In a recent Op-Ed at Defense News “Del Toro’s Case for Funding the Navy and Marine Corps”, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro makes a solid argument for the importance of the Navy and Marine Corps while rightly pointing to Congressional malpractice with respect to the process of resourcing those Services.
HHS ( mainly medicare/medicaid) take up a large chunk of the federal budget -- on the order of 1.7 trillion I believe. Before cutting those, and braving the angry wave of retirees, how about restoring revenue lost to the 2017 tax cut?
HHS ( mainly medicare/medicaid) take up a large chunk of the federal budget -- on the order of 1.7 trillion I believe. Before cutting those, and braving the angry wave of retirees, how about restoring revenue lost to the 2017 tax cut?
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/fy-2024-budget-in-brief.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/10/11/federal-revenues-after-the-2017-tax-cuts/#:~:text=Figure%203%20presents,released%20this%20week.
Maybe we need a Navy Secretary willing to lay up ships and shut down bases until adequate funds are given, like the Coast Guard Commandant has?