But they simultaneously refuse to say what government programs they want cut, resulting in deficit spending and mountains of debt being passed on to future generations.

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If the economy is weak, resulting in lagging revenues, then the deficit grows, even in the face of tax increases.

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Still, as the lesser of evils, my own preferred way of balancing the budget would be through reductions in federal spending, but the additional tax revenues resulting from increased domestic energy production would shrink the deficit in a way that would be far less damaging than raising existing tax rates.

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Kelly Brown was sin-binned for coming in from the side of a ruck and Jones reduced the deficit with the resulting penalty.

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