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This Is the Golden Age of Deficit Reduction
R.I.P., Red Ink
As Washington chewed over the Paul Ryan-Patty Murray budget deal, the Treasury Department announced a walloping drop in red ink. Turns out government didn’t need a “grand bargain” to get its fiscal house in order.
Daniel Gross
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Dec. 12 2013
2:05PM EST
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