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Analysis: Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/4/2018 | Heather Long

Posted on 02/04/2018 9:26:50 AM PST by antidemoncrat

he federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year — President Donald Trump's first full year in charge of the budget.

That's almost double what the government borrowed in fiscal year 2017.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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KEYWORDS: debt; usdebt
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To: antidemoncrat

Will it ever be possible to balance the federal budget? Doesn’t seem like anyone in the federal government is concerned with it.


21 posted on 02/05/2018 5:47:51 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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Now that was funny


22 posted on 02/05/2018 8:52:08 AM PST by Jarhead9297
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