Hardline Republicans -- specifically those members of the House Freedom Caucus -- are being derided in the press, as if they've been playing some kind of a game.

That is, threatening to not vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill, when, supposedly, everyone knew, in the end, they would cave and vote for it.

But the derision badly misses the key point.

The focus of these conservative Republicans is the disastrous fiscal state of affairs of our country. The real point is not whether or not these members were making empty threats. The real point is the frustration that the country's problems are so massive that it is impossible to deal with them in one piece of legislation. Even if the Freedom Caucus members got the additional spending cuts they wanted, the situation would still be disastrous -- just a little less.

This disastrous situation has been many years in the making. Years of looking the other way while the big spenders, those buying........

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