Nothing Left To Cut? Asks Veronique de Rugy

In September 2013, as Capitol Hill was bracing
for a government shutdown over fiscal disagreements, House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared that the $3.7 trillion
federal budget had already been cut to the bone. “The cupboard is
bare. There’s no more cuts to make. It’s really important that
people understand that,” Pelosi said in an interview on CNN. “We
cannot have cuts just for the sake of cuts.” Modern Democrats do
not have the will to shrink the federal waistline, writes Veronique
de Rugy. Sadly, modern Republicans are little better: Despite
paying lip service to balanced budgets, the elephants of the Grand
Old Party are too often just as gluttonous as their opponents, and
averse to naming specific programs that deserve the ax.

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