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But ballooning pension obligations through the end of the decade threaten to keep revenues well below costs, which may lead officials to seek yet more taxes down the line.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
And if the interest expense on our gigantic and ballooning national debt of $39 trillion weren’t already running at nearly $1 trillion a year, bigger than Medicare spending and equaling two-thirds of Social Security outlays, the half-point upward shift would likely prove manageable.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Much of Washington’s debate around food programs like SNAP and WIC has focused on legitimate concerns about waste, abuse and the general ballooning cost of the federal government.
—Sam Raus, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
And if the interest expense on our gigantic and ballooning national debt of $39 trillion weren’t already running at nearly $1 trillion a year, bigger than Medicare spending and equaling two-thirds of Social Security outlays, the half-point upward shift would likely prove manageable.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Much of Washington’s debate around food programs like SNAP and WIC has focused on legitimate concerns about waste, abuse and the general ballooning cost of the federal government.
—Sam Raus, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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