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As the end of the federal government’s fiscal year approaches, Congress and President Joe Biden must pass a new budget. The United States is grappling with $32 trillion in national debt, and politicians have yet to reach a consensus on federal funding allocation, with the threat of a government shutdown growing larger by the day.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker contends that Republicans–not Democrats–are taking the necessary steps to achieve a balanced budget. Parker believes listening to the House Freedom Caucus is key to making meaningful progress.
A welfare state that laughs at the efforts of hard-working Americans and punishes future generations cannot remain the answer. Through the next few weeks, and what sounds like the next few months, politicians are going to need to be honest about the hard answers, even if it means a temporary government shutdown.
Pushing for the true answers, the tough answers that are needed, are what’s driving the Freedom Caucus right now. And although hard and painful, serious reforms will need to be put in place so that we can end up much better, more responsible. It’s a more serious path for us to be free as a country.
Real reforms are the answer that will empower individuals to take charge of their own lives instead of having the government do it for us. The government is in too many places in our lives, and our history of greatness was written by those of courage and conviction — the ones who made the tough calls.
Who will write our future? The national debt currently sits at $32.9 trillion. This debt is unacceptable. So let’s hear the voice of the Freedom Caucus and let’s heed their action call.
