{"id":17813,"date":"2022-07-20T10:32:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=17813"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:32:33","slug":"facing-the-future-making-the-case-in-congress-for-fiscal-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=17813","title":{"rendered":"Facing The Future: Making the &#8216;Case&#8217; in Congress for Fiscal Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, we hear from Hawaii Democratic Congressman Ed Case about the sometimes lonely struggle in Congress to convince his colleagues to pay for the programs they support, and find ways to address the long-term national debt and solvency of Medicare and Social Security.<\/p>\n<p>We also get analysis of a new report that shows how Congress routinely gives the Defense Department billions of your money more than the Pentagon asks for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1308642520&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Facing The Future: Making the 'Case' in Congress for Fiscal Discipline\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/facing-the-future-making-the-case-in-congress-for-fiscal-discipline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facing The Future: Making the &#8216;Case&#8217; in Congress for Fiscal Discipline<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, we hear from Hawaii Democratic Congressman Ed Case about the sometimes lonely struggle in Congress to convince his colleagues to pay for the programs they support, and find ways to address the long-term national debt and solvency of Medicare and Social Security. 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