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To: Alighieri who wrote (16294)4/7/2010 12:29:05 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
What's causing the trillion-dollar-plus deficits from fiscal years 2009 to 2011?

The fact that spending increased from under $2tril under Clinton, to over $3 tril now, and I suspect $4tril isn't that far off.

Yes that's nominal dollars rather than real dollars, but there hasn't been a tremendous amount of inflation in that time span.