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To Tackle America’s Looming Debt Crisis, DOGE’s Cuts Can Go Only So Far 

Ever-larger chunks of the budget are consumed by entitlement spending, about which Trump’s cost-cutters can do little without Congress.

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Congressman Jodey Arrington delivers opening remarks during a House Budget Committee meeting on February 13, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
VERONIQUE de RUGY
VERONIQUE de RUGY

The Department of Government Efficiency draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers.

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VERONIQUE de RUGY
VERONIQUE de RUGY

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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