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DallasNE

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6. What Is This Article Telling Me?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:57 PM

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Let's focus on just the $3.4T statement. It says the bill "would increase the federal deficit by $3.4 trillion" and that is over 10 years, so $340B for 2026. But the 2025 deficit is far more than $340B. I think what they mean to say is that the bill will add an additional $3.4T to the federal deficit over what the expiring spending levels would be. If the deficit is $1.700T per year now then with this bill it will increase to $2.040T for 2026. The statement as written is confusing because it is loaded with assumptions that the reader is not made aware of.

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