Abel Zukerman

tps://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanellis/2018/04/10/cbo-confirms-that-bipartisan-budget-deal-wont-lead-to-tax-hikes/#4713e0043735 In the article "CBO Confirms that Mandatory Spending Drives the Budget Deficit," Ryan Ellis lays out his views on the cause of the budget deficit. He discusses the views of the Democrats, who blame tax cuts, and those of the Republicans, who blame mandatory spending. Ellis's personal views align with those of the Republicans. He believes that too much spending is entirely the cause of the deficit, and that mandatory spending must be decreased. Mandatory spending is spending towards programs called entitlement programs, upon which the government is required to spend. Some of these programs are medicare and social security. The rest of the money, which the government can spend as it sees fit, is called discretionary spending. However, the author does disagree with the Republicans on discretionary spending, which Ellis believes can be increased witho...