Americans deserve an honest conversation about fiscal policy and the tradeoffs involved—not creative accounting and budget gimmicks that allow politicians to keep spending like there’s no tomorrow. Because if we continue down this road, there won’t be a tomorrow where America’s finances—a key foundation of the nation’s economy—are still intact. And DOGE won’t be able to save us from the fiscal crisis of Congress’s making either.
—
Romina Boccia
While Americans fixate on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to rein in wasteful spending, Congress is quietly plotting to make the nation’s fiscal situation worse.