Government spending gets even more out of control

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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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