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'Complete garbage': GOP uses gimmick to make Trump's awful spending bill seem like it's not so bad - Velshi
Republicans managed to pass Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act – but few people seem to really be happy about it. A lot of concerns have been raised about how it would cause the deficit to swell. The GOP’s solution? An accounting gimmick that would mask the trillions of dollars that the bill would actually cost so that its members can have some political cover to vote for it.
The whole thing is “complete garbage,” says MaddowBlog writer Steve Benen. “They’re supposed to be the deficit reduction party – the fiscal responsibility party – but of course that’s ridiculous.” “There has not been a fiscally conservative Republican in my lifetime,” says Economist Justin Wolfers. - Aired on 07/06/2025.