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To: TimF who wrote (48910)1/5/2012 10:19:16 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Re: "Saying it happened in the past"

Doesn't at all mean that it happened IN THIS INSTANCE. :-)

Re: [NO big structural increases in entitlements or in discretionary spending to be found.] "All sorts of additional discretionary spending is to be found"

Nothing that is both "structural" (i.e., built-in so it continues in all future budgets) and a big enough increase to amount to a hill of beans in the context of the total budget.

Nothing.