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.
Democrats insisted on spending increase parity for Democrat welfare/pork/etc to agree to defense spending increase. A large part of the ballooning deficit can be placed right there.
Your wrong. The federal government spent about 354 billion on welfare programs in FY 2018. We spent 4.4 Trillion dollars. We could cut the whole welfare budget and still have to borrow money to cover everything else. See my post 63 for a partial breakdown of the budget.
One caveat on my numbers. I did not include Medicaid in the welfare amount. Medicaid covers mostly woman with children and we wouldn’t win another election if we tried to get rid of it. I also believe that if we are truly the pro-life party we need to at least provide health insurance for children who’s parents can’t afford it.
> Democrats insisted on spending increase parity for Democrat welfare/pork/etc to agree to defense spending increase. A large part of the ballooning deficit can be placed right there.
Yeah? The GOP were in charge of the entire Congress for the past 4 years, and the last 2 with a Republican President. I think we know who is responsible for this damn deficit.
I’m sorry folks, I just did my taxes and my husband and I got *SCREWED*. I am *pissed*! The deduction caps and the inability for me to write off state taxes were a dam nightmare! I owe more than $3500 more than last year! Meanwhile liberal jerk Bezos’ Amazon pays NO taxes this year! WHY? I am NOT HAPPY with the incompetent Republicans in Congress!