It's tricky.
On the one hand, everybody seems to agree that countries should reduce their debt.
On the other hand, everybody seems to complain as soon as costs are cut.
On the one hand, everybody seems to agree that countries should reduce their debt.
On the other hand, everybody seems to complain as soon as costs are cut.
IIRC Trump's campaign promised lower taxes, not higher taxes.
We need to ensure it grows a bit more slowly then gdp. On average, slower in boom years, faster in recession.
All the while billionaires gorge themselves on public money and contribute ever less to society.
The GOP’s budget proposes $2 trillion in new deficits over the next 10 years. Nobody is reducing debt. Ironically, the only deficit move to date from the Trump administration has been tax increases in the form of tariffs.
We're cutting the NPS, USFS and BLM so that we can increase the defense budget by $150B (with a B) and send troops to the Mexican border.
Not a good trade-off at all.