July 6, 2011 1:50PM # Cato Video on $2 Trillion in Spending Cuts By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) --- SHARE A new video produced by Cato’s Caleb Brown and Austin Bragg does a typically stellar job of visualizing the alleged $2 trillion in spending cuts currently being negotiated on Capitol Hill as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The video is based on my [recent chart](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/2-trillion-cuts-perspective), which shows that $2 trillion in cuts over ten years is relatively small considering that the federal government is projected to spend almost $46 trillion over that same time frame. Indeed, rather than actually cutting spending, federal spending (and debt) would continue to grow – just at a slightly lower rate. The video also highlights [Chris Edwards’ concern that the cuts will be phony](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/debt-limit-deal-will-cuts-be-phony): instead of actual terminations in programs or reductions in entitlements, there is a strong possibility that budget gimmicks will be used to arrive at the savings. ##### Related Tags [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).