Federal Spending
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
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6 statements about Federal Spending, every show
Friedberg: US is in a federal debt-death spiral
“There's a lot of people that are making accurate declarations that federal spending needs to be reduced, the deficit needs to be shrunk, we are in a debt-death spiral, and they are absolutely correct.”
Friedberg: Executive action cannot cut spending without Congressional statute changes
“You cannot change The spending without a change in statute from Congress.”
Gerstner: US will cut $500B to $1T from federal spending over next few years
“It does mean that we're probably going to take five hundred billion to a trillion dollars out of federal spending over the course of the next couple of years.”
Patrick Collison: US federal spending dropped five percentage points of GDP under Clinton
“I think federal spending fell by five points of GDP over the course of the Clinton presidency, which is really not a small amount, you know?”
Naam: IRA spending will reach trillions due to uncapped subsidies
“It's not four and fifty billion dollars of federal spending a year. It's like trillions. Because the IRA is not a pool of money. It's a per unit subsidy. And forecasters always do what? On unit forecasts, they always underestimate it, right? So the actual size…”