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The idea being there’s too much deficit spending and government is becoming way too big and becoming unmoored from constitutional limited-government principles.
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Christian Paz, Vox, 6 July 2025
Musk, who served in a special White House post that ended May 30, became sharply critical of Trump’s package of legislative priorities that congressional agencies have said will raise deficit spending and the national debt.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Other issues — tariffs, rising deficit spending, and spending cuts for important common good activities — combine with inflation to create greater uncertainty in the near future and the potential for a recession.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Today, according to the Debt Clock, the national debt is approaching $37 trillion, the federal budget exceeds $7 trillion and deficit spending tops $2 trillion.
—Dennis M. Powell, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
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Christian Paz, Vox, 6 July 2025
Musk, who served in a special White House post that ended May 30, became sharply critical of Trump’s package of legislative priorities that congressional agencies have said will raise deficit spending and the national debt.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Other issues — tariffs, rising deficit spending, and spending cuts for important common good activities — combine with inflation to create greater uncertainty in the near future and the potential for a recession.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Today, according to the Debt Clock, the national debt is approaching $37 trillion, the federal budget exceeds $7 trillion and deficit spending tops $2 trillion.
—Dennis M. Powell, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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