Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon asserted that Republicans in control of Congress would push "massive tax cuts for the wealthy for the billionaires."
During a Tuesday interview with Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Bannon argued that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should pursue a significant restructuring of government spending instead of tax cuts for the wealthy.
"[DOGE co-chairs] Vivek [Ramaswamy] and [Elon] Musk came to you guys the other day, and it turned out to be an open mic night with, hey, there's a university in my district that does salamander research," Bannon told Roy. "Talking about people and talking about these little programs, you're not going to get there. That's just the typical thing that's been talked about on talk radio and these shows for decades."
Bannon, a former aide to Donald Trump, said he opposed the current defense spending bill because it "authorized the neocon perspective on an American empire."
"Every member of what they call the cardinals' appropriations bill, particularly what they call those guys on the Armed Services Committee, you watch, every one of them wants increased defense spending," he continued. "They want to get to a trillion dollars as quickly as possible, and they're going to vote for massive tax cuts for the wealthy and for the billionaires and corporations. Watch it."
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"You and I agree on that," Roy replied. "Which is why I support moving the border reconciliation package and why I said in a meeting yesterday that I'm not going to agree to all of these massive tax cuts unless and until we talk about what we're going to do on spending cuts, spending restraint and restructuring the entirety of government."
"The powers that be don't want to do that," he added.
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