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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the fiscal year just ended — a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war.

Every Republican idea has two sides to it, the result they TELL you it's going to have and the result it's ACTUALLY going to have. This was both predictable and predicted by every economist who was asked about it.

Source: http://www.wbur.org/npr/657790901/federal-deficit-jumps-17-percent-as-tax-cuts-eat-into-government-revenue [wbur.org]

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