Welcome back to OnThePoint, I’m Greg C. Truax.
Congress has approved a White House-endorsed plan to reduce federal spending by $9 billion—$8 billion from foreign aid and $1 billion from public broadcasting, including liberal-leaning NPR and PBS.
Yet, one Democratic senator dismissed these cuts as “unhinged,” underscoring just how disconnected Democrats have become from the reality of a bloated federal budget.
“We need to get back to fiscal sanity and this is an important step,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Indeed, compared to the massive $7 trillion federal budget, $9 billion represents less than one percent. However, outside Washington’s insulated bubble, $9 billion is viewed on main street for what it truly is: an astronomical sum, far from mere pocket change.
From the NewsTalk 1040 studios, I’m Greg C. Truax.
Greg C. Truax is president of GCTMediaGroup, a film production studio, online magazine publisher, radio commentator, and creator of written and broadcast opinion commentary.