I've been really liking Trump, but now he comes out and says something really stupid. (In my view.)
He says he would fight to not raise the debt ceiling. Fight to NOT RAISE THE DEBT CEILING.
Not raising the debt ceiling is the same as fixing the quantity of money (dollars). We might as well go back on the gold standard.
Trump says he would do this by "cutting lots of fat" in the budget. He says there's lots of fat.
He's wrong. About 60% of the $4 trillion the gov't spends annually comes from five items: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense and interest on the debt.
He said he not going to cut Social Security. He said that everyone will get health care. He said that he is going to really "beef up" our military. So where does he see all this "fat?" Education? Highways? Fire all gov't employees?
Trump needs to realize that there is no fat. Whatever he cuts will only kill the middle class even more and he says he's all about helping middle class.
