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Idaho’s $80M Budget Gap and Government Spending Crisis

Author
Bob Neugebauer
Published
Tue 09 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://idahoradio.com/podcast/idaho-budget-deficit-government-spending/

Tea Party Bob and Idaho Freedom Foundation President Ron Nate examine Idaho's sudden shift from $345 million surplus to $80 million deficit. Discussion covers transportation building renovation costs doubling from $32 million to $69 million, government property management failures, and IFF's expanding oversight into local government and state employee benefits. Nate proposes selling the flood-damaged transportation building to close the budget gap while highlighting broader fiscal accountability issues across Idaho government agencies.

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