Costco is using some of its $184 million in tariff refunds to cut prices on everyday goods

The cuts include produce, meat, beverages, furniture and hardware pic.twitter.com/DKpb5fSdBW

— Dexerto (@Dexerto) September 28, 2026

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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Trump is still promising every adult American $5,000. Says we can do it because of all of the $billions of money we have collected in tariffs. The U.S. has collected around $167 billion in tariffs so far in 2026. The $5,000 giveaway is going to cost around $1.2 trillion. Is anyone else having trouble with Trump's math? Why does Trump continue doing this?

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What a strange and very specific thing to say https://t.co/cHRu89CcXr

— Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) September 28, 2026

FLBear5630 said:

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Danielsjackson114 said:

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Who do you want there?

The habib from the local convenience store? or Mr Johnson from the local lumber store? Or Mrs Gladis from the local Brookeshire Bothers?

You are such an idiot, Socalbear

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How about a mix of GOP and Dem Congressmen? Working on fixing the damn mess we are in? Or a combination of company owners, labor leaders and finance leaders? Or, god forbid, social, religious and charity leaders?

The fact you can't think of others to be at those tables sums up all that is wrong with you and your ilk. You think it is perfectly ok that only the elite super rich have access to decision makers.

You are what is destroying what was a great Nation. I am embarrassed you are an American.

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Today’s economic numbers:
— Q2 GDP revised up to 2.2% (was 1.5%).
— Core PCE 3.0% vs 3.3% expected.
— ADP private jobs +90k vs ~68k expected.

Growth beat. Inflation cooled. Jobs better than expected.

The Trump economy is strong.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) September 30, 2026

whiterock said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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Danielsjackson114 said:

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Who do you want there?

The habib from the local convenience store? or Mr Johnson from the local lumber store? Or Mrs Gladis from the local Brookeshire Bothers?

You are such an idiot, Socalbear

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How about a mix of GOP and Dem Congressmen? Working on fixing the damn mess we are in? Or a combination of company owners, labor leaders and finance leaders? Or, god forbid, social, religious and charity leaders?

The fact you can't think of others to be at those tables sums up all that is wrong with you and your ilk. You think it is perfectly ok that only the elite super rich have access to decision makers.

You are what is destroying what was a great Nation. I am embarrassed you are an American.

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I'd be happy to work with Dems. Unfortunately, they are only interested in socialist nonsense that excludes me.

The economy is in a good place and getting better.

Today’s economic numbers:
— Q2 GDP revised up to 2.2% (was 1.5%).
— Core PCE 3.0% vs 3.3% expected.
— ADP private jobs +90k vs ~68k expected.

Growth beat. Inflation cooled. Jobs better than expected.

The Trump economy is strong.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) September 30, 2026

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

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Trump: We've handled everything else. We've handled inflation. We've got prices way down. They gave us the prices. They gave us all of that pic.twitter.com/GjeHqkf0cv

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 2, 2026

Billionaires are not the reason you can't afford healthcare.

Obamacare is the reason you can't afford healthcare.

— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) October 1, 2026

whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

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2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

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• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

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2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

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huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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whiterock said:

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J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

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2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

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huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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C + I + G + T = GDP

I didn't make a claim about stopping deficit spending. I pointed out the plain and well-known macroeconomic impact of using investment rather than government spending to drive GDP growth.

But since you mentioned it, this admin (Bessent in particular) has been quite direct about their plan to deal with the deficit: hold govt spending (G) steady and grow the economy (via I) to reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP. Thus far, they're doing EXACTLY that - holding the deficit steady while accelerating GDP growth (via trade deal investments) at more than 2x historical rates.

We can't just cut a $1.9T deficit to zero in a budget cycle. It would cause the most harmful recession in our history, dwarfing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because, you see, government spending is part of the GDP equation. Every single dollar cut to govt spending cut lowers top-line GDP numbers. That's why admins of both parties have been so reluctant to actually cut spending - the political costs of budget cuts dwarf the political costs of deficits. Within that fiscal burrito is another politically destabilizing reality: entitlements spending is 60% of our budget, so there is no pathway to rapid balancing of the budget without cutting Medicare, Medicaid, AND Social Security.

Why don't you lead by example and refuse to accept a Social Security check?

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whiterock said:

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J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

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2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

---

huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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C + I + G + T = GDP

I didn't make a claim about stopping deficit spending. I pointed out the plain and well-known macroeconomic impact of using investment rather than government spending to drive GDP growth.

