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REP. TIM BURCHETT: "It's the largest mandatory spending cuts in history. $1.6 TRILLION."
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:46 am
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:46 am
I thought there were no spending cuts....
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Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:50 am to BCreed1
Don't listen to the blowhards on this board, they have not read it 
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:52 am to DarthRebel
I don’t believe that. These people are snakes and Trump is fine with more spending as long as he gets some legislative wins.
The tactics are identical to previous bills to where the vote is rushed and no one really knows what’s in it. Except of course all the special interest parties who put their pork in it.
The tactics are identical to previous bills to where the vote is rushed and no one really knows what’s in it. Except of course all the special interest parties who put their pork in it.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:54 am to BCreed1
Do we know if this figure is per year? Over 10 years?
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:54 am to DarthRebel
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Don't listen to the blowhards on this board, they have not read it
The usual TDS crowd has already made up its mind that they don't like the bill; they wouldn't care about any of the positives. OMB!
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:56 am to BCreed1
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$1.6 TRILLION.
over 10 years......so only 160B a year on a 6.8T budget.........
so a 2.35% cut......
or its really a 160B less in spending that was forecasted and the total spending still actually went up.......
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:58 am to BCreed1
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We're reducing the rate of growth, which is still not good. We need to stop the rate of growth
So what is it? Is it a cut to the budget as compared to last FY - an actual, legitimate reduction in deficit or is it a reduction in the rate that the deficit is growing?
This is how government lies to the people through semantics.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:59 am to Monahans
There are spending cuts but they are inconsequential compared to the national debt and increased spending levels. With that being said, IF we are going to increase the debt I would rather it be through tax cuts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:59 am to BCreed1
Too many big L "libertarians" posing as Republicans around here.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:59 am to Monahans
I trust Burchett as much as anyone in Congress.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:00 pm to tigeraddict
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over 10 years......so only 160B a year on a 6.8T budget.........
so a 2.35% cut......
or its really a 160B less in spending that was forecasted and the total spending still actually went up.......
Exactly
What are the projected deficits going to be the next 4 years? How does that compare to the last 4?
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:01 pm to DarthRebel
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Don't listen to the blowhards on this board
Did you believe the OP?
Because you and I both know there will not be trillions in tax cuts.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:02 pm to TigerFanatic99
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an actual, legitimate reduction in deficit or is it a reduction in the rate that the deficit is growing?
It's likely not a reduction in the deficit and just a slight reduction in the growth of spending over 10 years. The deficit will still grow due to interest growing every year.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:02 pm to BCreed1
That's $1.6T over 10 years, or $160B per year. And that reduction is to the growth of spending, not total spending.
Now, here's the rub (possibly good, possibly bad): about half of that ($800B-$880B, or $80B-$88B/year) is expected to come from savings to Medicaid from work requirements for able-bodied adults.
The possible good: When work requirements for able-bodied adults have been put into effect on social programs, the user rolls tend to drop dramatically (Maine saw a drop of 70% enrollment for SNAP when they instituted this over a decade ago).
The possible bad: This isn't slated to go into effect until 2029, which gives Democrats a LOT of time to win enough seats to repeal it in some future Congress.
The tax cuts are welcomed, but let's not play the DC word game as if the cuts were to total spending.
Now, here's the rub (possibly good, possibly bad): about half of that ($800B-$880B, or $80B-$88B/year) is expected to come from savings to Medicaid from work requirements for able-bodied adults.
The possible good: When work requirements for able-bodied adults have been put into effect on social programs, the user rolls tend to drop dramatically (Maine saw a drop of 70% enrollment for SNAP when they instituted this over a decade ago).
The possible bad: This isn't slated to go into effect until 2029, which gives Democrats a LOT of time to win enough seats to repeal it in some future Congress.
The tax cuts are welcomed, but let's not play the DC word game as if the cuts were to total spending.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:04 pm to BCreed1
Only in Congress is it a spending cut while still deficit spending. If the budget was to be $5 trillion but ends up being $4 trillion then they say we cut spending by $1 trillion.
BS pass a balanced budget act like every state in the union abides by.
BS pass a balanced budget act like every state in the union abides by.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:06 pm to Monahans
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Except of course all the special interest parties who put their pork in it.
List the pork in this bill.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:07 pm to DarthRebel
The BBB is as good as we will ever get. I imagine they codified the DOGE cuts into it.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:07 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Is it a cut to the budget as compared to last FY - an actual, legitimate reduction in deficit
Nobody is stupid enough to believe that, are they?
This typical DC-speak for "saving", arbitrary dollar amounts spread out over years to make it sound impressive, and it certainly worked on the OP. It's all bullshite and if anybody but Trump was president most of them could admit it.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:09 pm to BCreed1
The "big beautiful bill" can be described in one old-fashioned quintessentially Old English word that's regrettably rarely heard today: sinful.
Huge cuts in Medicaid and social investments + grossly irresponsible unpaid-for tax cuts. How is this not reprehensible? The country I was brought up in... just fell apart and died.
Huge cuts in Medicaid and social investments + grossly irresponsible unpaid-for tax cuts. How is this not reprehensible? The country I was brought up in... just fell apart and died.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 12:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
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It's likely
so you pulled something from your arse
Tell us what you would get with that huge 5 vote edge.
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