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Government spending gets even more out of control

By Chris Talgo
Published January 22, 2020 12:00am ET
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Government spending gets even more out of control
The federal government continues to spend money like a drunken sailor who just won the Powerball jackpot. According to the Congressional Budget Office, “The federal budget deficit was $358 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 … $39 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last year.” Even more shocking, […]

The federal government continues to spend money like a drunken sailor who just won the Powerball jackpot.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, “The federal budget deficit was $358 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 … $39 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last year.”

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