Some GOP Leaders Encourage Offsets for New Proposals

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines recently when he suggested that the GOP must pay for its campaign promises, stating his preference for “deficit-neutral” tax cuts and offsets for new spending.

“I think this level of national debt is dangerous and unacceptable,” McConnell said.

 As a candidate, Donald Trump frequently mentioned the size of the debt, but some of his more popular proposals threaten to grow it even larger. Analyses of Trump’s proposed tax cuts, for example, put the cost at $3 trillion to $6 trillion.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines recently when he suggested that the GOP must pay for its campaign promises, stating his preference for “deficit-neutral” tax cuts and offsets for new spending.

“I think this level of national debt is dangerous and unacceptable,” McConnell said.

 As a candidate, Donald Trump frequently mentioned the size of the debt, but some of his more popular proposals threaten to grow it even larger. Analyses of Trump’s proposed tax cuts, for example, put the cost at $3 trillion to $6 trillion.

The size of possible proposals is leading many Republicans, including McConnell and even the incoming White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to call for offsets.