But since you mentioned it, this admin (Bessent in particular) has been quite direct about their plan to deal with the deficit: hold govt spending (G) steady and grow the economy (via I) to reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP. Thus far, they're doing EXACTLY that - holding the deficit steady while accelerating GDP growth (via trade deal investments) at more than 2x historical rates.

We can't just cut a $1.9T deficit to zero in a budget cycle. It would cause the most harmful recession in our history, dwarfing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because, you see, government spending is part of the GDP equation. Every single dollar cut to govt spending cut lowers top-line GDP numbers. That's why admins of both parties have been so reluctant to actually cut spending - the political costs of budget cuts dwarf the political costs of deficits. Within that fiscal burrito is another politically destabilizing reality: entitlements spending is 60% of our budget, so there is no pathway to rapid balancing of the budget without cutting Medicare, Medicaid, AND Social Security.

Why don't you lead by example and refuse to accept a Social Security check?

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The_barBEARian said:

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whiterock said:

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J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

---

2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

---

huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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C + I + G + T = GDP

I didn't make a claim about stopping deficit spending. I pointed out the plain and well-known macroeconomic impact of using investment rather than government spending to drive GDP growth.

But since you mentioned it, this admin (Bessent in particular) has been quite direct about their plan to deal with the deficit: hold govt spending (G) steady and grow the economy (via I) to reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP. Thus far, they're doing EXACTLY that - holding the deficit steady while accelerating GDP growth (via trade deal investments) at more than 2x historical rates.

We can't just cut a $1.9T deficit to zero in a budget cycle. It would cause the most harmful recession in our history, dwarfing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because, you see, government spending is part of the GDP equation. Every single dollar cut to govt spending cut lowers top-line GDP numbers. That's why admins of both parties have been so reluctant to actually cut spending - the political costs of budget cuts dwarf the political costs of deficits. Within that fiscal burrito is another politically destabilizing reality: entitlements spending is 60% of our budget, so there is no pathway to rapid balancing of the budget without cutting Medicare, Medicaid, AND Social Security.

Why don't you lead by example and refuse to accept a Social Security check?

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Your profilgate war for Israel demolished any hope of rolling back inflation and getting back to pre-Covid America

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The Green Shoots of Trump’s Hamiltonian Economy

Scott Bessent warned from the beginning that Donald Trump’s economic program would take time to appear in the data. An economy conditioned to reward consumption over production, public borrowing over capital formation, and foreign… pic.twitter.com/fkyTGRpfpY

— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) October 2, 2026

1.93 million Americans have been jobless for 27+ weeks, which represents the 3rd-highest share since the Great Recession, per YF

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 2, 2026

whiterock said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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whiterock said:

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J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

---

2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

---

huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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C + I + G + T = GDP

I didn't make a claim about stopping deficit spending. I pointed out the plain and well-known macroeconomic impact of using investment rather than government spending to drive GDP growth.

But since you mentioned it, this admin (Bessent in particular) has been quite direct about their plan to deal with the deficit: hold govt spending (G) steady and grow the economy (via I) to reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP. Thus far, they're doing EXACTLY that - holding the deficit steady while accelerating GDP growth (via trade deal investments) at more than 2x historical rates.

We can't just cut a $1.9T deficit to zero in a budget cycle. It would cause the most harmful recession in our history, dwarfing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because, you see, government spending is part of the GDP equation. Every single dollar cut to govt spending cut lowers top-line GDP numbers. That's why admins of both parties have been so reluctant to actually cut spending - the political costs of budget cuts dwarf the political costs of deficits. Within that fiscal burrito is another politically destabilizing reality: entitlements spending is 60% of our budget, so there is no pathway to rapid balancing of the budget without cutting Medicare, Medicaid, AND Social Security.

Why don't you lead by example and refuse to accept a Social Security check?

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Your profilgate war for Israel demolished any hope of rolling back inflation and getting back to pre-Covid America

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FLBear is a reflexive cynic. You're just plumb effin' stupid. I mean really….

The Green Shoots of Trump’s Hamiltonian Economy

Scott Bessent warned from the beginning that Donald Trump’s economic program would take time to appear in the data. An economy conditioned to reward consumption over production, public borrowing over capital formation, and foreign… pic.twitter.com/fkyTGRpfpY

— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) October 2, 2026

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Kevin Hassett argues higher mortgage rates benefit the economy by redirecting corporate borrowing toward infrastructure like data centers instead of residential lending. pic.twitter.com/hkbkkB4K5C

— The Dive Feed (@TheDeepDiveFeed) October 2, 2026

BREAKING: The US economy adds +29,000 jobs in September, well below expectations of +89,000.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, above expectations of 4.1%.

