Yes, real reform and reduction of taxes would be good.

BUT…

It isn’t the whole picture.

There’s this thing called debt.  And then there is the out of control spending.

Tax reform, without reduction of debt and cutting spending won’t get us where we need to go.

Our debt continues to grow… just a whisker below $ 20 TRILLION.  Watch it grow HERE… by the second.  Congress will continue to approve an increase in the debt ceiling.

Spending cuts are not on the table.  While some agency budgets are being cut, massive new spending programs are lining up to suck up the savings.

At the end of the day, the tax reform deal will be little more than moving the pieces on the board.  “Revenue neutral” means different things to different people.  Better… we hope, but don’t mistakenly think that fixes everything.  The debt is still growing and spending is still increasing.  That’s not a long term formula for success.

Tax reform is like starting your car.  You don’t go anywhere until you put it in gear.  Without cuts in spending and debt reduction, the car just sits there with the engine running.

Until it runs out of gas.

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