President Trump was elected to fix the mess that Democrats made of our nation: $37 trillion in debt and reckless spending fueling high inflation, high-interest payments, big government programs that fail to actually serve the American people, a completely open border that allowed drugs and terrorists to come into our country, and Biden’s countless national security crises as he appeased adversaries and abandoned our allies. I made a promise to the American people that I would do everything I could to help the president accomplish this by continuing the Trump Tax Cuts, making sure we have the resources to secure the border and ensure our military is a lethal fighting force, and that every single tax dollar was spent wisely to balance the budget. That means returning to pre-pandemic spending levels and stopping Democrats and blue state governors’ from scamming Medicaid to give free health care to illegals instead of targeting support for the most vulnerable.
During President Trump’s first term, he built an incredible economy where everyone had greater opportunities. In the past four years, Democrats worked to destroy his progress with a 53 percent increase in federal spending and $2 trillion deficits. Democrats put our nation on a dangerous fiscal path that President Trump is working to fix. I believe President Trump will be able to recreate and build upon the economic success of his first term. I am hopeful provisions of this bill and the additional revenue from the president’s tariff implementation will offset the wasteful Democrat spending we have yet to undo and reduce the more than two trillion-dollars in annual deficit spending we see. I know President Trump and his team are working hard to reduce spending and address this, and Congress must too.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is a former two-term governor of Florida.