#federal-budget-deficit

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fromFortune
1 week ago

Trump's loss of $1.7 trillion in tariff revenue will send the national debt to $58 trillion by 2036, think tank projects | Fortune

Without that revenue, CRFB projects the national debt will climb to 125% of GDP-or roughly $58 trillion-by fiscal year 2036, compared to a baseline projection of $56 trillion, or 120% of GDP, that assumed the IEEPA tariffs would remain in force. Deficits in that scenario will rise to 7.1% of GDP, or $3.3 trillion.
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fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Memo to JD Vance: Fighting the war on waste

Eliminating federal fraud could reduce the deficit by at most 25%, making it insufficient to balance the budget despite previous administrations' similar pledges.
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fromFortune
1 month ago

'Nothing short of self-sabotage': Watchdog warns about national debt setting new record in just 4 years | Fortune

U.S. national debt will rise to 120% of GDP by 2030, surpassing the World War II peak and severely constraining fiscal flexibility.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Will eliminating fraud clear the US national deficit as Trump claims?

US president says massive' fraud has caused budget imbalance, but calculations do not support this. United States President Donald Trump has claimed that unearthing and ending fraud nationwide would eliminate the country's deficit. In particular, Trump has highlighted alleged public services fraud by Somalis in Minnesota and also said there is fraud in many other places. If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget, Trump said on Tuesday during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club.
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fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Trump says Elon Musk doesn't have a choice but to return to the GOP

Donald Trump expects Elon Musk to rejoin the Republican Party despite their public feud over the GOP's tax and spending legislation.
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