Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital and former White House Communications Director, argued on Saturday that America's political class is failing markets and citizens alike by governing on two- and four-year election cycles rather than the decade-long horizons that meaningful fiscal reform demands.
“Nothing transformative gets built in those windows,” Scaramucci posted on X. “Instead what we have are two-minute cable news plans where everyone bashes each other before the next commercial break.”
The Structural Problem
Scaramucci specifically called for a 15-year K-12 education equalization plan, aimed at reducing funding disparities between wealthy and low-income school districts, along with a multi-decade deficit reduction strategy that would require long-term political commitment beyond standard election cycles.
“We need a 15-year K-12 public education equalization plan. We need a deficit reduction plan built over 10 to 15 years.”
The numbers back his urgency. The U.S. Treasury is projected to borrow over $2 trillion from private markets in fiscal 2026 alone, with debt now exceeding 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has called the debt trajectory “unsustainable.”
Earlier this week, Scaramucci and Galaxy Digital's Mike Novogratz agreed that a structurally uneven tax code is deepening inequality. “You can have six billionaires sitting around a table who pay six dramatically different levels of tax,” Novogratz said.
What Markets Should Watch
Long-term Treasury yields remain highly sensitive to signals around the federal deficit outlook. Without a credible fiscal consolidation plan, bond markets could begin pricing in higher term premiums, a headwind for equities broadly.
Scaramucci argues that a leader willing to deliver difficult truths and accept short-term political costs could generate real public momentum for structural reform.
“People making short-term sacrifices for the long-term good of the country,” he said. “It's happened before.”
Scaramucci said this week that President Donald Trump has left the economy in a “vulnerable state” and that his Wall Street peers regret backing the president. Separately, he has called for Trump's removal from office, citing what he described as a “complete failure of political elites.”
