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"To get a better sense of how the Senate’s “current policy” baseline method works, think about going to the movies. Your ticket costs $10, the same as it did last week. This week, you decide to also buy a bucket of popcorn for $5. How much are you spending?

By traditional congressional accounting, you’re spending $15. But by the Senate’s new estimation method, you will only be spending $5. While that accurately represents how much your costs changed from one week to the next, it’s not a good prediction of the amount you will need to pay at checkout."

This is so incredibly misleading

"To get a better sense of how the Senate’s “current policy” baseline method works, think about going to the movies. Your ticket costs $10, the same as it did last week. This week, you decide to also buy a bucket of popcorn for $5. How much are you spending?

By traditional congressional accounting, you’re spending $15. But by the Senate’s new estimation method, you will only be spending $5. While that accurately represents how much your costs changed from one week to the next, it’s not a good prediction of the amount you will need to pay at checkout."

This is so incredibly misleading

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/28/senate-big-beautiful-bill-cost-trump/

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Whoever said "the numbers don't lie" clearly never worked in politics.