I guess the very antithesis of "woke" is sleep. By that metric, the Republican party is sacking the Zs at an astronomical rate. The new GOP hero in the battle against the latest culture war flashpoint is Russ Voight, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget. He is currently the "brains" behind the far right nutball caucus' attempts to force the Biden administration to cut popular safety net programs in return for not forcing the government into default.
Voight has a 10 year plan to balance the federal budget without touching Social Security and Medicare. Aside from the usual fiscal gimmicks like assuming far greater labor participation and economic growth, Voight's budget would savage Medicaid, food stamps and a host of other programs which benefit the poor and middle class. All the while preserving upper class tax cuts.
Expect the Republican party to rally round these proposals and try to sell them as cutting programs that favor the undeserving poor and "those" people. Sleep will become more difficult under this regime.
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