Priceless: Watch Trump’s IRS Pick Troll Tax-and-Spend Reps by Auctioning the National Debt

The U.S. national debt constitutes a standing indictment of one of history’s most corrupt ruling classes.
By borrowing trillions of dollars and saddling posterity with the repayment obligation, our elected officials have covered themselves in disgrace.
Fortunately, a 13-year-old clip showcasing the colorful personality of former Republican congressman Billy Long, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, suggests that the president-elect has made curtailing the federal government’s spending habits a top priority.

Long, a veteran auctioneer, represented Missouri District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
In a 2011 clip posted Wednesday to the social media platform X, the then-freshman congressman showed off his auctioneer’s skills.

“We are one of the few people that can actually keep up with the national debt,” Long said of his f …