Eric McDaniel

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1,482 appearances 113 recordings 4 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 5d ago

Eric McDaniel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 113 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 38.

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Up First from NPR · IndyCar in DC; Fresh Tariffs on Canadian Goods; National Debt Hits $40 Trillion · 22 Aug 2026 podcast

Republicans are in favor of continuing to cut spending on government programs, but it's hard to make the math work with just spending cuts, right? matched

The president's one big, beautiful bill cut government tax revenue by four point five trillion dollars over ten years, but only cut spending by about a trillion over that time, meaning overall it adds to the debt rather than reducing it. matched

Democrats want to invest more in social programs like childcare, which they think matched

We'll grow the tax base. matched

Here's Edwards again. matched

She also says we have to raise taxes. matched

Ridell agrees that taxes have to rise, but insists there need to be spending cuts too. matched

She says there aren't painless solutions. matched

Everyone's ox is going to get gored, as she put it to me. matched

and Medicare. matched

And I don't have to tell you, those are the third rails in American politics. matched

Programs that are as expensive as they are popular. matched

Look, for my money, I think that was already kind of overplayed as a force. matched

What we've seen in the last twenty five years when we talk about fiscally minded Republicans is folks who are hawkish on tax rates and social spending. matched

The new Senate Budget Committee chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says he'll be vocal about wanting things to be paid for, though he supported the president's one big beautiful bill last year that dramatically increases the debt, after telling NPR it was immoral and grotesque. matched

Tesk, those are quotes. matched

He said the president promised future spending cuts to win over his vote, but we'll see how Johnson handles a looming fight, nearly a hundred billion in proposed spending largely on the military in a reconciliation package this fall, none of which is paid for. matched

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant told CNBC that the White House will come up with a plan on the debt, but there's just no simple way to make up a two trillion dollar hole in the annual budget. matched

But that's more or less the amount Congress appropriates annually for the whole kit and caboodle of typical federal spending. matched

I love to bring the joy, Scott. matched

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