Comment on U.S. Debt Around $35 Trillion: Are National Debts Wrong?
airrow@hilariouschaos.com 6 months agorefusal to raise taxes
how about cutting spending?
Comment on U.S. Debt Around $35 Trillion: Are National Debts Wrong?
airrow@hilariouschaos.com 6 months agorefusal to raise taxes
how about cutting spending?
scoobford@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Because we already have a pretty terrible social safety net and few social services for a country of our size and development level.
Obviously reforms could be made to eliminate waste and reduce corruption in government spending (especially military spending…), but I think the relative amount of fat that could be trimmed is very small in comparison to the amount of money we would need to save in order to balance the budget and start paying down our debt.