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While Democrats said that the record-breaking debt of $36 trillion will only grow larger over the next 10 years because of the deficit spending, Trump counters that the 940-page bill will lead to economic growth.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
The two bills are billions of dollars apart, but the general themes remain the same: Americans won't face bigger tax bills next year, and the deficit spending will be offset with cuts in health and food assistance programs, affecting the finances of lower-income Americans.
—George Petras, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The House budget framework was clear: no new deficit spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
Around half of global trade and almost 90 percent of global foreign exchange transactions are conducted in U.S. dollars, an extraordinary repository of value that affords Washington the luxury of deficit spending that would be outrageous anywhere else.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
The two bills are billions of dollars apart, but the general themes remain the same: Americans won't face bigger tax bills next year, and the deficit spending will be offset with cuts in health and food assistance programs, affecting the finances of lower-income Americans.
—George Petras, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The House budget framework was clear: no new deficit spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
Around half of global trade and almost 90 percent of global foreign exchange transactions are conducted in U.S. dollars, an extraordinary repository of value that affords Washington the luxury of deficit spending that would be outrageous anywhere else.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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