Post #6895 by bighairymike on the US Policy board

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You could eliminate HHS, EDUC, HUD, STATE, DOE, DOJ, USDA, DOT, and NASA and still only trim less than $500 billion annually from the debt. Entire departments and their jobs, which would destroy America.

The only real ways to meaningfully address the debt are through cuts to Defense, SS, and Medicare/Medicaid and/or by raising taxes. Oh, and interest on the debt is a big chunk, too, over a trillion dollars a year.

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While the FC, like any good conservative, wants to see debt reduction, I think Gaetz and the FC's primary goal was to restore regular order to the appropriations process where spending can be scrutinized and debated bill by bill rather than stuffing it all into an omnibus CR. Break the cycle of what has become almost the new normal.

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