'That's Not How Debt Works': OMB Director Young Clashes With Lauren Boebert Over The National Debt

At a House Budget Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) spoke about the national debt with OMB Director Shalanda Young.

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[DI-uopr]

Lack of education is a big issue in this country. She is example #1

[PierTampa]

They say ignorance is bliss but in her case it’s scary. For all of us.

[sonofamountie]

Notice how quick she is to reclaim her time when the witness begins to make a good point🤦‍♂️😂😂

[JohnRay]

She's NOT a small business owner. She went under. It's funny how she stops the lady from finishing her response "Thank you that's not really what I was going for" but what she means is "That's not the answer I wanted."

[Johnnytorres]

This country is becoming a joke with these politicians.

[michaelscott]

Well, she makes it quite clear that she didn't graduate from high school!

[adamhiles]

Did she just simultaneously say there was too much money in the system, and the debt was too big, then also get upset about a taxation policy which could remove money from the system and reduce debt?

[minfante]

They never let anyone answer a question, they use their positions to grandstand and accomplish nothing

[debhammersley]

Wait, do I just hear Boebert say she was a small business owner. Didn’t her business go bust and still owe Employees benefits.

[superbearisalwaysthe]

I love that at the end she closes her little book and is so proud of herself! Girl you just said NOT ONE THING that made sense.

[petecross]

I’ll listen to the MHA Tulane graduate rather than the high school dropout. Ms. Boebert is what they call “aggressively ignorant.” Director Young’s definition of inflation is accurate. I 100% bet my life that this is the first time the words “Milton Friedman” had been spoken by Ms. Boebert. Some 22 year old staffer researching Wikipedia came up with that one.

[JBthePAdashC]

I just don’t understand why EVERY time Boebert interrogates anyone, she doesn’t actually want their answers. She just wants a platform to push her own agenda and to say her own talking points. What’s the point? She just sits there and berates them. The people she does this to are experts, yet she thinks she knows better. And time and time again she humiliates herself because the info she has is not accurate. Boebert and Gaetz need new staffers.

[MattStevens]

Real life Lauren Boebert really sounds like an SNL skit. Director Young was trying to suppress a laugh explaining things to her.

[hannahm]

Not only is she ignorant, but when Ms. Young doesn't give her the answer she wants, she cuts her off and says "I'll answer that for you." I love how the high school drop out is schooling the Director.

[heronimousbrapson]

Milton Friedman (Boebert's hero apparently) advocated many economic policies which influenced government policies starting during the Reagan administration. These policies are, in large part, responsible for the economic strain Americans are living under today.

[satmarforever]

"that's not how debt works, so we don't calculate that" i'm deaddd

[davidleo]

As a macroeconomist, this nearly killed me.

[capnordest]

Boebert is so intelligent, she couldn't even turn her microphone on!

[captainkelley]

If we're all very quiet we can hear the ghost of Bertrand Russell say :"See what I mean."

[merrygangemi]

"Elect a Clown Expect a Circus" fits her to a tee.