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Not really.

Every time a new handout gets created, there is a predictable round of complaining from the fiscal conservatives, but fiscal conservatives make up only about 10-15% of Republicans and 3-5% of Democrats so inevitably the handout eventually gets passed, perhaps with a name-change or some token constraint, but then once established becomes normalized and permanent.




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