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US House budget projects $1.9 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2025, or 6.2% of GDP
Politics
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The budget is just out.
- US House budget aims to raise debt ceiling by $4 trillion
- National debt would surpass $36 trillion, or 123% of GDP
- The proposal calls for a $2 trillion reduction in mandatory spending over the next decade
- Entitlement expenditures now account for more than 70% of the federal budget
- The Education and Workforce Committee must reduce the deficit by $330 billion,
- The Energy and Commerce Committee faces an even steeper $880 billion in required savings
- the Armed Services Committee authorized to increase the deficit by $100 billion
- Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees will collectively add another $200 billion
So on net, Republicans are proposing $2 trillion in cuts to mandatory spending over 10 years and a $4.5 trillion tax cut.
Source: Forex Live