The federal government is more than $38 trillion in debt, roughly $112,000 for every American. That debt is real. It shows up in higher prices at the grocery store, in bigger mortgage and car payments, and in the rising cost of housing, fuel, and basic necessities.
Idaho is not immune. Nearly 40% of Idaho’s budget comes from federal money, and that percent is growing. Those dollars are borrowed dollars — borrowed against the future of our children and grandchildren — from a federal government already buried in debt. As we [Idaho Gang of Eight] have said before, a state cannot remain affordable, stable, or truly sovereign when its budget increasingly depends on Washington.
Idaho cannot fix Washington’s spending problem, but it can refuse to replicate it. Read More.
