MEMO: The One Big Beautiful Bill Improves the Fiscal Trajectory


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MEMO: The One Big Beautiful Bill Improves the Fiscal Trajectory
Whitehouse.gov ^ | June 7, 2025 | The White House

Posted on 06/08/2025 1:49:59 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

TO: White House Communications Staff
FROM: Office of Management and Budget Staff
SUBJECT: The One Big Beautiful Bill Improves the Fiscal Trajectory

Topline: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) significantly improves our nation’s fiscal trajectory by including $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings—the most in United States history—and unleashing economic growth with the implementation of President Trump’s tax policies. Upon enactment of the OBBB, the Trump Administration will have embarked on actions that reduce deficits by at least $6.6 trillion over 10 years.

Highest Level of Mandatory Savings in History: The OBBB dwarfs the mandatory savings included in the high-profile deficit reduction bills of the past. Specifically, it achieves substantially more mandatory spending reductions than the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ($140 billion), the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ($800 billion), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ($370 billion), and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 ($440 billion) on an inflation adjusted basis.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Reduces the Deficit: There is no political universe in which Republicans in Congress would allow a 40% tax hike by not extending the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), using conventions that ignore political reality, estimated the effects of the TCJA continuation relative to a baseline that assumed the TCJA would expire, thereby raising taxes by almost $3.8 trillion. An honest portrayal of current future deficits adjusts for the continuation of the TCJA:

Baseline DeficitsDeficit Impact ($ billions)
CBO Baseline Deficit (+) FYs 2025-2034$21,092
TCJA Extension$3,760
Change in Debt Service$594
Current Baseline Deficit$25,445

On its own, the OBBB reduces the deficit by over $1.4 trillion. Net mandatory savings of $1.7 trillion are partly offset by increases in one-time spending to finally and fully secure the border to defend our Nation from invasion, and to lower taxes from policies such as no tax on tips or overtime that are partly offset with loophole closers in the tax code. The net deficit reduction totals $1.407 trillion, as shown below:

Deficit Effect of Policies in OBBBDeficit Impact ($ billions)
Border/Defense Spending$297
Net Mandatory Savings($1,675)
Net New Trump Tax Cuts$130
Other Non-Tax Revenues($95)
Change in Debt Service($63)
Total Deficit Reduction from OBBB($1,407)

It is important to note that the $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings are permanent changes in law, which will continue to yield savings long into the future.

Trump Administration Policies Cut the Deficit Sharply: OBBB is just one aspect—albeit a significant one—of the Trump Administration’s deficit reduction strategy, which includes increased tariff revenues, significant discretionary spending cuts, and reversing Biden administration policies that expanded welfare benefits through regulations. Including those items, the Administration has in less than five months started deficit reduction that could exceed $6.7 trillion over 10 years:

Total Deficit Effect of Trump PoliciesDeficit Impact ($ billions)
Net Impact of OBBB($1,407)
Tariffs to Date($2,800)
Discretionary Spending (FYs ’25 and ’26)($1,555)
Change in Debt Service($759)
Regulatory Changes1($170 – $400)
Deficit Reduction from Trump Policies($6,691 – $6,921)

The reduction in deficits will be even larger if—as the Administration expects—economic growth from low taxes, regulatory relief, reciprocal trade, unleashing American energy and cutting spending is significantly higher than projected by the CBO.

Bottom Line: While there is more work to be done to deliver on President Trump’s commitment to balance the budget, doing so is not possible without enactment of the OBBB.

  1. Reflects savings from regulations relating to State Directed Plans in Medicaid, Most Favored Nation pricing for drugs in Medicare, and Medicare Advantage plans. ↩︎


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bbb; bigbeautifulbill; trump

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1 posted on 06/08/2025 1:49:59 PM PDT by SoConPubbie


To: SoConPubbie

Let us just imagine having 80 to 90 percent of ALL manufacturing being done in the USA, with companies building and leasing here. Some Federal land could be leased at great rates. Employment rising, unemployment lowering, saving a lot of money and much more coming into the treasury.


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posted on 06/08/2025 1:52:26 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)


To: SoConPubbie

More government mumbo jumbo: “At this rate in 40 years we will have a surplus” or some such nonsense.

If you pulled this crap with your bank when you had a hard time paying your mortgage…they would laugh at you.

These guys are going to do what they are going to do. Just don’t expect the people to actually believe anything they say.

If they see a dollar coming into the treasury that is above what they projected, they will find a way to spend $1.25 and expect praise for not spending $1.50.


3 posted on 06/08/2025 2:33:28 PM PDT by Vermont Lt


To: Vermont Lt

Well what we do know as fact is that the year to year debt went down in 1930, 1947, 1948, 1956, and 1957. Since 1957 the debt went up every single year. So 67 years in a row the debt went up. There was lots of blabbering about cuts in those 67 years but the debt went up anyway.


4 posted on 06/08/2025 2:47:33 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)


To: dynoman

Exactly. Only a moron or politician would believe their story.


5 posted on 06/08/2025 3:46:58 PM PDT by Vermont Lt

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