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Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by sangnoir on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:51AM (#42583868)
Can you come up with "non-evil" ways to cut 2 trillion, while you wait?
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by BurningFrog on Friday January 03, 2025 @12:37PM (#42587695)
No, but let me expand on that.

The current deficit is 1.69 trillion (1), so something of that magnitude will have to happen, one way or another.

The "DOGE manifesto"(2) lays out the plans/goals in some detail. Note that it's not mainly budget cuts, and not intended to be complete in year 1.

(1): https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/budget/ (2): https://archive.ph/rAD4B

Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by BriggyDwiggs42 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @07:36PM (#42598737)
I could imagine a world where trying to completely eliminate the deficit in a short amount of time does dramatically more harm than the increase in the debt.