On Monday, Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R-FL) joined other Republicans in bashing the debt deal that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy negotiated with President Joe Biden, calling the deal granting a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase “totally inadequate” when America is sitting on the verge of bankruptcy.
DeSantis appeared on ‘Fox & Friends’ where he lamented the failure of the deal stating “Prior to this deal, our country was careening towards bankruptcy, and after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy. And to say you can do 4 trillion of increases in the next year and a half, I mean, that’s a massive amount of spending”
The Sunshine State governor also noted how there have been massive increases in spending since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also noted how there has been no notable decline in that spending despite the crisis ending.
“I think that we’ve gotten ourselves on a trajectory here, really, since March of 2020 with some of the Covid spending and totally reset the budget, and they’re sticking with that, and I think that’s just going to be totally inadequate to get us in a better spot,” he explained.
The deal struck by McCarthy adds that massive $4 trillion spending increase to the national debt limit but also fails to cut back on spending, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer. Instead, the deal simply agrees not to majorly increase non-defense spending into the next year.
DeSantis noted in his interview that Florida has maintained a low state debt, having a $1.2 trillion economy with only $17 billion in state debt. “We make tough choices and we make sure we look forward to the long haul. Obviously in Washington DC, they do these cycles to just get them through the next election and that’s ultimately why they continue to fail.”
The Florida governor is not the only Republican dissatisfied with the debt ceiling negotiations with members of the House Freedom Caucus even threatening to put forth a motion to vacate McCarthy’s speakership over the heavily botched agreement.
The debt ceiling agreement has pushed a major divisive force forward for Republicans, as many advocates for the decision while others slam it for not doing enough in favor of the Republican Party’s ideals. The House is set to vote on the debt ceiling measure Wednesday so Americans can only wait and see until then.
DeSantis appeared on ‘Fox & Friends’ where he lamented the failure of the deal stating “Prior to this deal, our country was careening towards bankruptcy, and after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy. And to say you can do 4 trillion of increases in the next year and a half, I mean, that’s a massive amount of spending”
The Sunshine State governor also noted how there have been massive increases in spending since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also noted how there has been no notable decline in that spending despite the crisis ending.
“I think that we’ve gotten ourselves on a trajectory here, really, since March of 2020 with some of the Covid spending and totally reset the budget, and they’re sticking with that, and I think that’s just going to be totally inadequate to get us in a better spot,” he explained.
The deal struck by McCarthy adds that massive $4 trillion spending increase to the national debt limit but also fails to cut back on spending, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer. Instead, the deal simply agrees not to majorly increase non-defense spending into the next year.
DeSantis noted in his interview that Florida has maintained a low state debt, having a $1.2 trillion economy with only $17 billion in state debt. “We make tough choices and we make sure we look forward to the long haul. Obviously in Washington DC, they do these cycles to just get them through the next election and that’s ultimately why they continue to fail.”
The Florida governor is not the only Republican dissatisfied with the debt ceiling negotiations with members of the House Freedom Caucus even threatening to put forth a motion to vacate McCarthy’s speakership over the heavily botched agreement.
The debt ceiling agreement has pushed a major divisive force forward for Republicans, as many advocates for the decision while others slam it for not doing enough in favor of the Republican Party’s ideals. The House is set to vote on the debt ceiling measure Wednesday so Americans can only wait and see until then.
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