| > Runaway Federal debt. The three largest line items in the US federal budget are: * Social Security * Medicare * Pentagon Of the three only the Pentagon is discretionary: * https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-does-federal-g... Which one(s) do you want to cut? Further, after COVID's bump, US federal outlays/spending have generally been coming down to history averages (20% of GDP): * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S But deficits are growing: * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSDFYGDP The difference between the two trends means income is the problem. Has the GOP tried not cutting taxes and then complaining about not having enough money? |