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Success means balanced budgets that protect essential services without gimmicks or deficit spending, and a county hospital that is strong, accessible, and financially secure.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Policy choices like deficit spending and higher tariffs threaten to boost inflation, putting the Fed in a bind.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Historically, Germans have opposed deficit spending.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
The White House did not directly respond to NPR's questions about the government's deficit spending or the increase in the national debt.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Policy choices like deficit spending and higher tariffs threaten to boost inflation, putting the Fed in a bind.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Historically, Germans have opposed deficit spending.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
The White House did not directly respond to NPR's questions about the government's deficit spending or the increase in the national debt.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Deficit spending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deficit%20spending. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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