[Lurker]

There is no way to “bend the curve” without cutting “entitlement” spending drastically. And American voters will never stand for that.

The coming crash is therefore inevitable.

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[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Well at least he is FINALLY OFF the judiciary committee CYA his entire damn ass!! He has been protecting Joe from the get go!!!

[rintintin]

“ There is no way to “bend the curve” without cutting “entitlement” spending “

You mean cut Social Security? During the campaign, when Biden and the Democrats were accusing Trump and the GOP of wanting to do that, many Freepers said the Dems were lying. But you’re saying we should prove the Dems right, and cut Social Security?

[ealgeone]

Either cut spending or raise taxes or both. The only way to get it under control.

I don't see either of these options happening.

[Zhang Fei]

[There is no way to “bend the curve” without cutting “entitlement” spending drastically. And American voters will never stand for that.

The coming crash is therefore inevitable.]

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No real need to cut anything. Fudge COLA, leave tax brackets unadjusted and inflation will gradually bring the budget back into balance. It’s what’s politically feasible and something that has been around ever since government came into being. In antiquity, they used to clip the coinage. Now smaller denominations just become curiosities rather than the essential day-to-day medium of exchange they used to be. Here’s a number of appraisals for real estate (delinquent on their property taxes) in Pomeroy, OH from 1860:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038184/1860-12-21/ed-1/seq-1/

Note how that the prices back then ranged from ~$10 to ~$20 an acre. Today’s prices, 160 years later? A minimum of $1,000 an acre, 100x what they were in 1860.

https://www.landwatch.com/ohio-land-for-sale/pomeroy

The difference is largely inflation.

[MinorityRepublican]

Yep. Therefore it is pointless to argue over entitlement spending.