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New York Daily News editorial board
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New York Daily News
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June 15, 2025
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https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/15/trumps-big-ugly/
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If the OBBB cut taxes while tending to the debt and wisely cut spending across the federal government, it would at least be an internally consistent expression of Republican philosophy, an attempt to radically shrink the footprint of the federal government. Instead, the same Republican Party that used to want to pare back government spending would shell out $168 billion for immigration and border enforcement. As the Cato Institute points out, “In FY 2025…Congress allocated nearly $34 billion to immigration and border enforcement agencies. That’s 36 times more than what is provided for tax and financial crimes enforcement (IRS-Treasury), 21 times more than funding for firearms enforcement (ATF), 13 times more than drug enforcement (DEA), and eight times more than the FBI budget to enforce effectively everything else.”
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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
