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  • The Incredible Shrining Deficit

    02/12/2007 4:31:59 PM PST · by DredTennis · 32 replies · 773+ views
    US News & World Report ^ | 2-12-2007 | James Pethokoukis
    It might be a bit cynical, not to mention premature, to call President Bush's new $2.9 trillion budget "dead on arrival." But the myriad proposals on everything from the Pentagon to the National Park Service are certainly going to be massaged a bit-mutilated in some cases, probably-by the new Democratic-controlled Congress. One thing you can bank on, though, is that when all is said and done, nixed and negotiated, Uncle Sam will still be in the red. As the White House figures it, the federal government will be spending $244 billion more than it collects in 2007 (or about 1.8...