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Budget Office Says Senate Finance Health Bill Won’t Hike Deficit

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“Congressional budget analysts gave an important political boost Wednesday to a Senate panel’s health-care overhaul, projecting that the $829 billion measure would dramatically shrink the ranks of the uninsured and keep President Obama’s pledge that doing so would not add ‘one dime’ to federal budget deficits.” (Washington Post ^[1], Thursday)

If you believe that they’ll cut costs as promised and that higher taxes will mean increased revenues.

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“The Growth of Government in the United States” ^[2] by Robert Higgs

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100704078.html

[2] “The Growth of Government in the United States”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-growth-of-government-in-the-united-states/

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