If the House Rs want to cut $100bn out of this year’s budget, let them – in their own districts back home. The Rs would have us believe that this is what people voted for. Let’s call their bluff, and do a little experiment to see who’s right. Ds don’t think that this is what people voted for, so we won’t cut spending in our districts. Rs, on the other hand, will cut programs in their districts to the tune of $100bn, or more if they like. Then, at the end of the year, let’s revisit whose constituents are happier. After all, if all this money is just being wasted, the Rs surely can’t complain about cutting it in their own districts.

I know it sounds like a “modest proposal,” but at this point, why not just give the Republicans what they want and see how their constituents like it? Call their bluff. And school the true believers, like Rand Paul, in what actually happens when you claim spending is wasted but it’s really not.

Oh, and make sure you put the country on notice that if the economy slides backwards it’s because of the GOP cuts.