Now it’s time to tackle the hard part. There is no doubt that the economy is doing better than it has literally in decades yet the deficit will be pushing $1 trillion this year and will break the $1 trillion point next year. If the President and Congress can’t tackle spending on entitlements in this environment then they will never be able to. And when the next downturn comes, and it inevitably will, then $1 trillion deficits will look small.
“...If the President and Congress can’t tackle spending on entitlements in this environment then they will never be able to. ....”
You do know the Rats do have the House?
When has a Rat cared about the deficit?
How is that a good environment to do anything positive on entitlements? Or controlling entitlement growth?
GOP Congressional clowns only claim to care if they’re doing photo ops in front of constituents who can count!
The only chance for the entitlement issue to be addressed at all is with the GOP holding both Houses. With the harder requirement being that most GOP’ers be not enamored with a permanent career in politics.