Is it possible to balance government budgets anymore?

In D.C., the answer seems to be “no.” See the Congressional Budget Office’s August estimate that federal deficits are growing faster than previously thought. Yet if federal lawmakers, or even President Trump, want to change that, they would do well to look to the budgetary leadership on display in my home state of Alaska.

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