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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (90956)9/13/2010 8:42:07 PM
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Budget deficit on pace to hit $1.3 trillion
Federal budget deficit on pace to hit $1.3 trillion, second highest on record

AP Economics Writer,

On Monday September 13, 2010, 2:09 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government is on track to record the second-highest deficit of all time with one month left in the budget year.

The Treasury Department says that through August, the deficit totaled $1.26 trillion. That's down 8.1 percent from the same period in 2009, when the government recorded a record $1.4 trillion deficit. But it is on pace to total $1.3 trillion -- the second-largest deficit on record.

Soaring deficits have become a major issue with voters heading into the midterm elections. Republicans have highlighted the deficits to illustrate how government spending is on the rise under Democrats.

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