Trump says economic growth will solve the $40 Trillion debt problem. But where’s the plan to make the numbers work?

“Growth will take care of it all” is a slogan, not a debt plan. The government can post record growth and still pile up debt if Washington keeps spending more than it collects. That’s exactly what’s happening. The tweet even admits tax cuts and spending are adding trillions to the deficit, then waves that away with the promise of a booming economy. Where are the spending cuts? Where is the plan to stop adding to the debt? And how much growth does Trump think it will take to cover interest payments that keep getting larger? You don’t get to borrow your way through every problem and call it fiscal responsibility because GDP goes up.

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