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A Deficit of Answers About Debt
The board says lawmakers keep dodging basic questions as debt tops $36 trillion and interest costs keep rising.
- As the midterm election season intensifies, candidates for Congress are promising voters tax cuts and benefits without detailing how they will pay for them, ignoring the federal government's deteriorating fiscal condition.
- The national debt has climbed beyond $40 trillion, with both Republicans and Democrats contributing to widening deficits through various spending increases and tax reductions.
- Candidates frequently offer popular tax breaks while avoiding fiscal discipline, behavior one editorial described as "the political equivalent of dessert before dinner," leaving voters without realistic answers.
- Some lawmakers are championing a "Working Americans' Tax Cut Act" that would eliminate federal revenue sources, yet proponents fail to explain how they will finance these cuts.
- Americans should demand serious explanations regarding fiscal policy, as every federal program must eventually be financed by taxes or borrowing, not political promises alone.
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A deficit of answers about debt
The midterm election season is in full swing, and candidates for Congress are doing what politicians often do: promising voters something in return for sending them to Washington or keeping them there.
·Missoula, United States
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