The national debt and the unrestrained growth of government spending are among the greatest threats to our nation’s future. Each year, the federal government spends more and more of your dollars on corporate handouts, pork-barrel projects, welfare programs and out of control entitlements. Unless something is done, interest payments on the debt alone will consume the entire budget by the year 2050. Taxpayers can no longer afford this. We need to cut spending and balance the budget before it’s too late.
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FreedomWorks Vice President of Legislative Affairs Jason Pye released the following statement regarding the possibility of the Senate including spending cuts as a trigger if the economy fails to produce enough revenues under the new tax code:
The total debt in the United States has continually risen, year after year, increasing almost fourfold since the start of the 21st century. What was a total debt of $5.75 trillion in January of 2000 is now over $20.45 trillion. This number has risen due to excessive government spending, with few mechanisms to hold it accountable otherwise.
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, introduced by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.). The bill spends $36.5 billion for areas affected by recent disasters and food stamp funding for Puerto Rico without corresponding offsets.
FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon made the following statement ahead of consideration of the FY 2018 budget resolution, which includes reconciliation instructions for fundamental tax reform:
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote YES on the amendment offered by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) to H.Con.Res. 71, the budget resolution for FY 2018. The amendment, which includes reconciliation instructions for fundamental tax reform, is the Republican Study Committee’s FY 2018 budget alternative.
U.S. federal debt added up to $908 billion in 1980, but today, nearly 40 years later, the number comes in around $20 trillion. That the amount owed by U.S. taxpayers has soared over twenty-fold would, in a static world, correlate with a huge increase in borrowing costs for the U.S. Treasury.
Earlier last week, news broke of the President’s deal with Democrats in order to tie appropriations for victims of Hurricane Harvey to the congressional debt ceiling, which conservatives have traditionally used as a tool to attempt to lower federal spending. . While the move received praise from liberals, the consensus feeling among most conservatives is a sense of betrayal.
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and urge them to vote on amendments offered in the Senate to the National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 2810, in the manner prescribed on each amendment below. As is always the case, FreedomWorks reserves the right to key vote any amendment brought to the floor for a vote.
The National Debt has doubled in just the past 5 years. It's projected to triple over the next 10 years. Washington is now borrowing 40 cents of every dollar it spends.
