National Debt

Congress continues borrowing billions for programs that duplicate state efforts and serve connected contractors. Real fiscal responsibility means freezing discretionary spending, auditing every agency, and returning power to states and taxpayers.

The Federal Reserve can raise rates and shrink its balance sheet, but it cannot make Congress stop borrowing. Until lawmakers cap spending, inflation will remain a political tax and the dollar will keep losing ground.

Congressional Republicans want a $1 trillion defense budget, but the Pentagon has failed every audit since 2018 and cannot account for billions. America needs strategic discipline, not just bigger budgets, to deter China and Russia without bankrupting the republic.

The Congressional Budget Office projects deficits exceeding $2 trillion for fiscal year 2026, with interest payments on the national debt consuming nearly 20 cents of every federal dollar. That is not a revenue problem. It is a spending addiction.

Federal spending has outrun revenue for two decades, with national debt exceeding $36 trillion and annual interest payments surpassing $1 trillion. The budget process rewards politicians who hide costs in emergency supplements and earmarks, leaving the bill for future taxpayers.

Congressional pork and legacy lobbying keep forcing weapons systems into budgets that the military never asked for. These add-ons bloat the defense budget, crowd out readiness, and add billions to a national debt that already consumes more tax revenue than Pentagon appropriation.

Federal spending is not a shortage of revenue problem. It is an honesty problem, built on duplicate programs, failed audits, and billions in improper payments that lawmakers refuse to fix.

Washington spends more than $6.7 trillion each year while borrowing nearly one-fifth of every dollar it outlays, and the result is a bureaucracy that rewards failure and punishes thrift. Real fiscal discipline means eliminating whole agencies, not trimming line items.

Federal interest payments now consume more tax revenue than the entire defense budget, yet Congress keeps passing emergency spending bills. The budget process is broken because politicians treat your wallet like an unlimited credit line.