The Republican leadership in the House is talking about deep cuts in discretionary spending, along with eliminating earmarks to get the federal budget under control. Reducing discretionary spending will make a dent. Eliminating earmarks, while it is popular politically, will do virtually nothing to get federal spending under control. If Republicans (and President Obama) are serious about getting the deficit under control, we are going to need to take a serious look at entitlement spending.
We need to get serious about balancing the budget
We need to get serious about balancing the…
We need to get serious about balancing the budget
The Republican leadership in the House is talking about deep cuts in discretionary spending, along with eliminating earmarks to get the federal budget under control. Reducing discretionary spending will make a dent. Eliminating earmarks, while it is popular politically, will do virtually nothing to get federal spending under control. If Republicans (and President Obama) are serious about getting the deficit under control, we are going to need to take a serious look at entitlement spending.