On Friday’s broadcast of FOX News Channel’s “Your World,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there is still work to be done when it comes to deficit reduction, and that President Joe Biden intends to continue working to reduce the deficit, and that the This is the reason for reducing the fiscal deficit. Proposed tax increases.
after buttigieg [relevant exchange begins around 2:20] Host Neil Kabuto said that Biden “will continue on the path of reducing the deficit that he achieved when he took office,” adding, “Our debt is higher than when he took office. The debt has increased under this president. By the way, it’s also growing under the last one, and the one before that, and the one before that. So no one’s making real progress here.”
Buttigieg responded: Well, but again, it’s more meaningful deficit reduction than we’ve seen so far. Yes, you’re right, there’s still a lot of work to do, that’s why he put it out – you know, you can’t even use the word tax in addresses. But he pointed to a method that would not affect people making less than $400,000 a year, something most Americans, if not most members of Congress, support. ”
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