Thank you for being one of our most loyal readers. Please consider supporting community journalism by subscribing. Experts say the deficit is more affected by the Republican tax cut, which alone is projected to increase the shortfall by a trillion dollars over the next decade. Trickle-down economics has again proven to be a lie. All of these expenditures can be debated and their pros and cons argued as policy matters. And we. And while every large program can find examples of waste and corruption, one glaring and unnecessary source of corruption is within the White House. The biggest and most public abuse of taxpayer funds by Trump is his golf habit. But since taking office, Trump has been on a golf course, mostly his, times as of Sept. The issue is not that any president plays golf.