作者:
cosmite (K)
2025-02-27 10:45:29數據顯示，川普上任以來，美國政府支出迄今未放緩
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路透
作者：Jason Lange 、 Andy Sullivan和Brad Heath
2025 年 2 月 26 日下午 7:11
概要：
1. 川普上任第一個月，美國政府支出 7,100 億美元，高於去年同期
2. 不斷上漲的利息、退休和醫療費用抵消了所有儲蓄
3. 解僱工人並沒有帶來明顯節省
華盛頓 2 月 26 日 （路透社）—路透社對聯邦數據的分析顯示，川普總統上任第一個月，
美國政府的支出比去年同期還要多，這表明他的成本削減舉措尚未減輕國家沉重的財政負擔
。
自上個月重新掌權以來，川普已經凍結了數十億美元的對外援助，並解雇了2萬多名聯邦工
作人員。他的預算削減負責人、科技億萬富翁伊隆馬斯克聲稱已節省了數百億美元。
但財政部支出記錄顯示，迄今為止，醫療和退休計畫支出的增加以及利息支付的增加抵消了
任何節省的資金。
財政部每日支出數據顯示，1 月 21 日至 2 月 20 日期間，政府整體支出約 7,100 億美元
，高於去年同期的約 6,300 億美元。
獨立預算專家表示，這些數字顯示人口老化和債務負擔膨脹帶來的巨大壓力。
負責任聯邦預算委員會主席瑪雅·麥克吉尼斯 (Maya MacGuineas) 表示：“我們的 7 兆美
元預算是由結構性失衡驅動的，因為與我們的實際收入相比，我們在退休和醫療保健計劃方
面做出了過多的承諾。” “我們在好的時候和壞的時候都藉錢，這導致了創紀錄的債務水
平。”
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自 1 月 20 日共和黨人唐納德·川普重返白宮以來的一個月內，聯邦政府總體支出高於前
總統、民主黨人喬·拜登執政時期的去年同期。
白宮表示，馬斯克領導的政府效率部正在履行川普削減浪費和欺詐性支出的承諾。
白宮發言人卡羅琳·萊維特說：“DOGE 已經為美國納稅人節省了數十億美元，特朗普總統
將繼續指導這項工作，直到我們的政府真正為民服務、由民治。”
馬斯克和川普都表示，他們的目標是將 6.7 兆美元的聯邦預算削減 1 兆美元，但川普也承
諾不會減少領取社會安全退休金和參加醫療保險計畫的老年人的福利。
這兩個項目佔上個財政年度聯邦政府支出的三分之一以上。儘管隨著人口老化，這些支出預
計會佔用更多預算，但削減這些支出將激怒數百萬美國人。
布魯金斯學會負責追蹤美國財政部每日支出報表的研究員勞倫鮑爾 (Lauren Bauer) 表示：
“如果不觸及第三軌，他們就無法實現目標。”
馬斯克表示他將仔細審查這兩個項目是否存在欺詐行為，但他審查敏感支付和人事記錄的行
為引發了人們對安全和隱私的擔憂。週三，DOGE 的 21 名職業工作人員辭職以示抗議，稱
該機構對美國人的私人數據處理不當。
川普幾乎無法減少債務償還支出（佔去年預算的 13%），否則將面臨違約風險，進而擾亂全
球金融體系。
財政部的數據顯示，川普上任第一個月，政府支付了約 940 億美元的利息，而去年同期支
付的利息約 800 億美元。
DOGE 修改儲蓄聲明
馬斯克的成本削減部門上週聲稱，透過取消合約和房地產租賃，已經節省了 550 億美元，
但此後似乎承認，許多削減措施所節省的資金比最初聲稱的要少。
路透社調查發現，週二發布的更新資訊取消或降低了 170 份合約的成本節約總額約 30 億
美元。例如，美國國際開發署一份合約的節省金額從近 6.55 億美元下降到 35 美分。
迄今為止，川普和馬斯克最大膽的預算削減舉措只集中在預算的一小部分。他實際上已經解
散了美國國際開發署，該署在 2023 財年支出了 420 億美元，相當於預算的 0.6%。
他還透過買斷計劃和大規模裁員來精簡美國公務員隊伍，迄今為止，全國 230 萬聯邦文職
人員中約有 10 萬人受到影響。任何工資節省都尚未實現。 2022財年人事成本佔總支出的4
.3%。
凍結國內援助支出的嘗試目前已遭到法庭阻撓。
原文：
US government spending has not slowed under Trump so far, data shows
Summary：
US government spent $710 billion in Trump's first month, up from same period a y
ear ago
Rising interest, retirement and health costs offset any savings
No apparent savings yet from fired workers
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. government spent more during President D
onald Trump's first month in office than it did during the same period a year ag
o, in a sign his cost-slashing effort has yet to reduce the nation's heavy fisca
l obligations, a Reuters analysis of federal data shows.
