Newt discusses the $1.2 trillion spending package signed by President Joe Biden on March 23, 2024. The bill, which will fund the government through October 1st, contains numerous earmarks or pork barrel spending. Newt’s guest, David Ditch, Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, explains the process of funding the federal government and the issues with the current system. Ditch criticizes the increasing reliance on mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare, which operate on autopilot and consume a growing share of the federal budget. He also criticizes the return of earmarks, which he says are often used to fund left-wing ideologies. Ditch suggests that budget reform is necessary to reduce wasteful spending.
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Episode 524: Washington’s Farewell Address
Episode 523: Balanced Budget Amendment
Episode 522: Newt Answers Your Questions with Chairman Jim Jordan
Episode 521: Rethinking Public Employee Unions
Episode 520: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Episode 519: The American Imperative
Episode 518: The 118th Congress
Episode 517: The Bidens
Episode 516: Drug Prices in America – Worth the Cost?
Episode 515: Liz Lev on the Sistine Chapel
Episode 514: Stephen Hunter on “The Bullet Garden”
Episode 513: Never Forget Our People Were Always Free
Episode 512: The Debt Ceiling Debate
Episode 511: The Immortals – General George Marshall
Episode 510: The Real Race Revolutionaries
Episode 509: New Alzheimer's Disease Treatment – LEQEMBI
Episode 508: Newt Answers Your Questions
Episode 507: Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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