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Record Deficit Forecast as Obama Weighs Alternatives
nytimes.com - 1/7/2009
Record Deficit Forecast as Obama Weighs Alternatives
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President-elect Barack Obama with Nancy Killefer, his appointee as White House chief performance officer, during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday.
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— marketnewslive.blogspot.com — 01/08/09 Obama's pledge to restore fiscal discipline in Washington will have to wait until the economy is... back on track. (more) Video - Obama: Economy First, Deficit Later

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Marginal Revolution — ... I am no expert at reading the political tea leaves, but given the political costs involved it is unlikely he said this as a mere feint. ...

Government to the “Rescue”
Bear Mountain Bull — ... : Economists Embrace Government Spending The headline on the homepage of the New York Times is grim, and almost speaks for itself: $1.2 Trillion Deficit Forecast as Obama Weighs Options But, hey, so what? The “economists” are beyond the point of caring about massive government expenditures, at least according to the Times in ...

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