The federal deficit is likely to average a trillion dollars a year over the next decade.
The mission, according to all parties, is to trim the Federal deficit and increase the debt-ceiling.
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The federal deficit was 1.9% of GDP in 2006, and fell to 1.1% in 2007.
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It is legislation that is fully paid for and it will reduce our long-term federal deficit.
This alone would close more than three percent of the current annual federal deficit.
And four, the fact that we are still doing nothing about our federal deficit problem.
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Paul criticized Obama and Congress for failing to seriously address the federal deficit and national debt.
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We now believe we can expand our monetary programs to eliminate the federal deficit.
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In prior post-WWII recessions, the average federal deficit was 2.3% and in the immediate recovery, GDP surged.
The market is expecting payroll tax cuts even if that means a deepening of the federal deficit.
This is a massive entitlement program that could add billions and probably trillions to the federal deficit.
Among other things, Kyl disputed Obama's claims that the Democratic plan won't add to the federal deficit.
If nothing else, the ballooning federal deficit is a signal that taxes are going to go up.
Nonetheless, many individual investors continue to have concerns about the economy, interest rates and the federal deficit.
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The president did vow that he wouldn't sign a bill that would add to the federal deficit.
However, federal spending increased by 3.4% of GDP, causing the federal deficit to increase by 2.4% of GDP.
In fact, the White House budget office scores the agency as a net positive for the federal deficit.
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Voters Actually Concerned About U.S. Federal Deficit by Addison Wiggin originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning.
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Though Americans for Prosperity is purportedly nonpartisan, its ads attack Obama for presiding over a growing federal deficit.
Our federal deficit problem requires reforming the entitlement programs, the biggest of which are entitlements for the elderly.
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To put an end to this brutality, the Europeans want Mr Bush to rein in the federal deficit.
In the background, however, worries about the economy and the federal deficit persist.
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Allowing the sequester to take effect is different from a rational approach to getting the federal deficit under control.
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Earnings and the economy are recovering, but there are still several underlying problems (unemployment, housing, the federal deficit, etc.).
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The US federal deficit as percentage of GDP is around 7% to 8%.
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Congress has been at loggerheads over the need to cut the federal deficit.
Reducing the federal deficit is the keystone of a compelling fiscal path forward.
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In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control.
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The idea was to help reduce a gaping Federal deficit while at the same time spurring competition in wireless services.
We can get you the specific numbers, but it is a massive contribution to our federal deficit and our debt.
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