A Trillion Here, A Trillion There

Written by David Frum on Saturday March 21, 2009

... and pretty soon you're talking real deficits.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10014/03-20-PresidentBudget.pdf

These terrifying numbers from CBO do help to explain why President Obama would contemplate the otherwise reckless step of cramming through his health and enviro plans via the truncated reconciliation process. If exposed to full view, the costs piled atop the costs of the administration's other spending programs would terrify half the Democratic Senate caucus...

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