In “3rd District, first debate” (Aug. 9, The Columbian), I read Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s comments about tax reform: “We are defying expectations. … What we’re seeing right now is we have more taxpayers with bigger (pay)checks … paying down the ($21 trillion deficit). We’re going to more than double pay that back because our economy is moving.”
I am beside myself about the size of the federal deficit. How is the deficit getting paid down? The really obscene part of all this spending is we’re not getting anything for it — not better roads, bridges, or other infrastructure.
