And most of the members of congress (all of the house, 1/3 of the senate)will be up for election in 2 years. Let’s see if they are up for cutting social security and medicare when they have to face the voters just two years later.

two years is long enough to make deep cuts.

there will be no big collapse, no big catastrophe. there won't be a 1991 Berlin Wall event.

things will just get shittier and more expensive, and people will go out less, buy less, travel less, have fewer kids, etc.

Let’s break this down. Payments on the debt (10% of budget) are already off the table. SS, Health Insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, etc) and defense represent about 58% of the budget. If we eliminate everything else, we are going after things like welfare, the VA, and veterans benefits, as well as subsidies to a variety of businesses. Bottom line, even if there wasn’t an economic impact, there will be some very pissed-off powerful constituents.

At the end of the day, this whole process shows that Musk and Ramaswamy are clowns.