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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 8/22/2008
Promises, Promises
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The deficit hawks at New America’s US Budget Watch have put out a slightly silly report on the budgetary impact of the presidential campaigns’ proposals. The main tactic seems to be to uncritically accept various assertions. Thus, McCain is said to be proposing to increase the 2013 deficit by somewhere between $275 and $367 billion relative to the CBO “current ...

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New Budget Analysis Accepts Gaping Holes In McCain’s Figures
Wonk Room — ... Matthew Yglesias has already called out the $159 billion in “unspecified budget cuts” which the group allows McCain to claim. The Washington Post ...

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