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Why Obama Can Spend, Spend, Spend

A decade after Bill Clinton made Democrats the party of fiscal responsibility, the president-elect is about to turn the tables.

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Sometime early next year, Barack Obama will likely take out his pen and sign a stimulus bill that creates the biggest budget deficit in the history of man.

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