According to a myriad of credible evaluations, President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill significantly shifts the fiscal landscape of the United States, heralding an era of unparalleled economic prosperity.
MYTH: The One Big Beautiful Bill escalates government spending.
- TRUTH: The One Big Beautiful Bill presents nearly $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings — a fact that even the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concedes.
- TRUTH: This represents the largest level of mandatory savings ever recorded, overshadowing reductions from previous reconciliation bills in 2005 ($140 billion), 1997 ($800 billion), 1993 ($370 billion), and 1990 ($440 billion), all adjusted for inflation.
- TRUTH: The $1.7 trillion savings from the One Big Beautiful Bill are not temporary; they are permanent adjustments to the legal framework, ensuring these savings persist well into the future.
- TRUTH: This legislation is a reconciliation bill, not an appropriations (budget) bill. This means it does not include mechanisms for spending cuts across 99% of government operations, which will need to be addressed in subsequent legislation.
MYTH: The One Big Beautiful Bill contributes to the deficit.
- TRUTH: Predictions of rising deficits by the CBO and others are predicated on an erroneous assumption that President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts will lapse. In reality, maintaining the CURRENT tax rates — as this legislation does — has no bearing on the deficit.
- If you reference the CBO’s flawed projections, you must also acknowledge their estimation that President Trump’s tariffs will reduce the deficit by $2.8 trillion over the next decade. Thus, even the CBO, often seen as partisan, indicates that the deficit could shrink by at least $500 billion in the coming ten years.
- TRUTH: While the $1.7 trillion savings is partially offset by one-time expenditures on border security and additional tax incentives (NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME), this adjustment results in a net deficit reduction of $1.407 trillion.
- TRUTH: Once enacted, the bill — alongside increased tariff revenues, cuts to discretionary spending, and the reversal of Biden-era regulations — will enable the Trump Administration to implement measures that could lower deficits by at least $6.6 trillion over the next decade.
