Boyle: Current policy baseline is jargon for essentially this concept -- I bought a doughnut this morning, I paid for that doughnut, tomorrow and the next day and every day for the rest of my life, that doughnut will cost me nothing. According to current policy baseline, that is... true. This bill uses, make no mistake about it, current policy baseline. I want to give Republicans credit. You have solved the Democrats problem and come up with a way Democrats will pay for medicare for all. You have solved it using current policy baseline.show more

Boyle’s doughnut analogy cuts through all the budget jargon. The “current policy baseline” is just a sneaky budget gimmick — it assumes temporary tax cuts are permanent, making them look like they cost nothing when they really do. This trick lets Republicans extend giveaways to the wealthy while hiding the real price tag and long-term debt impact. By using this baseline, they’re not solving anything — they’re setting the stage for future spending without real fiscal responsibility. It’s a dangerous move that gambles with our financial future and shifts the burden onto the next generations. Political convenience over responsible governance — and we all pay the price.

Boyle’s doughnut analogy nails the absurdity of D.C. budget math. The “current policy baseline” is a scam to greenlight trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while gutting Medicaid. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act uses this gimmick to claim fiscal responsibility, but it’s just another way to hide the looting. Cutting $800B from Medicaid while letting billion-dollar pharma contracts go untouched? That’s not reform—it’s theft. Real fiscal discipline means auditing waste, not punishing vulnerable Americans to fund loopholes for insiders. The numbers don’t lie—see who really benefits and who pays the price:

They did open this can of worms lol

Brutal. Republicans just invented magic math so broken it could fund Medicare for All — and they’re proud of it. Welcome to the donut economy. Zero cost, infinite lies.

That’s an idiotic statement. No one thinks that things that are in the baseline budget cost nothing. Baseline is just a way to judge if the things cost more, less or the same this year compared to last