CBO Confirms Trump Budget Law Will Trigger Over $500 Billion in Automatic Medicare Cuts

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CBO Confirms Trump Budget Law Will Trigger Over $500 Billion in Automatic Medicare Cuts - Common Dreams
"Republicans knew their tax breaks for billionaires would force over half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts—and they did it anyway," said Rep. Brendan Boyle.

MEANWHILE:

It's Official: Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" Will Deplete Social Security Funds Faster - The Motley Fool via MSN

Even while the bill was making its way through Congress, opponents said it would cause the Social Security trust funds to run out of money sooner than projected. Their warnings appear to have been correct. It's official: Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" will deplete Social Security's funds faster.

On Aug. 5, 2025, Karen Glenn, Chief Actuary for the Social Security Administration (SSA), responded in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden's request for an estimate of the financial effects on the Social Security trust funds of... Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill." Her findings confirmed what opponents had predicted: Trump's bill has accelerated the timeline for Social Security's trust funds being depleted.

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1. G.O.P. billionaire bros offer condolences "tuff for you American suckers."

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Sleight of Hand

TSF and Congress can claim with a collective straight face that he/they didn't cut Medicare. It was an unfortunate effect of a law.

This can be fixed by the next (Democratic) Congress, right?

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3. In MAGA Bizarro-world, "fixing" stuff means BREAKING it. Like they're 'fixing'

Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the CDC, education, air traffic control, FEMA, NOAA and the National Weather Service, the economy, the price of groceries, prescriptions, air quality, and hundreds of other things they're "fixing" or PLANNING to.

John Oliver just did an awesome (the not so late predecessor to 'amazing') show tonight on how the RFKjr's CDC is GAMING America via some bullshit "make America healthy again" that will actually do the exact OPPOSITE.

That's because in MAGA Bizarro-world, everything means the opposite of what it seems. Make America "great" Again?? Right.

America (as we know it) won't survive all of Trump's "great" making, I fear. But PUTIN will be pleased as punch.

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4. GOP's overall goal has always been to destroy Soc. Sec.--they'll bankrupt it and then privatize it.

It's how FLorida is working to end the PUBLIC education system. Takes a few years, but they plan ahead.

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5. Think of the poor billionaires.

If We the People get wind of this, the rich might be forced to pay taxes!

Hah hah. April fools! The rich haven’t paid Doodley squat since Reagan and Bush were dealing with the Ayatollah.