Tipping Point New Mexico Episode 236: Brian Riedl – Federal Budget Challenges

On this week’s podcast interview Paul talks with Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Paul and Brian go back to Paul’s time in Washington with the National Taxpayers Union and Brian was with the Heritage Foundation. Brian is an expert on the federal budget and specifically studies and writes on government entitlement programs, federal debt, and the budget. Brian and Paul discuss numerous issues relating to the federal budget situation and the challenges (both political and numerical) that our nation faces and what the consequences of inaction could be.