Massie proposes plan to 'throw the big beautiful bill in the trash’

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on Friday took to X with a plan to throw out the Republican-backed “big, beautiful” tax bill.

The measure, Massie claimed, has become too bloated with wasteful spending. His solution, he wrote, would be to “start overskinny!”

“Massie plan: Throw the big beautiful bill in the trash,” he wrote. “Start over skinny! Extend 2017 tax cuts End Green New Deal cold turkey No bloat for military industrial complex No SALT No pork Realistic border funding Serious Medicaid reform $1 spending cuts for $1 new tax cuts.”

The representative also engaged several commenters who shared opinions on his suggestion.

“There’s at least $100 billion in there that has nothing to do with deportations or the border wall,” he told one commenter who suggested the chang