Just how much budget cutting are Republicans going to do? Maybe quite a bit.

If this happens, the line on the above charts is going even lower, especially as compared on a historical basis:

Donald Trump is ready to take an ax to government spending. Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday’s presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned.

The changes they propose are dramatic.

The departments of Commerce and Energy would see major reductions in funding, with programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or transferred to other agencies. The departments of Transportation, Justice and State would see significant cuts and program eliminations. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be privatized, while the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely. Overall, the blueprint being used by Trump’s team would reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over 10 years.

Dramatic indeed. And if this happens, you wouldn’t even need dynamic scoring to keep the budget from bleeding red ink from deep tax cuts. But should it happen is another question, especially versus reforming middle-class entitlements.