Pete Buttigieg calls for deficit reduction, swiping at Bernie Sanders

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Pete Buttigieg called on Democrats to get more serious about lowering the national debt, portraying himself as the biggest fiscal hawk in the presidential field and taking a shot at chief New Hampshire rival Sen. Sanders for being too spendthrift.

Buttigieg's remarks are out of step with plenty of progressives who believe Democrats are easily duped by conservatives into focusing on deficit reduction at the expense of their priorities when they control the presidency.

But cutting the deficit has not been a focus of the 2020 Democratic field, leaving an opening for Buttigieg to claim that mantle. He echoed fiscal hawks Sunday in arguing that higher deficits strain prospects for investment.

 

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Tell that to the republicans

Ah yes thank you PeteButtigieg for crippling our ability to fund strong social programs by being the ONLY PERSON ON THE LEFT who feels we should curtail OUR spending while Trump gets to spend WHATEVER HE WANTS. All so you can maybe bump yourself a point? So frustrating.

Repeal trump’s billionaire tax giveaway - implement the 2% wealth tax. Then let’s get serious about MFA. Problem solved PeteButtigieg PetesBillionaires

Funny how he started out as a meek, unassuming candidate that nobody took serious and NOW all of a sudden he has catapulted to this level something is fishy here!!

Of all the losers that the D’s put up this year, I’m glad he’s the one that looks like he will grab the nomination

We don’t need Butt Plug and her husband at all, at least until he proves himself instead of bucking the demoCratic Party dogma that the rest are spewing... all of them saying the same thing, more or less!

Just cut the military budget by a few points and you will be debt free in just a matter of 1 term. Hey America, wake up! Your killing yourself with all this military armament! It’s not necessary!

Great what programs does he want to reduce and still be popular

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