The article discusses the historical trajectory of the Republican Party's commitment to fiscal conservatism, which has faltered since the Reagan era. Despite promoting smaller government, federal spending has increased under GOP leadership, including Reagan, whose administration saw a significant rise in national debt. Ron Paul's critiques in 1987 emphasize the Republicans' failure on fiscal responsibility. In contrast, the Trump administration claims efforts to reduce wasteful spending, particularly through the Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk, reporting substantial savings under new initiatives.
Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits, and astoundingly, a doubled national debt. How is it that the party of balanced budgets, with control of the White House and Senate, accumulated red ink greater than all previous administrations put together?
There is no credibility left for the Republican Party as a force to reduce the size of government. That is the message of the Reagan years.
In the first month of President Donald Trump's second term, his Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk has been finding, cutting and canceling wasteful spending and fraud in the federal government at breakneck speed.
DOGE claimed to have saved $65 billion to date, with the savings coming from a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, asset sales, and workforce reductions.
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