Sasse Votes Against Spending Spree
August 1, 2019
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse issued the following statement after voting against the massive deficit spending deal that passed the Senate.
“Our national debt is already $22 trillion, and this deal is going to bankrupt our kids with deficits of more than a trillion dollars every year for the foreseeable future. Both parties are ignoring basic math and the only thing Washington seems to agree on is spending money we don’t have. I want to spend more on national defense, but I’m not going to hold hands with Speaker Pelosi and jump off a cliff to get it. Good grief.”
Background:
Under the deal’s new normal, yearly deficits will exceed $1 trillion. Today, the national debt is already $22 trillion. Under the terms of this budget, debt would be a record 97 percent of America’s GDP. The legislation's so-called offsets cover only a fraction of the new spending and won't come close to covering the interest on the new debt.