The "big beautiful bill" has to be budget neutral to pass. Meaning to get those tax breaks, funding has to be slashed.
This is all about money. Republican voters believe a cheaper govt means less taxes for them. They don't appreciate the benefits they're getting. Hence they cheer as they lose those benefits, and they'll cheer just as loud when the rich get tax cuts.
The money being saved ain't for you.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force
Being legally undermined is hardly a bad thing. We voted for unified Republican control of both branches of the legislator and the POTUS. You might not like the outcomes, but there's nothing illegal about what the executive branch is doing, how it's doig it, or the legislation that Congress will be passing in the coming months.
> ... no one can rely on the government being a good actor. A good reputation takes generations to establish and seconds to destroy. No one will trust the government now.
The prior administrations should have kept that in mind before they squandered our money. It's unfortunate that useful and deserving projects will temporarily get caught in the blast radius. But there's been so much waste an lack of accountability that something like what we're seeing for the past few weeks is the only recourse.
> there's nothing illegal about what the executive branch is doing
Why do you believe that? There are a lot of people filing lawsuits saying that there's a ton illegal about how the executive branch is doing things, and quite a few judges agree enough to order Trump to stop doing what he's doing until we can figure out what's going on.