Scathing analysis shows House GOP budget would add '$4.5 trillion' to deficit while gutting safety net

12 February

On Thursday morning, February 12, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives released their budget resolution.

The resolution, according to the Center for American Progress' Bobby Kogan, "keys up their reconciliation bills, which can avoid a filibuster and be passed with a simple majority."

On X.com, formerly Twitter, Kogan posted, "This is VERY real. They are calling to cut Medicaid by AT LEAST $880 billion, and to cut SNAP by AT LEAST 20%."

The budget resolution comes at a time when the Department of Government Ethics (DOGE), headed by billionaire SpaceX/Testa/X.com CEO Elon Musk, is pushing draconian cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) and other agencies while President Donald Trump and other Republicans are calling for major tax cuts for the rich.

The GOP budget resolution is drawing a lot of responses on X.

NBC News' Sahil Kapur detailed the effect the budget House Republicans are proposing could have on the United States' federal deficit.

Kapur tweeted, "House Republicans release budget resolution ahead of a markup Thursday. • $4.5 trillion in new deficits for tax-writing Ways & Means Cmte • $4 trillion debt limit hike • $110 billion for Judiciary Cmte, $90 billion for Homeland Security Cmte (which oversee immigration) • A 'goal' of cutting mandatory spending by $2 trillion."

Jon Favreau of Pod Save America and Crooked Media posted, "Republicans want: $4.5 trillion in new deficits - including enormous tax cuts for Elon, Trump, and other billionaires $2 trillion in cuts to health care and retirement programs: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans' benefits If DOGE terminated all other spending in the federal budget - on defense, education, transportation, medical research, foreign aid, etc., it would save around $1.7 trillion Not a math major, but..."

The Bulwark's Tim Miller — a Never Trump conservative, frequent guest on MSNBC, and former GOP strategist — tweeted, "So inflation is up and the House GOP has issued a budget resolution indicating they plan on popping another $3-4 [trillion] onto the debt."

The Center for American Progress' Brendan Duke wrote, "A walk through of some of the priorities outlined in the House Budget Resolution[:] They are cutting health care for people with low incomes and disabilities by $880B+ while likely extending tax cuts for business owners (HEAVILY tilted to highest income) and multinational corps."

In a separate tweet, Duke observed, "$230B+ in deficit reduction for the Agriculture Committee (that means nutrition cuts) $330B+ in deficit reduction for Education committee (that means education cuts) $880B(!!)+ in deficit reduction for Energy and Commerce (that means Medicaid cuts) And $4,500B for tax cuts."

Reporter Jamie Dupree noted, "The House GOP budget resolution would increase the debt ceiling by $4 trillion."

X user Mike Hamm, posting a chart showing food stamp use in red states, tweeted, "MAGAs voted for this, its only fair that they are the most affected."

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