WASH POST shows Republicans saying you can’t trust the CBO… after previously using the CBO to support their arguments 🤷🏼♂️
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
WASH POST shows Republicans saying you can’t trust the CBO… after previously using the CBO to support their arguments 🤷🏼♂️
Phil Swagel, the current CBO director, worked in George W. Bush's Treasury Department and was chosen as CBO director by Senate Republicans.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Phil Swagel, the current CBO director, worked in George W. Bush's Treasury Department and was chosen as CBO director by Senate Republicans.
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Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡
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February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡
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OUT: CBO scoring
IN: Elon Musk scoring 🇺🇸
IN: Elon Musk scoring 🇺🇸
"If you read his full quote, he said 'we think.' So it's an estimate" -- after a reporter asks a question citing direct quotes from Elon Musk about Social Security cuts, Leavitt insists Musk was taken out of context
March 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
OUT: CBO scoring
IN: Elon Musk scoring 🇺🇸
IN: Elon Musk scoring 🇺🇸
Rep. Andy Barr: "The CBO score is wrong. The CBO has been wrong repeatedly."
May 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Rep. Andy Barr: "The CBO score is wrong. The CBO has been wrong repeatedly."
BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position?
RUSS VOUGHT: Yes
BOYLE: That's laughable!
RUSS VOUGHT: Yes
BOYLE: That's laughable!
April 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position?
RUSS VOUGHT: Yes
BOYLE: That's laughable!
RUSS VOUGHT: Yes
BOYLE: That's laughable!
Without immigration, US population will soon shrink, per CBO www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Without immigration, US population will soon shrink, per CBO www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Ain’t just the CBO. Penn/Wharton model says $3.6T as well.
Rep. Andy Barr: "The CBO score is wrong. The CBO has been wrong repeatedly."
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ain’t just the CBO. Penn/Wharton model says $3.6T as well.
GOP: Our budget will reduce the deficit
CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion
GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself
CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion
GOP: ...
CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.
CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion
GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself
CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion
GOP: ...
CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.
June 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
GOP: Our budget will reduce the deficit
CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion
GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself
CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion
GOP: ...
CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.
CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion
GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself
CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion
GOP: ...
CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.
NY FED: Consumers pay 90% of tariffs.
CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.
www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...
CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.
www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...
February 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
NY FED: Consumers pay 90% of tariffs.
CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.
www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...
CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.
www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...
Last month CBO estimated the costs of 10 percent tariffs. But now Trump is saying 25. Should you just multiply by 2.5?
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Last month CBO estimated the costs of 10 percent tariffs. But now Trump is saying 25. Should you just multiply by 2.5?
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
CBO says Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add 3.8 TRILLION to the national debt.
Fiscal responsibility, my ass.
Fiscal responsibility, my ass.
May 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
CBO says Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add 3.8 TRILLION to the national debt.
Fiscal responsibility, my ass.
Fiscal responsibility, my ass.
WELKER: In 2021, you cited the CBO. So do you only believe the CBO when a Democrat is president?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct...but they always underestimate the growth that will be brought about by tax cuts and reductions in regulations
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct...but they always underestimate the growth that will be brought about by tax cuts and reductions in regulations
June 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
WELKER: In 2021, you cited the CBO. So do you only believe the CBO when a Democrat is president?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct...but they always underestimate the growth that will be brought about by tax cuts and reductions in regulations
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct...but they always underestimate the growth that will be brought about by tax cuts and reductions in regulations
CBO estimates troop deployments to US cities in June-December 2025 cost half a billion dollars.
www.cbo.gov
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
CBO estimates troop deployments to US cities in June-December 2025 cost half a billion dollars.
CBO not really feeling that whole 15%-GDP-growth thang.
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
CBO not really feeling that whole 15%-GDP-growth thang.
The CBO estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034, a nearly $1 trillion increase over the House-passed bill, which CBO has projected would add $2.4 to the debt over a decade.
July 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The CBO estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034, a nearly $1 trillion increase over the House-passed bill, which CBO has projected would add $2.4 to the debt over a decade.
