The new group of fiscal responsibilities wants Trump to show that he seriously speaks of a debt crisis
EXCLUSIVE: In front of the president Donald Trump Congress address on Tuesday night, the Concord coalition launched its new “fiscal responsibility” group, Concord Action, intended for the pressure of the congress to address the US debt crisis of $ 36 trillion.
Former Envoy Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-D-GA, New Executive Director and President, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, has invited Trump to show that she is serious about the color American debt crisis.
“I would like to hear that he is really serious about putting everything on the table and making an effort he is addressing, “Bourdeaux said.” It really has to come over the passage. We know that to perform the budget, only on an annual basis, it requires the democrats to be involved. It should be a two -sided effort. “
Bourdeaux, Democrat who worked with Republicans during Great recession In order to balance the Georgia state budget, he said that Trump must lead a “two -sided effort” that goes “line per line” through the consumption of the nation.
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“That must be a thoughtful effort,” Bourdeaux added. “This has to deal with waste, frauds and abuse, but anyone who seriously deals with budget is not enough. We really have to pass the line on the line through all the different programs we do, including mandatory consumption, and look at places where we can find savings and efficiency. And we also have to put the tax side on the table.
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“I know people approach it with a sense of despair, but it can be done. At the time I was actually a congress officer. We balanced the budget. We got together. It was done on a two -party basis. You know that Clinton was president, but the home was Republican, which was Republican.
Former Carolyn Bourdeaux envoy, D-D-GA, speaks during the Georgia State Capitol campaign in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bourdeaux said that America had a budget balance before, it can be repeated. When Former President Bill Clinton He assumed his duty, the state debt amounted to more than $ 4 trillion, according to US Treasury. Republicans and Democrats worked through the passage to achieve budgetary surplus legislation such as the 1997 Budget Act.
Bourdeaux said she wanted to hear the right plan from Trump on Tuesday night.
“Right now, even a balance. No one has a plan. Nobody has anything serious on the table right now. We have to set the plan to be and then start to execute,” Bourdeaux added.
Harrison Fields’ deputy secretary’s deputy secretary replied in a Fox News Digital statement, “From day one, President Trump is a priority for the Government’s priority efficiency, properly managing dollars of taxpayers and aim of signing a long budget.
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Trump’s plan to reduce federal consumption is anchored in Elon muskThe leadership of the Department for the Efficiency of the Government (Doge). Trump has signed an executive command on the day of inauguration, establishing Dogea “to maximize government efficiency and productivity.” Trump’s administration has since sent government agencies to adhere to the Doge’s investigation.
According to the official Doge website, the department estimated $ 105 billion in savings, attributed to the cancellation of the contract, reducing labor, irregular wipes of payment and other regulatory changes. Doga praised the praise of many Republicans and the protest of several Democrats for his aggressive actions to remove government waste.
Doga inspired government officials at the city, state and federal levels to prioritize the priority of efficiency, from San Francisco, ordering employees back to the office, to the Environmental Protection Agency that found its own $ 20 billion wasteful consumption.
SENS. Pete Ricketts, r-not, Jacky RosenD-NV, last week introduced a new Bipartisan account for which the annual presidential budget should include information on irregular payments to federal agencies. Tail. Dan MeuserR-Pa, announced the Law on Reform Reform on Payment Information to target overpayments by the Federal Government and on the side of the house.
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In November 2024, the Senate Senate MP in November, Joni Ernst, R-i., “Determining and removing G The house also established the delivery of extraordinary state efficiency to support the dogs of legislative measures.
