{"id":1710,"date":"2018-02-20T20:18:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2018-02-27T22:11:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T22:11:33","slug":"fiscal-irresponsibility-on-the-national-debt-tighten-our-belts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1710","title":{"rendered":"fiscal irresponsibility; on the national debt: “tighten our belts”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent NY Times<\/em> article noted that Republicans promised to end “fiscal recklessness,” yet they have been tremendously free-wheeling in creating yet more debt with, say, a new spending deal “…that would blow through the caps imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act.” \u00a0The article goes on to note that “…the long-term implications of all this borrowing put the United states on track to ultimately owe more to its creditors than the economy produces over the course of a year.” \u00a0And, the nation’s debt tops $20 trillion now… \u00a0First off, we need to tighten our belts and pay this off so our kids don’t inherit it. \u00a0Secondly I told the Delphos Herald<\/em> newspaper in Ohio:\u00a0WE NEED SOMEONE IN DC WITH A CALCULATOR THAT WORKS!<\/strong> \u00a0Then they would use that calculator to total all the revenue that came in in a given year. \u00a0And then here’s the game plan: The federal government wouldn’t spend any more than it had. Common (fiscal) sense. \u00a0Note:<\/strong> \u00a0While campaigning in Wyoming, I saw a front yard campaign sign of a woman running for state auditor. \u00a0It had her name at the top, then read: \u00a0“Tightening Wyoming’s Belt.” \u00a0She won… \u00a0In our travels, I talked to a small town CPA at one point who said his business didn’t do so well last year — so his family had to “ratchet down expenses.” \u00a0Why wouldn’t that be any different for the Federal Government, he wondered.<\/p>\n

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