Why didn't the right want to address the debt when Trump raised it by 33% in his first term? Why are people cheering on sending every American a $5,000 check to score political points when we need to reduce debt? Why are we talking about ending income taxes on tipped income and social security income when we need that revenue?
Presidents Musk and Trump are making big headlines slashing the federal workforce, but the total salaries of the federal workforce only amounts to 4% of the fed budget. If they lay off 300,000 federal workers that is a 10% reduction in staff, so they would cut federal spending by all of 0.4%. Woohoo. In fact it will probably be far less since a large portion of the cuts are targeted at employees with less than 2 years of service thus lower salaries. Either way it is a lot of headlines for not a lot federal budget reduction.
Healthcare and Education need to be made more efficient without reducing the services they provide to American citizens, those are the two of the largest slices of the budget pie and US already spends more than most other countries per person without better results. Defense is untouchable IMO because we have to match the rise in China's capability and military influence. Social security should be adjusted, not by reducing benefits but removing the payroll tax income tax. I'm not against tightening up welfare requirements but with a scalpel not a cudgel.