The Republican Party on spending. Just watch how congressman Pete Sessions of Texas can't identify one program that he'd cut in order to balance the budget and reduce the national debt. I mean the answer's pretty clear right? Just stop funding poor kids' breakfasts and foreign aid and you're half way there! Oh wait, these programs are only like 0.08% of the annual budget, not to mention an even smaller chunk of our long-term deficit. But hey, it sounds good to "live within our means" doesn't it?
We all know the big ticket items that need to be reformed / reduced in order to make a significant dent in our long term debt.
Social Security - slow but steady increase in the retirement age as well as getting rid of the salary cap around $125K?
Medicare - means justified benefits and a raise in salary cap
Medicaid - hospital payment reform and increased primary care access for low income communities
Department of Defense - phasing out and canceling outdated weapons systems and ending $3 Trillion wars
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