Nonpartisan CBO Analysis Proves Republicans Are Lying About Medicaid Cuts
March 5, 2025
Press Release
CBO Analysis Requested by Boyle and Pallone, Confirms GOP Budget Would Require Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
March 5, 2025
Press Release
CBO Analysis Requested by Boyle and Pallone, Confirms GOP Budget Would Require Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
Nonpartisan CBO Analysis Proves Republicans Are Lying About Medicaid Cuts
CBO Analysis Requested by Boyle and Pallone, Confirms GOP Budget Would Require Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History
democrats-budget.house.gov
March 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nonpartisan CBO Analysis Proves Republicans Are Lying About Medicaid Cuts
March 5, 2025
Press Release
CBO Analysis Requested by Boyle and Pallone, Confirms GOP Budget Would Require Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
March 5, 2025
Press Release
CBO Analysis Requested by Boyle and Pallone, Confirms GOP Budget Would Require Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
Q: “There was a nonpartisan CBO report showing the bottom 10% lose $1,200 a year while the top 10% add about $13,000. Can you justify that to the poorest Americans?”
JD VANCE: “The CBO puts out reports that are atrocious.”
(Translation: no, he can’t)
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
JD VANCE: “The CBO puts out reports that are atrocious.”
(Translation: no, he can’t)
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
August 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Q: “There was a nonpartisan CBO report showing the bottom 10% lose $1,200 a year while the top 10% add about $13,000. Can you justify that to the poorest Americans?”
JD VANCE: “The CBO puts out reports that are atrocious.”
(Translation: no, he can’t)
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
JD VANCE: “The CBO puts out reports that are atrocious.”
(Translation: no, he can’t)
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
SANCHEZ: You say the CBO is off with these estimates. But your website cites the CBO something like nine times, and you've talked about supporting a balanced budget amendment. You don't trust the CBO at all?
MIKE ROUNDS: The projection they're using is not using dynamic scoring
MIKE ROUNDS: The projection they're using is not using dynamic scoring
June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
SANCHEZ: You say the CBO is off with these estimates. But your website cites the CBO something like nine times, and you've talked about supporting a balanced budget amendment. You don't trust the CBO at all?
MIKE ROUNDS: The projection they're using is not using dynamic scoring
MIKE ROUNDS: The projection they're using is not using dynamic scoring
Someone should introduce him to the CBO.
Sen. Hawley a yes on exactly the thing he says we can’t be doing
June 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Someone should introduce him to the CBO.
CNBC: “You’ve been accused of being partisan.”
CBO DIRECTOR: “I am a Republican.”
Republicans dismiss the CBO saying #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer cuts health care and food the poor… and taxes for the rich — but it is led by one of their own. 🤔
CBO DIRECTOR: “I am a Republican.”
Republicans dismiss the CBO saying #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer cuts health care and food the poor… and taxes for the rich — but it is led by one of their own. 🤔
June 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CNBC: “You’ve been accused of being partisan.”
CBO DIRECTOR: “I am a Republican.”
Republicans dismiss the CBO saying #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer cuts health care and food the poor… and taxes for the rich — but it is led by one of their own. 🤔
CBO DIRECTOR: “I am a Republican.”
Republicans dismiss the CBO saying #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer cuts health care and food the poor… and taxes for the rich — but it is led by one of their own. 🤔
“Alarm bells about the GOP Medicaid cuts aren’t partisan fear-mongering. They're coming from the independent CBO.” The budget office warns of terminated insurance for millions. Jeff Nesbit explains the proposal’s real intentions.
CBO: The GOP’s Medicaid cuts will drop millions of people
It was never about 'waste, fraud, and abuse.'
contrarian.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Alarm bells about the GOP Medicaid cuts aren’t partisan fear-mongering. They're coming from the independent CBO.” The budget office warns of terminated insurance for millions. Jeff Nesbit explains the proposal’s real intentions.
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds wapo.st/4iJY8HF
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.
wapo.st
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds wapo.st/4iJY8HF