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Editor, News-Register:
Republicans in Congress love to pose themselves as "deficit hawks," screeching outrage that our government debt is so high.
They are especially vocal about cutting necessary government programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) because "government debt is too high."
They pretend to care about debt despite having approved tax cuts and spending during Trump's presidency that increased government debt by $7.8 trillion, more than any previous administration.
The newly elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, claims to care about the debt by proposing to fund national security assistance for Israel only if funds are cut from the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS uses those funds to catch billionaire tax cheats, which actually reduces our debt!
When Republicans let billionaires evade taxes, the burden falls on the rest of us tax-paying, law-abiding citizens. Next November, we tax-payers will have our chance to vote out those Republican phony deficit-hawk hypocrites.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont