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Cut just 1 cent from $1?

Everyone knows federal finances are out of control.

We face a record federal budget deficit this year of $1.5 trillion! Unemployment is painfully high. The economy is shaky.

Is there no practical solution to avoid more federal government debt?

Atlanta businessman Bruce Cook, of Citizens for Restoring America’s Financial Future, believes there could be. He suggests the “One Cent Solution.”

Chuck Zeiser, of Chattanooga’s Southern Champion Tray, hosted a group of Chattanoogans one day this week to hear Cook explain the One Cent Solution.