The career politicians of both parties have no motivation to reduce spending. The bigger the pie, the bigger their piece. They only care about their personal wealth, and power which grows with more spending, and bigger government. In this regard, the Republicans are bigger hypocrites than the Democrats because they LIE about wanting less government, and lower spending.
They're eating their own in Milwaukee County. The liberal County Executive Chris Abele proposed raising a wheel tax from $30 to $60. The also liberal County Board members are having a shit fit, saying their constituents can't afford it, and are saying that before their constituents are told to find it in their budget, the county needs to look at IT'S budget and see where they can cut waste. So of course the first place Abele goes is that he will have to cut Police, Fire, and first responders.
SHAZAAM! Finally some libs are seeing the problem with spending OPM, as articulated so well by Margaret Thatcher.