$4.5 Trillion in Cuts -- No Strings Attached?: Opinion Wrap

Feb. 19, 2025, 10:55 PM UTC

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Fuzzy Math

President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind a House budget plan that would include a $4.5 trillion tax cut. That number should raise some eyebrows amid concerns about the US’s massive debt and deficits. But the Trump government insists that we can deliver tax cuts and meaningful deficit reduction simultaneously — no tradeoffs necessary! ...

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