US annual budget gap hits nearly $2T, largest in 5 years
JumpCrisscross
15 points
12 comments
October 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
al_borland
The budget and the debt are the two things I really care about and this administration has handled it horribly. The 25 years have all been bad, but at some point someone had to do something about it before it spirals out of control, right? It seems like we’re at the tipping point.
sleepyguy
Yeah, Trump keeps talking about how Biden gave Ukraine 100s of billions which is bullshit but has no problem spending 1 Trillion on fighting Iran. Currently on the very conservative side of things the War in Iran has cost every American at a minimum 2k on the low end. The guy just knows how to dig a hole and there is no bottom for the loser. The next administration will be doing triage for an entire 4 years trying to save the country after this sob and the sobs in his administration.
tstrimple
This is what happens every single time a conservative administration is in charge. Literally. Every. Single. Time. Conservatives fuck up the deficit giving the rich tax cuts and liberals come in and patch things back together again. There is something deeply wrong with conservative voters on many aspects.