As the 4th of July approaches, Cross Currents looks at the state of America today, 242 years after its inception. Co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY) offers his take on the deficit, tariffs, and the Trump administration. Plus, college students Evan Rufrano and Brittany Brown, finalists in the Peterson Foundation’s Up to Us competition, discuss the national debt and Generation Z’s outlook on America.