The Booty Report

News and Updates for Swashbucklers Everywhere

"Ahoy, matey! Rise with the sun or face Davy Jones’ deadline! Avast, don’t be a scallywag!"

2024-11-14

Avast, mateys! The President-elect Trump be havin' two treasure maps to fill before the scallywags face the midterm storms! Here be a jolly list o' swift ways to plunder and mend the government’s leaky hull! Yarrr, let the merry fixing commence!

Ahoy, me hearties! Gather ‘round fer a tale o' the cunning schemes o' Elon Musk and that scallywag Vivek Ramaswamy, as they hoist the sails o' the newly minted Department o' Government Efficiency, or “DOGE” fer short! This crew be lackin’ in statutory treasure, but they’ve got the ears o' the powerful—Trump, Johnson, and Thune—ready to set course fer the high seas o' budget reconciliation!

Ye see, every time them House and Senate lads can agree on a budget, they can pass laws that’ll chart the fates o’ our coffers with naught but a simple majority. Rumor has it, they be plannin’ to extend the Trump tax cuts from yon 47’s term; a treasure worth fightin’ fer, I say! And aye, they’ll also be revisin’ tax codes to make tips tax-free and raise that local deduction—a bountiful haul if ye ask me!

The budget might even hold the keys to buildin’ up small reactors fer energy, givin’ a boost to our high-tech ships! And if ye thought spendin’ on NPR could be sunk, ye’d be right! So batten down the hatches, fer this DOGE crew has grand designs, but ’tis a long voyage ahead before their plans be set in stone! Arrr!

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