The economy is growing at a faster rate than it has in decades. Yet we had about an $800 billion deficit last year and will approach or exceed a trillion dollars this year. When your revenues are growing at 3% and your spending is growing at 7% then there is no way you are going to grow your way out of the problem. Spending needs to be cut.
Oh I agree it needs to be cut, but face it growing by 3 to 4% helps and slowing it to nothing hurts. Getting people and companies to invest and produce jobs (real tappers here in the USA) helps too.
Having more jobs available allows government workers cut to get jobs out here is real world land. That’s a twofer, agency cuts, productive taxpayers.