Deficits as Share of Economy
The green line in this graph shows deficits as proposed by President Obama last year. The blue line shows deficits as proposed by President Obama this year. The dotted yellow line shows the deficit consistent with holding federal debt (as a share of GDP) constant.We can draw five important conclusions from this graph.
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