Friday, August 19, 2011

How Big Is the Deficit, Anyway?

James Kwak answers How Big Is the Deficit, Anyway?. "The first question is this: How big is the deficit anyway? The answer is pretty complicated—complicated enough for S&P to mess up (although in my opinion they made a rookie mistake, as I’ll explain later). Warning: lots of numbers ahead, though the only math is addition and subtraction."

Hint, it's the Bush tax cuts that are the problem.

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