rhetoric.

Analysis of the spending bill exposes many possibilities that suggest it will be good or bad, but the fact that the bill "phases out electric vehicle tax credits" may be a source of frustration. But I think he probably takes it personal that, after finding all the areas of fraud, waste and abuse, the administration is spending what he saved. I will say that Trump is right more than he is wrong, and if the tax cuts don't expire his plan will work. Thomas Massie seems to be a "get off my lawn" kind of guy - doesn't like anything.

Musk is a businessman with global markets and supply chains. A Tariff war will hurt his efforts and enhance his Chinese competitors. He would have to be asleep to not be aware of the ripples he will have to deal with, perhaps for many years.

Not one is righteous, not one. No politician is righteous, not one! Failing to control the budget will lead to drastic cuts to entitlements, with the advantage of no political fingerprints. Cowards ‼️

Musk seems to be acting like a spoiled child who didn’t get his way. How much of his discontent with the bill stems from the tax break on electric vehicles being cut? Yes, the debt must be tackled but not by slashing entitlement spending. Grow the economy and then take on the debt

If a great mind like Musk is concerned so am I. I was disheartened to hear the debt ceiling was to be raised very substantially! I am glad that Senator Ron Johnson is digging his heels in on this. The bill may be too big. I am grateful for Trump taking on the problems of the nation, but he is also willing to receive input from those of us he serves. Changes to the bill are needed.

If the “ Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t pass Republicans will lose the mid terms and Democrats are betting on it. Majority of Americans need/want immediate results “tax cuts”. Yes, we must reduce the deficit/spending but it doesn’t generate as many votes as “tax cuts. This bill isn’t the only bill Republicans can use over the next two years ( hopefully 4 yrs)to make cuts. Balancing the budget & reducing the deficit is a multi, multi process taking longer than two years. Thats why this bill is so important to wining the Midterms! STAY IN CONTROL CONSERVATIVES!

No nation was ever taxed into prosperity. Musk is correct, cuts to Medicaid are essential. Further, since SS, Medicare and Defense are the largest expenditures, then either reductions within those areas MUST be made or there must be substantive changes in how people pay for SS and Medicare access. The federal government receives money through taxes, fees for service and tariffs it collects on import goods. Alternatively, raising taxes without expanding the social service network but for the purpose of paying down the deficit will not fly politically. However, for our children and grandchildren, the focus should be on the deficit not on the politics.

Bottom line…we need to reduce annual spending by trillions just to get back to pre pandemic pork levels. This should not be that difficult since so much money was printed and handed out where it was not even needed! The deficit is unsustainable and the fact that they are bragging this bill cuts it by $1.5 trillion over 10 years is not only debatable, but woefully inadequate. In this regard I believed Trump would take a stronger position but he is apparently willing to sell out to the pork belly politicians in order to get more funding to the military and border. I believe those things are important but how do we continue our Republic by spending our way into perpetuity? Musk and others are right to call this out! Break it up and get the permanent tax cuts, then work on the rest to cut spending levels. There is no reason we should not at least be back to pre pandemic levels.

The results of the DOGE efforts on the part of Elon Musk are less than what I had hoped for and if the deficit spending continues on as it has been for several years now it will eventually cause an economic collapse that will make the great depression look like a minor event in the history of the United States. I hope for the best, but I don't expect it, and I always hope that someday the voters will actually vote for representatives that actually will vote for the countries best interests and not the interests of the people that drive their campaign coffers to allow for their reelection. That is the major flaw in the Constitutional construction of the United States and I don't see any easy answers there, the Founders would not have expected what we are seeing today on the part of our elected representatives, they expected honest and moral people to be occupying those offices and they would likely be horrified at what we have allowed to happen with our legislative bodies.

I suspect the main motivation of Musk is the Tesla tax credits removal. That being said, we are now De Facto, bankrupt as a nation. Cutting fraud and waste in government entitlements will not reduce the number of legitimate recipients of these programs. DOGE cuts are crucial in recission packages going forward to make meaningful cuts in spending now rather than later. Raising the debt ceiling must be as gradual and minimal as possible during our financial recovery period.

Absolutely it is justified. Republicans never had the courage to stand tall and strong and do what is truly best for America, simply out if fear of losing votes. In that sense, they are no better than Democrats! Their salvation for me is that they do still at least claim to stand for morals and good principles!

Probably he is justified just for the fact that he discovered so much fraud, waste and abuse and promised he could deliver 1T in savings for us. Congress is delivering only 9B...a drop in the bucket. So, I get it, but disparaging our President is not a good way of going about sharing his disappointment. He needs to stop acting like a child.

Say what they want you to hear but it’s still going to be more debt to the bottom line. Sooner or later this MEGA ponzi scheme is going to collapse the entire world economy.