Comment by sangnoir 2 months ago Can you come up with "non-evil" ways to cut 2 trillion, while you wait? 2 comments sangnoir Reply BurningFrog 2 months ago No, but let me expand on that.The current deficit is 1.69 trillion (1), so something of that magnitude will have to happen, one way or another.The "DOGE manifesto"(2) lays out the plans/goals in some detail. Note that it's not mainly budget cuts, and not intended to be complete in year 1.(1): https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/budget/ (2): https://archive.ph/rAD4B BriggyDwiggs42 2 months ago I could imagine a world where trying to completely eliminate the deficit in a short amount of time does dramatically more harm than the increase in the debt.
BurningFrog 2 months ago No, but let me expand on that.The current deficit is 1.69 trillion (1), so something of that magnitude will have to happen, one way or another.The "DOGE manifesto"(2) lays out the plans/goals in some detail. Note that it's not mainly budget cuts, and not intended to be complete in year 1.(1): https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/budget/ (2): https://archive.ph/rAD4B BriggyDwiggs42 2 months ago I could imagine a world where trying to completely eliminate the deficit in a short amount of time does dramatically more harm than the increase in the debt.
BriggyDwiggs42 2 months ago I could imagine a world where trying to completely eliminate the deficit in a short amount of time does dramatically more harm than the increase in the debt.
No, but let me expand on that.
The current deficit is 1.69 trillion (1), so something of that magnitude will have to happen, one way or another.
The "DOGE manifesto"(2) lays out the plans/goals in some detail. Note that it's not mainly budget cuts, and not intended to be complete in year 1.
(1): https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/budget/ (2): https://archive.ph/rAD4B
I could imagine a world where trying to completely eliminate the deficit in a short amount of time does dramatically more harm than the increase in the debt.