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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2057190/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2057190/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Elon Musk Discovers That Serious Spending Cuts Are ‘Really Difficult’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DiscretionarySpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscretionarySpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is set to propose $163 billion in cuts to non-defense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DiscretionarySpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscretionarySpending</span></a> for the 2026 fiscal year in what's known as a "skinny budget" Friday.</p><p>The cuts are for spending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> authorizes each year—which does not include spending on safety nets like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>.</p><p>The cuts…represent a 22.6% cut in projected <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> for the current fiscal year [as if costs weren’t going up]. They were confirmed by the White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384318/trump-budget-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-53843</span><span class="invisible">18/trump-budget-cuts</span></a></p>
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