Charlie Kirk

We believe that if you do not balance our budget, we are careening towards a fiscal apocalypse. Overnight, Elon also tweeted this. He said, quote, interest payments already consume 25% of all government revenue.

We believe that if you do not balance our budget, we are careening towards a fiscal apocalypse. Overnight, Elon also tweeted this. He said, quote, interest payments already consume 25% of all government revenue.

Now, as a pause and as a side note, I literally got my start as an advocate and as an activist back in 2011 and 2012 when I was in high school in the suburbs of Chicago talking about the ballooning national debt. If we as conservatives are serious, we must be fiscal hawks. It is generational theft. It is the slavery of the free.

Now, as a pause and as a side note, I literally got my start as an advocate and as an activist back in 2011 and 2012 when I was in high school in the suburbs of Chicago talking about the ballooning national debt. If we as conservatives are serious, we must be fiscal hawks. It is generational theft. It is the slavery of the free.

It is by far one of the greatest, if not the greatest, national security threats. We should go back to baseline budgeting. We should go back to zero-based budgeting. We have been saying this for the last 13 years. When I started Turning Point USA, the national debt was hovering around $8 to $9 trillion.

It is by far one of the greatest, if not the greatest, national security threats. We should go back to baseline budgeting. We should go back to zero-based budgeting. We have been saying this for the last 13 years. When I started Turning Point USA, the national debt was hovering around $8 to $9 trillion.

When I first started debt advocacy in sophomore or junior high school, and then when I graduated high school, I think it was around $13 trillion. I'm approximating these numbers. And now it's upwards of $35 trillion, a nearly triple increase of our national debt. Now, our response to COVID didn't help, and it was completely unnecessary.

When I first started debt advocacy in sophomore or junior high school, and then when I graduated high school, I think it was around $13 trillion. I'm approximating these numbers. And now it's upwards of $35 trillion, a nearly triple increase of our national debt. Now, our response to COVID didn't help, and it was completely unnecessary.

One of the reasons why is because we started to engage in a decades-long cheap money cycle. No one wanted to cut spending. The stock market keep coming up. We keep on inflating our currency and deteriorating our purchasing power. Nobody wanted to have the tough conversation about cutting spending. So from Elon's perspective, again, his language is what his language is. He'll have to defend this.

One of the reasons why is because we started to engage in a decades-long cheap money cycle. No one wanted to cut spending. The stock market keep coming up. We keep on inflating our currency and deteriorating our purchasing power. Nobody wanted to have the tough conversation about cutting spending. So from Elon's perspective, again, his language is what his language is. He'll have to defend this.

is that Elon got into this political game for a couple reasons. One of which is he is intensely focused on balancing the budget. He is, you cannot get him off of this topic.

is that Elon got into this political game for a couple reasons. One of which is he is intensely focused on balancing the budget. He is, you cannot get him off of this topic.

When I've talked to him privately, when I've had dinner with him, when I've had lunch with him, when we text, the number one concern that Elon Musk has is we are going to be a nation in bankruptcy if we do not have severe and dramatic cuts.

When I've talked to him privately, when I've had dinner with him, when I've had lunch with him, when we text, the number one concern that Elon Musk has is we are going to be a nation in bankruptcy if we do not have severe and dramatic cuts.

Now, one thing Elon Musk also simultaneously understand, and I would tell him if he was sitting right here, is unfortunately we have a bunch of moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives and a three-seat majority that have no stomach, no concern, they have no interest whatsoever in cutting spending. None. They do not want to cut spending at all.

Now, one thing Elon Musk also simultaneously understand, and I would tell him if he was sitting right here, is unfortunately we have a bunch of moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives and a three-seat majority that have no stomach, no concern, they have no interest whatsoever in cutting spending. None. They do not want to cut spending at all.

They'll do a little bit on the edges, but even getting them to do the appropriate Medicaid cuts or the SNAP stuff, So, for example, the Big Beautiful Bill does cut about $1.5 trillion in spending over the next decade. So that's $150 billion a year. It proposes $600 billion in Medicaid cuts, about $290 billion in SNAP, which is food stamps. This is all over 10 years, though.

They'll do a little bit on the edges, but even getting them to do the appropriate Medicaid cuts or the SNAP stuff, So, for example, the Big Beautiful Bill does cut about $1.5 trillion in spending over the next decade. So that's $150 billion a year. It proposes $600 billion in Medicaid cuts, about $290 billion in SNAP, which is food stamps. This is all over 10 years, though.

$330 billion in student loans. But I'm going to explain this even more and talk about the fiscal apocalypse that we are careening towards. And then I'm going to talk about Stephen Miller's retort. I don't agree with the language that Elon put forward in his tweet, but I'm going to explain because still a lot of people in our audience feel this way.

$330 billion in student loans. But I'm going to explain this even more and talk about the fiscal apocalypse that we are careening towards. And then I'm going to talk about Stephen Miller's retort. I don't agree with the language that Elon put forward in his tweet, but I'm going to explain because still a lot of people in our audience feel this way.