A list of productive spending cuts Congress could pass in a 2025 budget reconciliation bill
- Public sector wages are on average 17% higher than private-sector equivalents while benefits are 47% higher than those of private-sector workers.
Converging private and public sector retirement benefits could save upwards of $230 billion over ten years.
- Rolling back food stamp increases
- Tighten work requirements for SNAP recipients
- End categorical eligibility (meaning one wouldn’t automatically receive SNAP benefits because one receives certain other social benefits)
- Restrict SNAP food subsidies to non-junk food options
- Restrict welfare for immigrants
- End student loan forgiveness & cap federal student loans
- Introduce block grant Medicaid & stop Medicaid financing gimmicks by State governments
- Remove ACA repayment limits after an overpayment of health subsidies occurred
- Fully privatize Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Converging private and public sector retirement benefits could save upwards of $230 billion over ten years.
- Rolling back food stamp increases
- Tighten work requirements for SNAP recipients
- End categorical eligibility (meaning one wouldn’t automatically receive SNAP benefits because one receives certain other social benefits)
- Restrict SNAP food subsidies to non-junk food options
- Restrict welfare for immigrants
- End student loan forgiveness & cap federal student loans
- Introduce block grant Medicaid & stop Medicaid financing gimmicks by State governments
- Remove ACA repayment limits after an overpayment of health subsidies occurred
- Fully privatize Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
