$9 trillion deficit expected over decade
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion -- more than the sum of all previous deficits since America's founding. And it says by the next decade's end the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy.
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