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The GOP's Golden Opportunity to Revolutionize Government Spending
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The GOP's Golden Opportunity to Revolutionize Government Spending

Few people know as much about the budget process as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Here's his take on the new polling that suggests Republicans have a unique opportunity for real fiscal reform.

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by Newt Gingrich
February 7, 2025

President Donald J. Trump and the Republicans have an enormous opportunity to get government spending under control, cut waste and fraud from our health care system, and move toward a balanced budget.

This historic opportunity is created in part by former President Joe Biden’s unpopular overspending and emphasis on projects and programs the American people deeply oppose.

It is also created by the way the 2017 tax cuts were written. If they are not extended, there will be a huge tax increase for most Americans. A “no” vote to extend the tax cuts will be a vote to increase taxes. Increasing taxes is almost always politically dangerous.

The third great contribution to the budget effort is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s concept of Making America Healthy Again. Health care spending represents nearly 18 percent of the GDP. There is more than enough bad spending to save hundreds of billions of dollars without endangering Americans’ health care.

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