15 Problems with ‘OBBBA’
Jul 2 2025 The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget crfb.org
A lot of interesting information in this piece, I’ll just list the 15 points below. Link to the piece is at the bottom.
1. Adds $4.1 trillion to the debt through 2034
2. Would add $5.5 trillion to the debt if made permanent
3. Violates the House reconciliation framework by $600 billion
4. Accelerates Social Security and Medicare insolvency to 2032
5. Is littered with special interest giveaways and new tax and spending entitlements
6. Relies on numerous budget gimmicks
7. Undermines future budget enforcement
8. Increases future spending if made permanent
9. Makes the tax code more complicated and less fair
10. Explodes interest costs to nearly $2 trillion per year
11. Worsens deficits by even more using dynamic scoring
12. Increases the debt limit by $5 trillion in exchange for deficit increases
13. Makes the 3% of GDP deficit goal much harder to achieve
14. Uses up key offsets needed for debt reduction
15. Poisons the environment for bipartisan budget and trust fund deals
Good luck with the next election…
