- The Republican-controlled Congress recently approved an additional $1.3 trillion in federal spending towards daily operations.
- Increases in military (conservatives) and domestic programs (liberals) spending as well as Trump’s recent tax cuts will increase debt.
- Social Security, Medicare (healthcare for elderly) and Medicaid (healthcare for poor) that cost $2.5 trillion in 2017 ( 63% of federal budget) is forecast to rise to $4.3 trillion by 2027.
- Republican attempts to cut Medicaid and food stamps failed.
