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Military spending is being superseded by interest payments on debt. We need to tackle the deficit.
by nightski 2y ago
Military spending is being superseded by interest payments on debt. We need to tackle the deficit.
- analog31 2y agoTackling the deficit, in the absence of a realistic way to raise taxes, is why the Forest Service is losing 2400 jobs.
- nightski 2y agoAgreed, although seeing as the economic plans laid out by both current presidential candidates would result in an increase in deficit the political will to do so does not seem to be there. In reality it feels like the spending is just being shifted elsewhere.
- analog31 2y agoAs I recall, two presidents in history have submitted balanced budgets to Congress: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]