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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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"President Obama hasn't gotten much credit for reining in the deficit, probably because a big part of the deficit progress has come from the unwinding of extraordinary government supports that he helped put in place. Stimulus programs have come and mostly gone; the end of stimulus to states led them to enact Medicaid curbs; jobless benefits in recent months have fallen by 50% since early 2010 (due to both job gains and extended benefits being exhausted)."
Am I missing something, or shouldn't this be titled, "In Large Part Due to Stimulus Unwinding, the Federal Deficit Has Fallen Fast"? Or perhaps, "Enormous One-Off Spending Over, Deficit (Shockingly) Falls at Rapid Clip."
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