Only in Washington, DC would so many feel it necessary to form a commission on the national debt that should just return with the recommendation “stop printing, borrowing and spending so much damn money!”
Momentum is building in Washington for a special commission to tackle the nation’s nearly $34 trillion debt, but the idea is drawing mixed reviews from some lawmakers amid skepticism of its chances of success in a divided Congress.
Members across Congress have been pressing for a fiscal commission aimed at exploring ways to reduce the nation’s debt, particularly as Washington feuds over how the government should be funded for most of next year.
The only thing it’s reasonable to assume that the commission would accomplish would be to cost so much it would add a billion dollars to the national debt.
Or they could just ask Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna what caused the debt, and it’s a Paul Krugman-level analysis:
The national debt was caused by 4 things:
1) Reagan’s tax cuts,
2) Bush’s tax cuts,
3) Trump’s tax cuts, and
4) Bush’s overseas wars.We don’t need a fiscal commission to study it. Everyone knows Johnson’s fiscal commission will recommend cuts in Social Security &…
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