Have Republicans specified what it is they would cut that's a big enough spending item to make a difference in the debt? 'No, because what is more fun to do is to talk in generalities instead of pinpointing what the issue is,' Jill said.
Yesterday I asked CBS’s Business editor Jill Schlesinger about the debt debate. She told me she hated the subject – but I asked her this question anyway:
I was distressed by that answer. Because it would mean there are members of congress actively trying to undermine your financial security and my financial security even as the economy is heading toward a recession, without revealing to us why that’s worth doing.It’s also given Democrats like Chuck Schumer a big, fat political target because the Republican leadership is demanding a balanced budget but will not come out and say what they would cut to get there.
Now, I’m not naïve. I’m pretty sure the reason Republicans won’t reveal their plan is that, as Jill will tell you, the programs that get themoney include “Social Security and Medicare benefits. Military salaries. The interest on the federal debt itself.” But – okay– if members of Congress think it’s time to eliminate my payments, at least have the courage to put it on the table. Courage is a core conservative value.
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