My guess is its solution 4#. Congress just doesn’t have the political will to cut spending. It will follow again the path of least resistance acceptable to both sides of the political aisle in the next Congress.
RE: My guess is its solution 4#. Congress just doesn’t have the political will to cut spending.
That WILL BE the practical outcome when all horse-trading and speeches are finished.
There is also the matter of what we mean by increasing spending....
Would an increase equivalent to inflation rate + population growth be considered a broken promise to the people who elected this new Congress?