Spending is out of control:
FY2019 = $4.4T
FY2024 = $6.9T, up 56% since 2019.

My chart here shows a baseline based on population + inflation.

Using that control, FY2024 spending would have been $5.6T vs. the actual $6.9T, and the deficit would have been $500B vs. the actual $1.8T.

Had we used that simple control, total debt would be $8.8T less today.

@RonJohnson