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Friday, October 17, 2008

08 Deficit Due Almost Entirely to Higher Spending

This post is instructive. The increase in the 2008 deficit vs. 2007 is almost entirely due to higher spending, which increased over 9% vs. a 2% increase in government revenue.

I think it's more than coincidence that this is the first budget year that Democrats ruled Congress and the government purse strings.