A hiring freeze is window dressing for decreasing spending. 2/3 of the budget is entitlements & interest payments.http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/donald-trump-hiring-freeze-federal-government/index.html?sr=twCNN012417donald-trump-hiring-freeze-federal-government1255PMStoryLink&linkId=33716233 …
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This is unlikely to be corrected without reforming long-term entitlement spending, something Trump mostly refuses to do.
Our $20 trillion national debt, soaring interest payments, and growing federal government spending are a threat to liberty in America.
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They deprive Americans of economic freedom and make our nation more vulnerable to leaders with authoritarian tendencies.
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Entitlements... entitlements. You mean 'stuff we've paid for out of our salary and were promised back'? Like Social Security?
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Debt service is down 50% from 1990. Not obvious at all that debt a threat to liberty or even economy.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYOIGDA188S …
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a true fiscal conservative would admit supply side doesn't work and revisit tax rates on top 10 and especially 1%
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spending is portion of the solution. Tax increases are the other.
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respect your views, but would recommend reading Richard Koo and Stephanie Kelton for nuanced thinking on govt debt / spending
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most look at debt as if gov't is a household, & debt = bad. For gov't currency issuer, more complicated for deficit/debt
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The American population will never agree to the sacrifice needed to cut spending and the deficit.
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interest rates aren't soaring. Why did you make that up?
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