Federal Budget

topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes

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6 statements about Federal Budget, every show

Vought: Trump Budget Cuts and Tariffs Cover One-Third of Deficit Gap
“The president just secured one and a half trillion dollars consistent with the fiscal framework in our first six months that I would, I think tariffs included is, is, is heading us dealing with a third. Of what's necessary to get to a balanced budget.”
Russ Vaught Jul 22, 2025 ▶ 19:24 New Face of DOGE Agenda Explains the Big Beautiful Bill · Joe Lonsdale
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Handmer: One Percent of the US Federal Budget Is Spent on Dialysis
“One percent of the federal budget is spent on dialysis”
Casey Handmer Apr 6, 2025 ▶ 23:05 Casey Handmer (Terraform) on Turning Sunlight and Air into Fuel
BG2 Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gerstner: A credible $1T budget cut plan will bring interest rates down
“If we do this and if we tell the American people, you know, that we're going to do this and we put together a believable plan where you're going to cut a trillion dollars and balance the budget in, in the next few years, I'll tell you what's going to happen, r…”
Brad Gerstner Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 53:52 DeepSeek, Open Source, Tariffs, DOGE, Market Impact | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
BG2 Prediction Held up
Gerstner: Trump will commit to balancing budget in March State of the Union
“I think in the President's State of the Union address in the first week of March, he's gonna make a commitment to balance the budget in his first term in office.”
Brad Gerstner Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 1:00:10 Stargate, Executive Orders, TikTok, DOGE, Public Valuations | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
20VC Assertion Supported
Hoffman: Federal workforce layoffs mathematically cannot yield trillion-dollar savings
“What I think the, is, is a false promise is to say, well, the real important thing is if we lay off X percentage of the federal workforce, and all of a sudden, our federal budget will be so much more trim. It's like, well, no, no, actually, that's not, that's,…”
Reid Hoffman Dec 16, 2024 ▶ 13:44 Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn & Paypal Founder: Trump Administration, Elon Musk and DOGE | E1239 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Millennials face a high risk of impoverished retirements
“It's much harder for millennials to save, and I fear they will have impoverished retirements. Especially since the fiscal budget on the federal side is problematic as well.”
Tyler Cowen Aug 21, 2018 ▶ 47:58 #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking

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