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minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 days agoHe’s required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes. If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.
minus-squaresomeoneelse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·2 days agoI’m not criticizing his goals, not even the action itself, I am just pointing the approach to it.
He’s required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes.
If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.
I’m not criticizing his goals, not even the action itself, I am just pointing the approach to it.