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    Defenestrar said:
    Musk, as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has said that he wants to cut 2 trillion dollars from the annual US budget (budget infographic). That is all discretionary spending (e.g. almost every government department - including the military) plus some mandatory spending (i.e. illegal to cut without congress enacting new laws - such as repealing social security benefits). I think a whole lot more than EV tax credits are on the chopping block.

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    Ok, serious question though, why has the budget swollen so much since, say, 2014?

    Where is all that money going? It's not going in improved services, that's for sure, I can't point to a single thing the government does better compared to 2014. So, where is all that increased spending (and deficit) going?
     
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