Advanced ➔ Results Outside the BoxOpinion: How Trump’s budget is gambling with your savings and investmentsInvestors’ assumption that wealth will continuously increase is to be testedPublished: July 8, 2025 at 7:50 a.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has said that the U. Is at “the precipice of the new golden age of America.
” But given what’s in the federal budget that President Donald Trump just signed, “precipice” might be more accurate than “golden age.
”Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill will increase America’s debt without significantly boosting growth.
The tax cuts will not stimulate economic activity, as they are not new but a continuation of existing arrangements. The budget’s major beneficiaries are wealthy Americans, who are not big consumers.
Cuts in welfare benefits and other austerity measures when added to DOGE initiatives will contract, not expand, the economy. Show Conversation (0)Back To TopCopyright © 2025 MarketWatch, Inc.
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