A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows government spending UP nearly 6% this year (even with the DOGE savings) and yet Chucky Schumer is demanding MORE spending or he and his Senate colleagues will shutdown the government.

Democrats are insisting on more protections for federal workers, the restoration of money for NPR and PBS, and over $1 trillion(!) in new Medicaid spending.

Huh?

If you look at the just-releases spending trends from CBO, almost half of the increase comes from welfare benefits, Medicaid, and Medicare. Yet those are the areas that the Left is demanding further increases.

Trump can’t allow another Biden-esque budget blowout here. OMB director Russ Vought is prepared to shutter nonessential agencies, if he must. He will also order “reduction in force (RIF) notices for all employees in programs, projects, or activities.” Once the shutdown ends, agencies are also directed to retain only the “minimal number” of employees needed to function.

Both sides must share the blame for our bloated government. But this budget showdown is more depressing evidence that the Left has come a long way from when Bill Clinton famously declared 30 years ago in his State of the Union that “the era of big government is over.”