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The Debt Reality Check with CATO's Romina Boccia - Part 2


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Bill Bernardoni continues 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.
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