But here we are today talking about how can we add to more mandatory spending in this country when any person with half a brain and decent in eighth grade math can figure out that when 70 percent of your federal spending is on the mandatory side of the ledger and you are going to run a trillion dollar deficit.
Womack criticizes the focus on increasing mandatory spending amidst a looming deficit.
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the American public just--we are afraid to tell the American public the inconvenient truth because if you tell them what the problem is, they are going to want to know what the solution is
I am happy to work with anyone to go after this, because these programs need to be there for hardworking Americans who need the stopgap between jobs and should not be taken advantage by fraudsters, and, frankly, big criminal organizations…
I don't necessarily subscribe to that notion that we have to be like the rest of the world.
I do not think anybody with a straight face can project that ridership is going to reach pre-pandemic levels.
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