…which explains it all in terms of hot dogs and buns. And while trade deficits have also been a factor, even eliminating our trade deficit would still leave us much…

…Day” tariffs, the administration’s lawyers suggested that Section 122 wasn’t a viable option to address the trade deficit. “Trade deficits … are conceptually distinct from balance-of-payments deficits,” Justice Department attorneys told the…

…then who gained and what did they gain by covering up a deficit? What benefit is there about lying about a deficit? Of course, this is also a state funding…

…Not only did he turn a surplus into a deficit and lay the groundwork for bigger and better deficits to come, his defense of that deficit he created was fairly…

…leaves only two tax brackets — 10 percent and 25 percent — and will require either huge, deficit-busting tax cuts or increasing taxes on poor and middle-class households, as well…

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…the deficit by increasing taxes. The American people voted for the guy who wants to cut the deficit by increasing taxes. And then there’s the coup de grâce: In fact,…

…will be on the table,” he said. The 2011 agreement left unspecified how to achieve the additional $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years. That fall a so-called supercommittee…

…cuts (especially for the rich and big corporations) couldn’t conquer, the Bush regime very ably turned a budget surplus into a staggering deficit and a financil crisis that would guarantee…