cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/19471
The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year
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I think more tax breaks for corporations and the 1% is the only way to fix this issue.
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But, but I thought musk was saving us tons of money?!? 🤣
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He cut a bunch of programs that saved a bunch of money and prevents expensive incidents. Hr saved virtually nothing compared to the us budget but it’ll be more expensive in the long run.
That’s separate from increased spending and trade restrictions reducing national income
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Yeah, thankfully the insurance companies do long term climate projections, right?
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I am so glad those tariffs worked!
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How much does the income from the tariffs compensate this?