JAMES CARTER And TIMOTHY MANEY: Washington’s Budget Process Is Broken. Fix It Now.
1 sourceUpdated Apr 16, 2026
The federal government spent $7 trillion last year. That works out to roughly $222,000 per second — a pace that would have made even the most reckless Gilded Age railroad baron blush. And yet, in Washington, the…
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