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The Affordability Plan


At a grocery checkout, a shopper holding milk, eggs and bread looks at an oversized receipt reading Budget 2026, $62.3 billion projected deficit. He says, I just came in for the affordability plan.

Editorial cartoon by Walter Beaver and Francis “Franky” Facts | North of Polite

Milk, eggs, bread.
“I just came in for the affordability plan.” 🍁

Budget 2026 fiscal projections

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