Trump has frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid and fired more than 20,000 f
ederal workers since he returned to power last month. His budget-cutting point p
erson, tech billionaire Elon Musk, claims to have saved tens of billions of doll
ars.
But any savings have been outweighed so far by higher spending on health and ret
irement programs and rising interest payments, Treasury Department spending reco
rds show.
Overall, the government spent about $710 billion between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20, Tr
easury daily spending data shows, up from the roughly $630 billion during a comp
arable period last year.
Independent budget experts said the figures illustrate the relentless pressures
incurred by an aging population and a ballooning debt load.
"Our $7 trillion budget is driven by structural imbalances because we've over-pr
omised in our retirement and health care programs compared to what we're taking
in," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal
Budget. "We've borrowed in good times and bad times, which has led to record deb
t levels."
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In the month since Republican Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan 20
, overall federal spending is higher than during the same period a year earlier
under former President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
The White House said Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is following thr
ough on Trump's promise to cut wasteful and fraudulent spending.
"DOGE has already identified billions of dollars in savings for American taxpaye
rs, and President Trump will continue to direct this effort until our government
is truly for the people, and by the people," White House spokeswoman Karoline L
eavitt said.
Musk and Trump have said they aim to reduce the $6.7 trillion federal budget by
$1 trillion, but Trump has also promised not to reduce benefits for seniors who
get Social Security retirement payments and participate in the Medicare health p
lan.
Those two programs accounted for more than one third of federal dollars spent in
the last fiscal year. While they are projected to eat up more of the budget as
the population ages, trimming them would anger millions of Americans.
"There is no way to meet their goals without hitting the third rail," said Laure
n Bauer, a researcher at the Brookings Institution who tracks the Treasury Depar
tment's daily spending statements.
Musk has said he will scrutinize both programs for fraud, but his attempts to sc
rutinize sensitive payment and personnel records have raised security and privac
y fears. On Wednesday, 21 career workers in DOGE resigned in protest, saying the
agency had mishandled Americans' private data.
Trump can do little to reduce debt service payments, which accounted for 13% of
the budget last year, without risking a default that would rattle the global fin
ancial system.
The government paid about $94 billion in interest payments during Trump's first
month, compared to around $80 billion in the comparable period last year, Treasu
ry data shows.
DOGE REVISES SAVINGS CLAIMS
Musk's cost-cutting operation claimed last week that it had saved $55 billion th
rough canceled contracts and property leases, but has since appeared to acknowle
dge that many of the cuts saved less money than originally claimed.
An update released on Tuesday had either removed or lowered the cost savings for
170 contracts by a total of roughly $3 billion, a Reuters examination found. Sa
vings on one USAID contract, for example, dropped from almost $655 million to 35
cents.
Trump and Musk's most dramatic budget-cutting efforts to date have focused on a
much smaller portion of the budget. He has effectively dismantled the U.S. Agenc
y for International Development, which spent $42 billion in the 2023 fiscal year
, equal to 0.6% of the budget.
He has also thinned the ranks of the U.S. civil service through a buyout program
and mass layoffs that so far have affected about 100,000 of the nation's 2.3 mi
llion federal civilian workers. Any payroll savings have yet to materialize. Per
sonnel costs equaled 4.3% of total spending in the 2022 fiscal year.
An attempt to freeze domestic aid spending has been blocked in court for now.
心得評論：
川普上任第一個月，美國政府支出 7,100 億美元，高於去年同期。被不斷上漲的利息、退
休和醫療費用抵消了所有努力
快到期的（3月14日）美聯邦債務上限，會不會又需要拉高債務上限？
川普到處搞關稅戰，正在面臨預期通膨，然而不斷上漲的利息，能夠升息的本錢越來越少，
也難怪之前會傳出直接賴帳(美債)的”傳聞”，一切都說的通了