Is Washington Bankrupting America?
According to a recent poll, 74 percent of likely voters are
extremely or very concerned about the current level of government
spending. And 58 percent think the level of spending is
unsustainable.
Is the public right? Is Washington bankrupting America? Some facts
from the video:
Spending per household has risen over 40 percent in the last 10
years and is set to do so again in the next 10 pushing debt (and
interest on the debt) to unprecedented levels. But that's just a
result of PAST spending...
Our government owes $106 trillion in FUTURE spending commitments -
that cannot be paid for.
We can solve it, but politicians will have to make tough choices.
Increasing taxes can't do the trick ($106 trillion is equivalent to
taking all of the taxable income from every American nine times
over), nor is it fair to saddle taxpayers with a problem created by
government irresponsibility.
We need real spending reform. Merely returning to the spending per
household levels of the 1990s would balance the budget in three
years.
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