Don C. Brunell: Time to Worry About a Shutdown Again

Unfortunately, discussion over our skyrocketing national debt is only a footnote in the testy presidential campaign this year. Hopefully, the upcoming debates will change that.

The new president and Congress face a day of reckoning next March when the limit on the amount of money we can borrow reaches $20.1 trillion. Either both parties reach an agreement on funding our government or the president orders a shut down.

That’s why voters should know where the candidates stand on handling our massive federal debt before they cast their ballots this November.

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