Maintain Idaho's AAA credit rating by keeping cash reserves, and refuse to deficit-spend or add new state debt to balance the budget.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Maintain Idaho's AAA credit rating by keeping cash reserves, and refuse to deficit-spend or add new state debt to balance the budget.”
Sources
- Idaho Office of the Governor (2026 State of the State and Budget Address)https://gov.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-sots.pdf ↗
“We will keep money in the bank so we can keep our AAA credit rating. We won’t deficit spend, and we won’t add new debt like Congress does.”