Rosie Ettenheim

Jan 19, 2025 | msn.com | Anthony DeBarros |Rosie Ettenheim

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Nov 28, 2024 | jp.wsj.com | Justin Lahart |Rosie Ettenheim

The U.S. federal government spent $6.75 trillion in the most recent fiscal year ended Sept. 30, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Walk around town handing $20,000 to everyone you see. Now do that for the entire U.S. population, all 337 million of us. That is about how much the U.S. spent.

Nov 26, 2024 | wsj.com | Justin Lahart |Rosie Ettenheim

The U.S. federal government spent $6.75 trillion in the most recent fiscal year ended Sept. 30, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Walk around town handing $20,000 to everyone you see. Now do that for the entire U.S. population, all 337 million of us. That is about how much the U.S. spent.

Nov 26, 2024 | msn.com | Justin Lahart |Rosie Ettenheim

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Nov 26, 2024 | wsj.com | Justin Lahart |Rosie Ettenheim

Musk has suggested he could cut at least $2 trillion, though he didn’t specify whether he meant annually or over time. DOGE, as the organization is known, will sit outside the government and won’t have decision-making power. Congress generally controls the government’s purse strings, not the president, though Trump has signaled he would like to change that. A lot of U.S. government spending is considered mandatory—benefits that are paid without any annual vote by Congress. Mandatory vs.