If you have not done the budget numbers yourself, you know nothing.
I can assure you, the writer of the article above knows nothing.
Conservatism has nothing to do with taxing and spending.
Conservatism is Drain the Swamp and Build the Wall, so this article writer is just trying to drum up Swamp-think with his (erroneous) layout of budget this and that.
(BTW, stop thinking there can be a solution. This walks back into Swamp-think. There is no solution to $34T in debt.)
Conservatism is Drain the Swamp and Build the Wall,
https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
Conservatism is many things to different people.
Folks, read the above repeatedly. It is the philosophy, a way of thinking, it is what is behind actions.
“ There is no solution to $34T in debt.”
Right now, today, the entire U.S. economy is not in full-on depression only because of the Heroin of massive, constantly escalating, federal debt spending. None of these office holders want to be there holding the bag if/when that stops. When it stops, the entire nation collapses, it’s the only thing holding it above water. There is no way out of the box: they drive it off the cliff at 100 mph, or the ground underneath collapses and you plunge in that way.
Old Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won’t stop going, no way to slow down.