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In effect, a gold card program would serve as a form of deficit spending, favoring the current period over the more distant future.
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Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The barrier now is a handful of conservatives, who are vowing to oppose the measure over deficit spending concerns.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
But after the world abandoned the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, governments—including the U.S. government—learned to allay the costs of unemployment either by lowering interest rates to encourage consumer lending or through unrestricted deficit spending.
—Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
To counter those deficit spending effects, House GOP leaders have vowed to cut at least $1.5 trillion from federal programs over the next 10 years.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The barrier now is a handful of conservatives, who are vowing to oppose the measure over deficit spending concerns.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
But after the world abandoned the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, governments—including the U.S. government—learned to allay the costs of unemployment either by lowering interest rates to encourage consumer lending or through unrestricted deficit spending.
—Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
To counter those deficit spending effects, House GOP leaders have vowed to cut at least $1.5 trillion from federal programs over the next 10 years.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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