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Finally Some Straight Talk on the Deficit

After years of evasiveness by the GOP, finally some frank talk about deficits from Obama and even from Hillary in China.

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each said something smart about the budget deficit last week. Let’s hope Americans were listening.

While in Beijing, Clinton thanked the Chinese for buying our debt.

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