Unfortunately,  Congress has been bought and sold by billions upon billions from lobbyists and campaign contributions by corporations, etc. There is virtually no hope for any sort of fiscal reform vis-a-vis the federal "budget." There was no mention of the glaring corruption in military procurement and spending and the outrageously high defense budget. No senator or congressman wants to see any reduction in that budget because the outsized spending essentially benefits every congressional district. Those are plum jobs which simply won't disappear. Further, there was no mention of any effort on behalf of the beleaguered IRS to somehow, someway, collect the hundreds of billions a year that the upper 1-3% avoid in paying taxes. There are thousands of "Trumps" out there who avoid paying any federal taxes on an annual basis. But in the end, the annual federal budget will never be "balanced." The $31 trillion federal debt is now financed at upwards of 3-4%, up from near zero just over a year ago. That translates to close to a trillion in annual interest payments alone. I won't even mention the egregious "gun" situation. What more can be said about that?

Unfortunately,  Congress has been bought and sold by billions upon billions from lobbyists and campaign contributions by corporations, etc. There is virtually no hope for any sort of fiscal reform vis-a-vis the federal "budget." There was no mention of the glaring corruption in military procurement and spending and the outrageously high defense budget. No senator or congressman wants to see any reduction in that budget because the outsized spending essentially benefits every congressional district. Those are plum jobs which simply won't disappear. Further, there was no mention of any effort on behalf of the beleaguered IRS to somehow, someway, collect the hundreds of billions a year that the upper 1-3% avoid in paying taxes. There are thousands of "Trumps" out there who avoid paying any federal taxes on an annual basis. But in the end, the annual federal budget will never be "balanced." The $31 trillion federal debt is now financed at upwards of 3-4%, up from near zero just over a year ago. That translates to close to a trillion in annual interest payments alone. I won't even mention the egregious "gun" situation. What more can be said about that?

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