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“Raising the debt ceiling by $5 trillion is a necessary and acceptable outcome of the BBB legislation”
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“The federal budget must be balanced”
The source claim endorses raising the debt ceiling by $5 trillion as 'necessary and acceptable,' explicitly accepting a massive increase in borrowing authority. Candidate 3 flatly demands 'BALANCE BUDGET!' — a position that is directly and structurally incompatible with a $5 trillion debt ceiling expansion. Balancing the budget means the government stops borrowing beyond its means; raising the ceiling by $5T moves sharply in the opposite direction.