British politician Dennis Healey wisely advised, “When you’re in a hole, the first rule is to stop digging.” The national debt might be the world’s deepest grave, surpassing $36 trillion with a deficit projected at $1.3 trillion for this fiscal 2025 alone. It’s no wonder Americans cast aside career gravediggers in both parties and elected a private sector builder to tame bureaucratic bloat.
With the U.S. now spending more on interest on the debt than on national defense, our national security, along with our moral obligation to our children and future generations, requires tough, belt-tightening decisions. Ensuring public safety and a fair justice system is, unlike much of what government does, a core function, but it cannot be sacrosanct from the imperative to streamline government.
