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Column: Politicians seem incapable of balancing the federal budget

Congress must assign a bipartisan panel of unelected experts to shape proposals to balance the budget, business leader and author Jim Nowlan writes in a Chicago Tribune column.

I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025.
The federal government plans to spend a total of $7 trillion in fiscal 2025 but only bring in $5.16 trillion in revenue. That leaves a deficit of approximatel… [4333 chars]

Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot | Published: 2025-10-24T22:05:17Z

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