Time to Look Under the Hood of Government

With the national debt at more than $36 trillion, Minnesota Representative Brad Finstad says it’s more important than ever to get a balanced budget. The budget resolution passed this past week is a 40-page document that provides financial targets for each committee. Finstad said the committees will now work on this process over the next few months. That includes conversations with their constituents. “What programs are working? What programs aren’t? Where can we tighten our belt? Where can we become more efficient? Where can we look under the hood of government and not only look at the engine, but figure out if the fuel injectors work, is the exhaust hooked up, did we check the oil, is the dipstick showing oil in the engine? That’s really what the committee process will be about.” Click here to listen to full interview.