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While I commend the Tea Party movement for elevating the discussion of getting our financial house in order, I have yet to hear any specific ideas from them as to how they would accomplish this.

Any sober assessment of debt reduction must conclude that true change can only result from reducing spending on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Defense.  Everything else is merely window dressing.

So my question to your Tea Party guests is:  What are the Tea Party's specific suggestion to reduce the debt in a meaninful way?

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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