The U.S government’s debt hit $37.6 trillion on Sept. 30, the end of the most recent fiscal year. To put that number in perspective, a stack of $1 bills in that amount would be 2.5 million miles tall.
A bipartisan commitment to responsible budgeting was once a fundamental part of American governance. Congress borrowed for exceptional situations and reduced the debt burden otherwise. Since the Great ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- To close an almost billion-dollar budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools presented a balanced budget that does not include cuts to the classroom or taking out a loan Wednesday. Yet, ...
A bipartisan commitment to responsible budgeting was once a fundamental part of American governance. Congress borrowed for exceptional situations and reduced the debt burden otherwise. Since the Great ...
What’s the bigger generational burden: small amounts of annual borrowing to pay for small governmental overages in a nation full of 20 percent taxed middle earners (governments can't borrow ...
Discover key arguments for and against a balanced federal budget, exploring potential impacts on national debt, taxpayers, and future economic stability.
Some lawmakers want to adopt a new amendment to force Congress to come up with balanced budgets to keep the country’s ballooning deficit from continuing to spiral out of control and risk a debt crisis ...
Citilink has overcome the $2.5 million deficit it faced last year and now has a balanced budget for 2026. CEO John Metzinger presented the public transportation service’s 2026 budget to the City ...
Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard is asking candidates who have submitted validated petitions to run for mayor a weekly issue-oriented question. The candidates get up to four days to reply and must ...
As the Lake County Council approved Tuesday a balanced budget for fiscal year 2026, it failed to pass an elimination of vacant positions before and through January 2025 and a 2% raise for some ...
Some things never change: despite radical growth in technologically driven material abundance, humans today fundamentally exhibit the same characteristics of those living at the time of Aristotle, ...