What would it take to balance the budget? I asked ChatGPT.
Budget Cuts to Eliminate $1.2 Trillion Deficit:
•Defense Spending: $100 billion (14.3% cut from $700 billion)
•Medicare and Medicaid: $150 billion (12.5% cut from $1.2 trillion)
•Social Security: $150 billion (11.5% cut from $1.3 trillion)
•Discretionary Spending: $200 billion (20% cut from $1 trillion)
•Subsidies and Tax Expenditures: $100 billion (exact percentage varies)
•Government Efficiency and Waste Reduction: $100 billion (estimated 10% cut from various departments)
•Department of Education: $50 billion (28.6% cut from $175 billion)
•Department of Transportation: $50 billion (25% cut from $200 billion)
•Department of Energy: $25 billion (33.3% cut from $75 billion)
•Department of Agriculture: $25 billion (25% cut from $100 billion)
•Department of Homeland Security: $25 billion (16.7% cut from $150 billion)
•Department of Health and Human Services: $50 billion (7.1% cut from $700 billion)
•Other Departments and Programs: $175 billion (estimated percentage varies)
Total Cuts: $1.2 trillion
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