Fiscal appendix
Version 2.1, revised November 4, 2026
The Contract to Save America has not been scored by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation. This appendix describes each proposal’s fiscal direction in plain words and cites real published estimates only where one exists for a closely related policy. It gives no invented totals.
| Proposal | Fiscal direction | Published estimate |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Homeland First | Reduces outlays (ending foreign assistance grants). Raises receipts (remittance tax at 50% for senders who are not citizens, 99% for senders unlawfully present). One-time land acquisition costs, offset by resale. | No official estimate for this proposal. For scale only: JCT put the current 1% tax on cash-funded remittances (26 U.S.C. 4475) at about $10.0 billion over FY2025–2034. Rates of 50% and 99% cannot be scaled from that; senders would shift to informal channels, so revenue is highly uncertain until JCT scores it. |
| 2. Rebuild America | Reduces revenue in early years (structures expensing). | JCT estimated the temporary qualified production property provision in Public Law 119-21 at about $141 billion over FY2025–2034; a permanent version would cost more. |
| 3. Cheap Energy | Raises receipts (lease sales, royalties) and reduces subsidy costs. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 4. A Home for Every Young Family | Reduces revenue (savings accounts); one-time receipts from land sales. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 5. Keep What You Earn | Large revenue reduction. | Tax Foundation: about $1.4 trillion over 2025–2034 for ending income tax on Social Security benefits. JCT: about $32 billion (tips) and $90 billion (overtime) over FY2025–2034 for the capped, temporary deductions in current law; the permanent, uncapped version would cost more. No estimate yet for the $75,000 exclusion or the $10,000 credit. |
| 6. Citizens First Benefits | Work requirements reduce outlays; parity could raise or lower outlays. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 7. Sound Money | Small revenue reduction (metal exclusion); small administrative costs. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 8. Free Speech Restoration | Small enforcement costs. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 9. Election Integrity | Grants to States for IDs, paper ballots, and audits. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
| 10. Congress Works for You | Balanced budget amendment requires outlays to match receipts from its fifth year. | No official estimate for this proposal. |
Taken together, the tax cuts in Plank 5 would reduce revenue substantially, and the balanced budget amendment in Plank 10 would then require matching spending reductions, revenue from other planks, or a three-fifths vote. Official scores from CBO and JCT are needed before any vote.