97: The Federal Budget & Social Security

Rethinking Politics

English - July 27, 2022 18:37 - 1 hour - 89 MB
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In this episode Brad and Dan discuss the current federal budget and the deficit. We focus on why the budget and deficit grow every year and why no reasonable solutions have been successful. One key part of this is the infamous Social security dilemma as well as all the mandatory spending in the entitlement programs.

Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
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