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Welcome to the Bonus Show. It is great to be back in the studio. It is a normal bonus show today.

We are basically beyond all of the book stuff. I do hope to see people in Springfield, Massachusetts, this Saturday, October 3rd for that event with Jessica Tarlov. But I am back in the studio and that is a great thing. Let's talk about things happening and stuff and all of that. We start with the Trump administration canceling eight hundred and ten million dollars in spending. Now every year, Congress passes laws which allocate money to programs. The government, the administration has things they want to do. And then Congress comes in and passes a law and says, OK, we're going to fund this stuff.

And for the second year in a row, Donald Trump is refusing to send some of that money. That Congress says, hey, it's part of the budget and we've approved it. And this immediately becomes a political battle. Now of the eight hundred and ten million that Trump wants to withhold, a bunch of it, five hundred and sixty seven million comes from programs that, quote, provided services to refugees, asylees and other noncitizens.

This is called a pocket rescission and it is illegal, according to the Government Accountability Office, which watches a lot of these governmental comings and goings. Now it's funny because we're talking about something very narrow, Pat, a pocket rescission. But the overarching framework that covers this is a little thing called the Constitution. Article one of the Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and decide how federal funds are spent. This isn't really a power that the administration has. But when the president decides to cancel funds without actual time to reallocate or have Congress way in, it's called the pocket rescission. You've got the end of the fiscal year very close. And this means the money won't be spent. Congress simply won't have time to respond. Surprised by any of this?

Pat (4:25)

Not surprised at all. This is yet another illegal action that Donald Trump is taking and another illegal action that he probably won't face any consequences for whatsoever. You'd like to think, well, maybe Congress could step in. But as you pointed out, the fiscal year is about to end. Also, Congress went home to start campaigning for the midterm. So things, they are not going to turn around any soon. And then when it comes to the courts, they drag their feet on these sorts of issues. They're not all that willing to reverse Donald Trump's decisions urgently. So by the time they get around to this, it may end up being a moot point. And it's no surprise why Donald Trump is doing it this year because he was able to get away with it last year. Why not do it again?

David Pakman (5:06)

There are some people who will understandably hear this and go, David, eight hundred and ten million dollars. It's not even a billion dollars in an economy of 17 trillion dollars. Why do we care?