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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 6000642" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>'Elon used to be smart enough to do simple addition, but he thinks we can cut "at least" $2 trillion from federal spending—which <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59727" target="_blank">amounted to $6.1 trillion</a> last year, not $6.5 trillion.</p><p></p><p>The arithmetic here is simple. If you add up Social Security + Medicare¹ + defense² + veterans pensions + interest on the debt³ you get $3.9 trillion. There's only $2.2 trillion left.</p><p></p><p>So Elon is claiming we should literally zero out the entire rest of the federal budget. Everything. The FBI, national parks, food stamps, Medicaid, education, NASA, the EPA, farm support, the NIH, all federal R&D grants, embassies worldwide, the FAA, the Department of Justice, the VA, the weather service, the border patrol, etc. etc. Everything."</p><p></p><p>Kevin Drum</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 6000642, member: 54375"] 'Elon used to be smart enough to do simple addition, but he thinks we can cut "at least" $2 trillion from federal spending—which [URL='https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59727']amounted to $6.1 trillion[/URL] last year, not $6.5 trillion. The arithmetic here is simple. If you add up Social Security + Medicare¹ + defense² + veterans pensions + interest on the debt³ you get $3.9 trillion. There's only $2.2 trillion left. So Elon is claiming we should literally zero out the entire rest of the federal budget. Everything. The FBI, national parks, food stamps, Medicaid, education, NASA, the EPA, farm support, the NIH, all federal R&D grants, embassies worldwide, the FAA, the Department of Justice, the VA, the weather service, the border patrol, etc. etc. Everything." Kevin Drum [/QUOTE]
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