An opinion piece in Fox News reframes the US federal budget by scaling 2025's roughly $7 trillion in spending down to a $100 bill, aiming to make the scale of government spending and borrowing more relatable to ordinary Americans. The author argues that the exercise exposes an unsustainable pattern: the government borrowed heavily to cover the gap between what it collected and what it spent, with a growing share of that spending going purely towards servicing existing debt rather than public services.

Of every $100 in federal spending in fiscal year 2025, about $23 went to Social Security, $26 to major health programmes such as Medicare and Medicaid, $13 to defence, and $14 to interest on the national debt, with the remainder covering veterans' benefits, education, transport and other programmes. Total spending reached roughly $7 trillion against revenues of about $5.2 trillion, leaving a deficit of around $1.8 trillion, meaning the government borrowed about $26 for every $100 it spent. The article notes that net interest costs, already around $970 billion, are projected by the Congressional Budget Office to exceed $1 trillion in 2026, and calls for an annual "receipt" showing taxpayers exactly how their money is spent and borrowed.