The elephant in the room is the size of the federal government. Trump submitted a budget that would not have added to the debt. He did it by slashing useless agencies like the CPB. Speaker Ryan took one look at it, tossed it in the trash, and passed a bloated bill just like always.
Absolute nonsense. Nothing Trump has proposed would ever have come close to balancing the budget. And cuts proposed did nothing to address entitlements or defense.
Your wrong. The elephant in the room is Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, defense, and interest on the debt. That makes up roughly 74% of the federal budget. You could cut all other spending and we would still have to borrow money to cover just that 74%.
Best estimate I’ve seen on what we spend on illegal immigration is $134 billion. And that’s not considering that a lot of these illegal aliens work under other peoples social security numbers and contribute taxes to the budget. Probably still a net loss but even if it is still say it’s 100 billion it’s a drop in the bucket of our trillion dollar budget.
No. The real problem is the American people want all these programs but don’t want to pay for them. Eventually we will have to raise taxes somewhere. I think this will first happen when the social security trust fund gets near to running out. All the people on social security will not stand for a 23% decrease in their benefits. So they will vote for the politician who promises to prevent the cut, even if it means raising taxes.