If we're being honest, it kind of feels like the only thing Washington talks about... emphasis on "talks."
Because, as we all know, nothing stops this train; the fiscal madhouse is over and done.
Sorry to interrupt the Jeffrey Epstein circus on Capitol Hill, but the Congressional Budget Office last week released its latest 10-year budget baseline forecast. The real outrage is that Members of both parties seem less interested in fixing America’s entitlements than in performative politics.
The Trump Administration is boasting about its success in reducing the deficit, and give it credit for curbing what had been ballooning growth in discretionary spending like climate pork. CBO reports a $1.8 trillion deficit in the 2025 fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, which is $57 billion lower than in the prior year. But hold the apple-polishing.
We're not gonna make it, oh, we ain't gonna maaaake itWe're not gonna make it, oh, we ain't gonna maaaake it
CBO forecasts that deficits will total $24.4 trillion through 2036, largely because of entitlements on autopilot.
It’s also worth underlining that Medicaid is expected to grow roughly twice as fast as inflation and defense spending over the next decade, notwithstanding the reforms in the GOP tax bill such as work requirements. Democrats and the hospital lobby accuse Republicans of slashing Medicaid, but the truth is that the reforms merely slow the program’s astronomical growth.
And there's pork for everyone, everywhere:
Veteran benefits are now the fastest growing entitlement, doubling since 2021. One reason is veterans are claiming disability payments for conditions like diabetes or sleep apnea that aren’t the result of military service.
It may be what you read about most, but it's definitely not what they talk about most.
The easiest fix for the runaway healthcare expenditures is to stop paying to medically treat conditions with known lifestyle cures and to generally make some sort of basic fitness requirements for eligibility.
yea, I guess there's some information selection going on on my part :/
In other words....nothing stops this train?