Bill Bernardoni sits down with Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, for a blunt look at the so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Supporters call it fiscal discipline. Boccia calls it a dangerous debt bomb.

• Why the bill could add $4–6 trillion on top of an already unsustainable debt trajectory.
• How Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security remain the true long-term drivers of deficits.
• Why Trump’s growth projections don’t match independent analysis.
• The hidden costs of giveaways that make the tax code even more complicated.
• And the one part of the bill that Cato actually supports.

A sharper take on the budget math behind the politics — and what it means for America’s fiscal future.