Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

That's the first thing that Mitch McConnell brought up after the tax cuts. Also you didn't answer the question.

I agree. But Trump said that he would actually eradicate the entire national debt if he had 8 years. Yet annual budget deficit is significantly higher than Obama’s.

Apparently they also removed spending cuts from the tax bill after it passed.

Rand Paul had a “pay go” provision in the original bill when it passed , said that any loss of revenue would be offset by spending cuts , Later on the cowards passed another bill that nullified the pay go part . Trump is just as much to blame because he signed both

Election year coming up and they are all trying to buy good GDP numbers via government spending, to get re elected , Trump especially ,

If in this ponzi scheme economy they present you with something that "will pay for itself", you know you can break out the vaseline and start bending over.

Hot potato

And the massive (read hundreds of trillions of dollars) unfunded liabilities hanging over our heads. The money simply doesn't exist to pay everything. State pension crisis writ large.