U.S. Deficit

topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

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4 statements about U.S. Deficit, every show

ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sacks claims US deficit fell $600 billion year-over-year
“The deficit, we've reduced the deficit year over year by six hundred billion.”
David Sacks Dec 19, 2025 ▶ 37:26 Bernie Sanders Says Stop All AI, China's Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?
BG2 Prediction Held up
Gerstner: Reconciliation bill will likely increase the US federal deficit
“But I suspect when you look at this package, right, and again, I'm just saying based upon how the Congressional Budget Office will score it, and this is kind of arcane scoring, but it will probably increase the deficit, and at best it would reduce it by a hund…”
Brad Gerstner May 22, 2025 ▶ 36:18 AI, Middle East, China, Tariffs, Recon Bill, Invest America | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Proposed tax hikes would cover only 20% of current US deficit
“Best case scenario, what the CBO estimated Is that would raise about four hundred billion a year for all these tax hikes, right? That's only 20% of the deficit we're running right now.”
David Sacks Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 1:26:40 Massive jobs revision, Kamala wealth tax, polls vs prediction markets, end of race-based admissions
ALL-IN Prediction Partly held up
Phillips: Biden will likely match Trump's $7 trillion deficit addition
“That's why Trump added seven trillion dollars to the deficit. And that's why Biden will probably end, you know, add about that much as well.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 58:07 In conversation with Dean Phillips

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