Arkansas projects funded as debt elephant gets fed

Editor’s note: Steve Brawner’s column is syndicated to 20 outlets in Arkansas. Email him at [email protected].

Congress has funded most but probably not all of the government. Four members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation secured hundreds of millions of dollars for highways and other state projects. Meanwhile, a nonpartisan group is warning of the consequences of ever-increasing government debt.

That paragraph pretty much sums up the federal budget news from the past couple of weeks, with more to come…

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