Dear John,
For decades, both political parties have promised to bring fiscal responsibility back to Washington, and for decades both parties have failed.
The problems with the federal government’s spending failures are systemic.
Budget battles and debt ceiling increases have become flashpoints to leverage for political gain, rather than a serious conversation about reform.
What’s worse, the inevitable crisis looming over each negotiation often results in more reckless spending, less accountability, and another manufactured crisis-in-waiting.
Here at Americans for Prosperity (AFP), we’ve released a new plan to fix the broken process causing Washington's budget dysfunction.
AFP's Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship outlines steps Congress can take to reform the process that’s driving our debt disaster, including:
- creating a real budget,
- using better budget targets,
- preventing government shutdowns,
- fixing trust fund programs on the brink of insolvency, and
- reclaiming emergency powers.
Without a better process that helps Congress and the President actively manage the budget and pursue clear economic goals, our country's debt problem will spiral into an ever-worsening crisis.
We’re stepping up to ensure America’s future is American potential, not drowning in debt.
Thank you for joining with us.
- Kurt
Kurt Couchman
Senior Fellow, Fiscal Policy
Americans for Prosperity
P.S. Go here to read the Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship. We’ll be contacting you soon with ways you can get involved to hold your legislators accountable to fixing the massive debt problem.
