Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?
Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional
This is a spurious argument. The Constitution clearly gives the Executive the power to enforce laws passed by Congress, and the creation of an agency to write and apply rules for carrying out those laws is inherent in the grant of this power. The Constitution does not prohibit creating administrative structures, and the Supreme Court, despite bumping up against these agencies repeatedly through the decades, has never even hinted that the existence of these agencies is problematic constitutionally. I am not an originalist, but even if I were, it belies belief to claim that the Executive should somehow manage all of that his/herself OR that Congress should sit down and write all the rules for administering broad, sweeping laws for themselves. This sort of approach would paralyze government--likely the goal of the "eliminate these unconstitutional agencies" argument.
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