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The new budget is basically the same amount of spending just on different programs. Your kids and their kids will be paying the interest for this level of spending.

"But these trims are wrapped in a document that nevertheless sustains a bloated government. Even with the reductions, 2026 discretionary spending would remain essentially unchanged at $1.6 trillion. In some respects, the budget enshrines Biden-era spending.

Then there's defense. For all the "America First" rhetoric about maintaining a domestic focus, Trump's budget does nothing to rein in the Pentagon's fiscal free-for-all aimed at projecting power around the world."

The new budget is basically the same amount of spending just on different programs. Your kids and their kids will be paying the interest for this level of spending.

"But these trims are wrapped in a document that nevertheless sustains a bloated government. Even with the reductions, 2026 discretionary spending would remain essentially unchanged at $1.6 trillion. In some respects, the budget enshrines Biden-era spending.

Then there's defense. For all the "America First" rhetoric about maintaining a domestic focus, Trump's budget does nothing to rein in the Pentagon's fiscal free-for-all aimed at projecting power around the world."  

https://reason.com/2025/05/08/trumps-new-budget-is-another-blueprint-for-big-spending/

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Same $1.6 trillion, just shuffled around. New slogans, same bill plus interest for your grandchildren.
Defense untouched. Government still bloated. Welcome to fiscal conservatism, 2025 edition.