August's job number was also revised down by -29,000 jobs.

This marks the third weakest jobs report of 2026.

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 2, 2026

whiterock said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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whiterock said:

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J.R. said:

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whiterock said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Wait. The Trump administration was bragging about 5-7% GDP and now we are excited it "jumped" to 2%??

---

2% was 2nd QTR; +5% was 3rd qtr.

If you will recall, I told you this would happen. All that trade deal investment money is starting to hit the GDP numbers. It should sustain for the next 24-36 months.

It's a radical change of business model. No longer are we trying to stimulate the economy by engaging in deficit spending g to stimulate consumption. We are instead growing consumption by growing employment. Latter is sustainable. Former is not.

But it is big change and people are typically afraid of change.

---

huh? Deficit spending stopped is not factual. You seen the debt added via Piggy?

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:

• A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
• Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
• Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
• Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
• Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.

At $2.0 trillion, we estimate budget deficits were about $210 billion above FY 2025 levels, $135 billion above the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) February projections, and about $305 billion higher than what the Council of Economic Advisers had projected.

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C + I + G + T = GDP

I didn't make a claim about stopping deficit spending. I pointed out the plain and well-known macroeconomic impact of using investment rather than government spending to drive GDP growth.

But since you mentioned it, this admin (Bessent in particular) has been quite direct about their plan to deal with the deficit: hold govt spending (G) steady and grow the economy (via I) to reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP. Thus far, they're doing EXACTLY that - holding the deficit steady while accelerating GDP growth (via trade deal investments) at more than 2x historical rates.

We can't just cut a $1.9T deficit to zero in a budget cycle. It would cause the most harmful recession in our history, dwarfing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because, you see, government spending is part of the GDP equation. Every single dollar cut to govt spending cut lowers top-line GDP numbers. That's why admins of both parties have been so reluctant to actually cut spending - the political costs of budget cuts dwarf the political costs of deficits. Within that fiscal burrito is another politically destabilizing reality: entitlements spending is 60% of our budget, so there is no pathway to rapid balancing of the budget without cutting Medicare, Medicaid, AND Social Security.

Why don't you lead by example and refuse to accept a Social Security check?

---

Your profilgate war for Israel demolished any hope of rolling back inflation and getting back to pre-Covid America

---

FLBear is a reflexive cynic. You're just plumb effin' stupid. I mean really….

The Green Shoots of Trump’s Hamiltonian Economy

Scott Bessent warned from the beginning that Donald Trump’s economic program would take time to appear in the data. An economy conditioned to reward consumption over production, public borrowing over capital formation, and foreign… pic.twitter.com/fkyTGRpfpY

— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) October 2, 2026

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Jack Bauer said:

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Revised Numbers:
July: -10,000 (31,000 adjustment down)
August: 133,000 (29,000 adjustment down)
September: 29,000 (90,000 forecasted)

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FLBear5630 said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Revised Numbers:
July: -10,000 (31,000 adjustment down)
August: 133,000 (29,000 adjustment down)
September: 29,000 (90,000 forecasted)

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Anyone who listens to this guy, there is no hope...

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Jack Bauer said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Revised Numbers:
July: -10,000 (31,000 adjustment down)
August: 133,000 (29,000 adjustment down)
September: 29,000 (90,000 forecasted)

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Anyone who listens to this guy, there is no hope...

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There are people in this country who actually believe 100% of job losses are either government or illegal aliens and that's a good thing..

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Jack Bauer said:

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FLBear5630 said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Revised Numbers:
July: -10,000 (31,000 adjustment down)
August: 133,000 (29,000 adjustment down)
September: 29,000 (90,000 forecasted)

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Anyone who listens to this guy, there is no hope...

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There are people in this country who actually believe 100% of job losses are either government or illegal aliens and that's a good thing..

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There are currently 134.8 million households in the US.

Just ~1.4 million of these households, or 1%, now control a record 32.5% of US household wealth.

Never in US history has there been a wealth divide even remotely close to what we are seeing now. https://t.co/OR6ltHfKTv pic.twitter.com/ZkwijWcw6b

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 3, 2026

U.S. Debt now exceeds 100% of GDP for the first time since World War 2 🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/M1TeqNqrHK

— Barchart (@Barchart) October 3, 2026