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A comment on USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from government sources. Parent comment

Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by erikpukinskis on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @04:53PM (#14142801)
I think there are players who expressly want the U.S. government not to have a surplus, due to the political connections/ramifictions/control debt can bring.
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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by hackuser on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @04:55PM (#14142828)
Yes. Look up 'Starve the Beast'.
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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by emodendroket on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @05:04PM (#14142901)
That's not only true now, it's been true all the way back to Robert Morris and Alexander Hamilton (although the goals weren't entirely the same at that time, obviously).
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