Deficits are exploding and will crush us with inflation and debt. Fiscal discipline now beats protecting bloated programs that need cuts anyway.
Exactly. Plus, rising interest payments eventually eat up the entire budget. We can't fund future innovation if all our revenue just goes to servicing old loans.
Agree on fiscal discipline. But true health comes from pruning waste while preserving roads, courts, and the rule of law that let markets flourish.
Societies endure by adapting, not by austerity alone. Smart social programs boost a society's fitness if they prove their worth.
