Anonymous14 days ago
Senator Rand Paul has reintroduced his Six Penny Plan, a budget resolution that would cut six percent from projected federal spending each year to achieve a balanced budget within five years. The proposal, which failed 39-56 in a September 2024 Senate vote and was reintroduced in September 2025, has evolved through multiple iterations since 2017—each requiring progressively deeper cuts as federal spending has grown from $4 trillion to over $7 trillion. While fiscal hawks praise the plan's ambition, critics argue it lacks specificity on which programs to cut and could force steep reductions to programs serving tens of millions of Americans.