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Federal deficit worries economists

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WASHINGTON, August 11 (UPI) -- The federal budget deficit is likely to increase as the recession in the United States continues to shrink the federal tax base, economists said. "This is going to be a very depressing outlook," former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin told USA Today Tuesday. . . continue reading.

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